Sorrow Society Poems

The clock strikes four;

I’m never like before;

I’ve learnt to take life’s drink

Up to the lees from the brink;

Multiple layers of joy

Help me sail my humble...

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What am I?
 
I’m great fun and sometimes crazy,
Loud or soft with moods quite hazy,
Full of love, sorrow, unrequited loss,
One minute happy another sullen, cross.
I...

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like the gold ring embracing my finger yet
cold and aloof, always more beautiful just beyond my sight
than within it
because illusion is impossibly perfect
a space beyond...

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It was one of those nights,
Nights where I look at my blood stained blades
And observe the art of life that I've sculpted on my body.
As...

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getting into a taxi
I asked the driver
to take me to Bleak Street

not heard of Bleak Street, 
he said, but it sounds depressing
run down, uninspiring
desperate
bleak

I got...

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Welcome to the circus 
of discrimination-
where soft subtle glances 
and fragrant
touches of femininity 
are burnt in ashes,
through howling rays
from the sinister sun,
triggering wildfire
chaos, 
conquering and...

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How did we get to where we are,
America - the one undimming shining star,
A land of freedom, of unbounded pride
Where no one needed run and...

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Platitudes of Exactitude

Platitudes of exactitude redefining my whole attitude 
Don’t want to seem rude but I can’t help but conclude 
That the truth will protrude...

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I think it's genius
when a person can
see beyond the veil
as they used their gifts
in the most creative way,
in imperiling the darkness
in a jesting way. 
This...

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In these days of Zoom and Gloom
    'round every bend, crises loom

  Paranoid extremists holding sway
    all the...

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Watching from above, the world looks small 
But the pain and the suffering, can be felt by all 
In Ukraine and beyond, wars rage on...

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She walks through the desert with her heart in her smile and hate on her sleeve. Cactus blossom with her tears then wither quickly as...

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Great sorrow felt.
That judgement thou dealt. 
Selfish and blinded.
Unbridled.
Nature divided.
Absolutely required. 
Discarded as folly.
Parried as play.
Honor and pride.
Mother beholden....

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The budget though
I have to say
Does sound a bit so
Jam today

Jam for some, for
Others sorrow
Nothing left for
Jam tomorrow

© Gail Foster 23rd September 2022...

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Don't drink what is impure,
it may taste good, but it's a bad liqueur;
don't binge and indulge in sinful desires
when death is present and celebrates
the taking...

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