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Best Poems Written by David Ashby

Below are the all-time best David Ashby poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Corona Virus

Corona virus sent to try us 
Unnerve  Confuse  deplete  divide us 
It comes to scare it comes to kill 
The vulnerable the old and ill
It spreads it’s panic it spreads it’s fear
It’s  harsh  unjust  mortal ,severe 
Dark and viscous it seeks and thrives 
Culling the weak ending lives 
Misery uncertainty  you cannot comprehend 
Deviant Inimical it’s aim is to offend 
It feels like a movie it feels like a dream 
Locked down and scared I want to scream 
Fear of the doorbell fear of the street 
Fear of the people I once used to meet 
Fear for the loved ones I cannot be near 
Fear of the virus fear of the fear 
War is atrocious but the enemy’s clear 
But the Invisible virus will never appear
It’s in the air it’s on the ground 
On things you touch it’s all around  
it seeks and finds the weak and old 
And suffocates until their cold  
It has no conscience no concerns
It feeds and thrives it lives and learns 
Destroys and ruins breaks and hates 
Silently it decimates 
It Spreads so fast it’s hard to cope 
There is no cure there’s only hope 
It deals in death as it passes by 
No comfort for the ones who die 
Annihilation? is it’s mission
It needs no help or no permission 
A wake of tears and misery 
Is the only trace it leaves to see 
Its pray is helpless and will not know 
Until it’s time for them to go 
Hungry for another soul
It now ramps up The human cull 
Seas and borders no protection 
The world now waits for its infection 
A tiny mist of human breath 
Will make you ill or cause your death 
So hide away beyond detection 
Spare your kisses your affection  
Hide so you may be ok 
And live to fight another day 
Hide so there will always be 
A hope for our humanity
It will not relent There is no cure 
So Stay indoors and lock your door 
Spare your touch and wash your hands
Observe the rules advice and bans 
Save your kisses save your hug 
And we will  beat this deadly bug

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Armageddon

Life has changed we live in fear 
Stay safe take care are all we here  
The lockdown has started but when will it end
Will the system break or will it bend 
Will this world ever be the same 
Who’s to punish who’s to blame
Marshal law is now the rule 
As the virus searches dark and cruel 
Ones you care for and love so much 
Are locked away denied our touch 
The Streets are silent the laughter faded
Our first class lives are now downgraded 
Distances, a thought in constant motion 
Provokes alarm creates emotion 
Relationships suppressed devoid 
Programmed now to swerve avoid 
survival and self preservation 
Cover and Consume our nation 
Armageddon holds its breath 
fills its lungs with every death 
Waiting in the wings of life 
To make its entrance flail its strife

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Laughter

Laughter lightens every room 
Draws the shadows from the gloom 
Puts joy in hearts smiles on faces 
colour creeds breeds and races
Laughter helps the blind man see 
Universal unity 
It cures the sad and kills the tears 
Numbs the pain and drowns the fears
It crosses oceans travels space
Works it’s magic any Place 
What ever time what ever weather 
Laughter brings us all together 
Infectious and addictive good and free for all
Not laughing when you have the chance is frankly laughable 
So keep on laughing having fun 
For you will remember when your done

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Hiding

It feels like a movie it feels like a dream 
Locked down and scared I want to scream 
Fear of the doorbell fear of the street 
Fear of the people I once used to meet 
Fear for the loved ones I cannot be near 
Fear of the virus fear of the fear 
War is atrocious but the enemy’s clear 
But the Invisible virus will never appear
It’s in the air it’s on the ground 
On things you touch it’s all around  
it seeks and finds the weak and old 
And suffocates until their cold  
It has no conscience no concerns
It feeds and thrives it lives and learns 
Destroys and ruins breaks and hates 
Silently it decimates 
It Spreads so fast it’s hard to cope 
There is no cure there’s only hope 
It deals in death as it passes by 
No comfort for the ones who die 
Annihilation? is it’s mission
It needs no help or no permission 
A wake of tears and misery 
Is the only trace it leaves to see 
Its pray is helpless and will not know 
Until it’s time for them to go 
Hungry for another soul
It now ramps up The human cull 
Seas and borders no protection 
The world now waits for its infection 
A tiny mist of human breath 
Will make you ill or cause your death 
So hide away beyond detection 
Spare your kisses your affection  
Hide so you may be ok 
And live to fight another day 
Hide so there will always be 
A hope for our humanity

