Short Humoured Poems

They thought he was a harmless fool.
His hair dyed black
And eyebrows pencilled in,
The silver outfits -
Shoulders huge -
And platform shoes.

His lyrics less than lyrical,
Chanted, shouted
At his concerts;
His hits always played at parties.

A has-bean humoured,
Perhaps patronised,
His antics tolerated.

But Gary Glitter had a dark secret…


Jack Horne for Nette's Glitter contest...

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when aspect of us that is not
becomes good humoured
equal through highs and lows
feeling God in each breath
ego relinquishing all doership
becomes silence of space 
in, within but not of the world
whereupon bubble bursts
that that never was disappears
then all that is is Self alone
which always was, is and will be
living light eternal within
now cognised in the waking state...

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Santa Splash! And around they go.
'Round the islands and back, they row!
Surrounded by December hues,
reds and yellows, and brilliant blues.

Causey rises in purple glow
waiting the cold coming of snow.
Elves and Santas all do agree
that this event is full of glee.

What a sight as they race along
amid the cheers of rousing throng.
Good humoured fun with prize to win,
Oh what a great day this has been!...

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Today,
the emotions which arose,
contracted our consciousness 
arising from aversion
propelled by ego
owing to
a response,
which we determined
as being harsh and unjust,
whereas, after reflection,
we now recognise
that we could
have simply
have shrugged
and moved on,
humoured by the play,
being so enacted to test and jest with us,
under cover of darkness,
which we have chosen
to experience 
upon earth.

02-August-2021...

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I am not the person you see

I am not the person you see,
There’s a fool, a clown inside me.
Shackled by my chains and red tape,
Only in solitude does madcap escape.
Sometimes I yearn to let go,
Be the extrovert only I know.
Show you who I really am,
Eccentric good-humoured man.
Shirt and Tie to the office trance,
Back home at five, party and dance.
Come the day I meet my fate,
Madcap has left it too late.

There’s a fool trying to break free,
I’m not really the person you see....

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