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Best Poems Written by Tony Bowkis

Below are the all-time best Tony Bowkis poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Jack 6

Opening your mind can be enlightening
But writing words down can be frightening
Unless spoken, meaning can go in the wrong direction
Written words sometimes miss the important inflection

What we have in life we shouldn’t take for granted 
We need to keep it real with our feet firmly planted
However, it’s hard sometimes to keep it real
When you can’t explain or express how you really feel

I don’t fear much but do have a bit of a fear
A time will come when you are not here
You’re part of my life that I don’t wish to end
So that time will be hard to comprehend

Often feels like an awesome roller coaster ride
I need to go now as the words have dried
Never know if I should write what’s on my mind
I just hope the reception to this is not too unkind

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Jack 58

Surviving with little money
Life really isn’t funny
Raining even when it’s sunny

Don’t wanna run this rat race
No chance of keeping up pace
Falling on my flat face

But this is my turf
Like nowhere on earth
This is MY place
To defend with my life, so I don’t lose face

The smell of death is stale
Living like the alpha male
Every day is up for sale

Dreading when the phone rings
Know I gotta change things
This is what my brain sings

Seeing other people’s tears
When surrounded by their fears
This is what man hears

Sadness from the knife
Affecting someone’s wife
Causing family strife

Yet another day is done
Lost a daughter or a son
Another victim of the gun

My dream escape was through song
Every day I hope I’m wrong
But I fear my day has gone

Even being told your dope
Doesn’t always help you cope
But I aint giving up the hope

Bad influences to remove
To get back in the groove
Transition is rarely smooth

Find something inside to inspire
To lift the spirit higher
To give and keep the desire

Different life it needs to be
Can I make it, we will see
Change can only come from me

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Jack 78

You know the difference of right and wrong
You know deep down, in that world you don’t belong

You really need to open your eyes 
Coz where you’re heading ain’t no surprise

To the dizzy heights you have risen
Where the outcome is usually death or prison

Let me whisper to you sis and bro
Coz there’s something you should know

If in the firing line and someone’s taking aim
You should know, from where the bullets came

Look around you and start to realise
Some who call you friend are telling lies

Don’t let those influences corrupt
Their voices negative and so abrupt

You can see what you want to see
You can be what you want to be

You’re at a crossroads with a lot to lose
So it’s time to decide which life to choose

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Jack 12

I once dreamt I was a unicorn
Very few believing I’d even been born

I once dreamt I was a shark
Roaming oceans deep and dark

I once dreamt I was an eagle soaring high
With complete freedom up in the sky

I once dreamt I was a massive crocodile 
Consuming anything that entered my part of the Nile

I once dreamt I was cute and cuddly when I was a Koala bear
Sleepy and docile, loved by everyone almost everywhere

I once dreamt I was a dragon breathing fire
Spectacular shows and always available for hire

I once dreamt I was a dolphin, communicating in a different way
But only other dolphins could understand what I was trying to say

I once dreamt I lived high in the mountains when I was a Yak
Solid, dependable, able to carry huge loads on my back

I once dreamt I was a Camel, strange really to think
Wandering about for days with nothing to eat or drink

I once dreamt I was a fish living as part of a massive shoal
Safety in numbers with surviving the day our only goal

I once dreamt I was a bright colourful Hummingbird
Silly, that couldn’t really be me, how absurd

When I awoke, in the mirror I could clearly see 
I was none of these, I was simply plain old me

Dreams have meanings many people say
So maybe I’m all of these things in some slight way

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Jack 77

I remember when I held my children for the first time

I remember when I spoke at my dad’s funeral ad libbing in a mix of joy and grief

I remember when Saturday was THE most important day of the week

I remember when I first stepped off a plane for a foreign holiday and the air was so different

I remember when I used to sit in the dark and listen to Pink Floyd

I remember when on Blockbusters, contestants used to ask “can I have a P please Bob”

I remember when my mum said off all her 6 children I was the only one she never understood

I remember when tasting Thai food for the first time I described it as an orgasm on my tastebuds

I remember when at times even as a kid I could get so angry that I believed I could literally kill

I remember when I went on a 1 day trip to Barcelona to watch football and returned 5 days later

I remember when after paying my bills I had less than £50 a month to live on

I remember when I saw Ricky Villa score THAT goal and Gazza hit THAT free kick at Wembley

I remember when I was thrown in Holly bushes as some form of initiation at Grammar school

I remember when I smashed the school record for 1500 metres

I remember when my players won cup finals when no one except us believed we could

I remember when I graduated at the age of 55 sharing the day only with my classmates

I remember when I invented the scotch egg drink of a double malt with pickled egg

I remember when the first time my head was so scrambled I couldn’t comprehend where I was or what to do

I remember when I’ve spontaneously combusted in work situations

I remember when I’ve sat alone and for no apparent reason emotion totally overpowers me

I remember when I try to forget the darkness but find it impossible

I remember when I’ve written words sometimes and thought that’s not too bad

I cherish the fact that, at the moment, I CAN still remember when

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Jack 81

Tasmanian Devil like, is how my brain does behave
But calm and peace are all that I crave

Not seeking material riches, just want internal stillness
Can be tiring intermittently fighting an invisible illness

Hard sometimes when sitting down to reflect
How did this happen, what did I do, what did I neglect

Often wonder if the excessive drinking caused me harm
Whatever the reason, the brain is unable to maintain much sense of calm

Never want to be a burden, causing loved ones sadness or tension
So if I get to a place of having no real comprehension

When the eyes are staring but there’s nothing to see
Be strong with hard decisions, is how I’d like you to be

When the lights go out, forget the darkness if possible please
Just smile on good memories like a warm summer breeze

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Jack 89

It’s written in your face, I can see it in your eyes
I don’t need to hear the words, to know your lies

From my friends they’ll be no shock, no surprise
They tried to tell me your love was all a disguise

I always countered, they couldn’t see what I could see
You were genuine, caring and accepted me for being me

But as time went on and things began to unfold
From the excuses given and the blatant truths untold

Bit by bit, the mask slipped from your disguise
And slowly the bitter truth I started to realise

I didn’t need to hear the words, to know the lies
It was written in your face, I should’ve seen it in your eyes

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Jack 32

As we move through life, decisions we need to take
Some sound and some, in hindsight, a bad mistake

In different times from a different age
The stories are told from a differing page

Life is full of light and shade
Dictated by events and decisions made

All too brief moments of joy
Confined to the box like yesterday’s toy

Dealing with life and the waves of emotion
Turning the tide of our own personal ocean

So when the time comes to decide and choose
Consider what we gain, rather than what we lose

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Jack 62

Life is a beating heart

          New born, beating heart
          First day at school, beating heart
          First kiss, beating heart
          New job, beating heart
          Physical activity, beating heart
          Adrenalin flowing, beating heart
          Love at first sight, beating heart
          Pushing yourself, beating heart 
          Taking risks, beating heart
          Being scared, beating heart

A beating heart, this is life

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Jack 16

Life will always throw challenges our way
We cannot control what might come each day

We should make more use of our emotional control, that’s a fact
Because we have a choice on how we deal with it and how we react

When disappointment and difficulty are rife
When days are full of anger and strife

When seemingly insurmountable challenges abound
Look inside yourself and in belief hope will be found