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Dark Obsession

Invading thoughts it feeds away
Has to have its fill each day
No diversion intervention
Just one focus one intention
Fevered thinking crazed and blurred 
Advice and warnings are not herd
Addiction looming all consuming 
Normal life is not resuming 
Deeper in the dark I go 
Cracks and edges start to show
But still the draw the shining light 
It Makes it worth it makes it right
Blinds me to the hurt and pain
Keeps me craving keeps me sane
I Know Deep down things are wrong
But Cannot stop cannot be strong 
It’s Taken over it has control
It has my heart it has my soul 
It drives me wild it drives my days 
Leaves me lost inside my maze 
All that’s left is my confession 
Save me from this dark obsession..

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Lz X-Ray

La Drang valley 65 
with air support we stay alive 
The VC out number 5  to 1 
The Lz X ray over run 
the stench of death hangs in the air 
Fallen soldiers everywhere
Bullets crack and shatter bones 
Piecing screams and dying groans 
napalm dancers lose there skin 
Burning faces shrink and grin
3000 strong they Came in waves 
To meet the shells that dug there graves 
No time to say there last good byes
As He’ll fire rained from swarming skies 
Col more the last to leave 
the first to land  the first to grieve 
The Lessons learnt would  turn the tide 
A  small victory for all those who died 
The war was never going to end 
now they know how to defend 
Still more troops were sent in vain 
More blood was spilled  more hurt more pain 
10 more years till sense prevailed 
For all who tried but sadly failed 
This war was wrong and now it’s clear 
Don’t live in judgment or in fear 
We all have the right  to make a choice
Live together have one voice 
Or have the freedom to evolve
Question figure and resolve 
A different opinion a different law 
It’s definitely not worth killing for

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Old Time Gangsters

BFN JHD  gangster or celebrity
Side of the ride Having fun
Q the smoking Tommy gun 
Slick suits and boots wide brimmed hats
Banks go down around these cats 
No fear of law no fear at all
Do what they want until they fall
did they all go out in a blaze of glory 
Or was there end a different story 
Dodging bullets dogging feds
Mega bucks upon there heads 
Were they greedy were they lazy 
Born to steal or just plan crazy 
The Windy City not so pretty 
Shootings beatings tough and gritty
live life fast and pay the price 
were they naughty were they nice 
no remorse and no regret
happy with the end they met  
always there for us to see 
Their written into history

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Tivolee Gardens

Justice demands that the guilty must pay 
But Coke and his posse did not see it that way 
July 7th 2001 
in came police
And the killings begun
The Shower posse arm to the teeth
3 days violence a lifetime of grief  
More drugs and more guns more money and power
And No force or no army could take down the shower
The police under fire some dying some dead
Dinero o plomo , money or lead
Dudus is hunted Kingston is beat 
They fight for the don they fight for the street
Coke and his posse joined At the hip
But unlike a captain he abandons his ship 
The battle is raging but he’s nowhere In sight 
Leaving his people he runs from the fight 
A month Or 2 later it’s the End of his gig 
As he’s Caught at the border wearing a wig
Extradited to the US  to serve 23 years
And just like his farther it will all end in tears.

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Spider

Whats that creeping up my Wall
Black and hairy Fierce and scary
Climbing boldly higher and higher
Oh no it’s dropped it’s near the fire 
Creeping slowly towards my bed
I stamp on it and now it’s dead

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Our Nhs

Into the battle into the war 
Like hero’s that had gone before 
Caring and Courageous , passionate and calm
Our shining stars are fighting hard , to keep us all from harm
Selfless and committed , they are where they belong
Critical invaluable , they keep the front line strong 
Without their skills and knowledge the virus will invade
The NHS will fight until the progress has been made 
So spare a thought for all of those who nurse who clean who plan
Show respect and give your thanks and help them if you can
For wars are won with people standing side by side 
So Do what’s right whats needed and we can turn this tide 
The scale of this is frightening it’s really off the chart 
But Together we can beat this although we are apart