John Read

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09/20/2025156 Other
06/16/2025293 Rhyme
05/20/2025312 Rhyme
05/17/2025337 Rhyme
05/16/2025286 Other
05/09/2025355 Rhyme
04/03/2025542 Monoku
04/03/2025333 Other
03/26/2025665 Couplet
03/24/2025441 Other
03/23/2025271 Rhyme
03/20/2025406 Rhyme
03/15/2025479 Limerick
03/06/2025548 Rhyme
02/17/2025438 Quatrain
02/16/2025398 Rhyme
02/09/2025521 Rhyme
02/06/2025329 Rhyme
02/05/2025215 Rhyme
02/03/2025416 Light Verse
02/01/2025368 Rhyme
01/31/2025327 Limerick
01/22/2025386 Free verse
01/19/2025301 Monoku
01/18/2025437 Rhyme
01/16/2025400 Free verse
01/09/2025571 Rhyme
01/07/2025313 Rhyme
01/05/2025344 Monoku
01/01/2025384 Prose
12/31/2024366 Rhyme
12/28/2024312 Rhyme
12/24/2024678 Rhyme
12/22/2024259 Free verse
12/13/2024889 Limerick
12/10/2024431 Verse
12/08/2024539 Limerick
12/06/2024335 Rhyme
12/03/2024302 Verse
12/02/2024288 Rhyme
12/01/2024375 Rhyme
11/30/2024387 Verse
11/26/2024458 Prose
11/24/2024315 Rhyme
11/23/2024398 Rhyme
11/21/2024276 Rhyme
11/19/2024786 Limerick
11/17/2024428 Rhyme
11/17/2024320 Rhyme
11/15/2024331 Free verse
11/12/20241271 Rhyme
11/11/2024231 Rhyme
11/09/2024365 Rhyme
11/06/2024562 Monoku
11/01/2024453 Limerick
10/30/2024415 Rhyme
10/29/2024308 Rhyme
10/28/2024469 Rhyme
10/26/2024411 Limerick
10/19/2024642 Rhyme
10/17/2024287 Rhyme
10/17/2024316 Limerick
10/14/2024259 Rhyme
10/12/2024151 Rhyme
10/11/2024309 Rhyme
10/10/2024473 Rhyme
10/08/2024437 Limerick
10/07/2024240 Rhyme
10/06/2024234 Rhyme
10/06/2024216 Rhyme
10/05/2024408 Limerick
10/05/2024211 Rhyme
10/04/2024269 Epitaph
10/02/2024143 Rhyme
09/30/2024181 Rhyme
09/30/2024199 Prose
09/29/2024180 Limerick
09/28/2024209 Rhyme
09/27/2024156 Rhyme
09/26/2024333 Rhyme
09/23/2024642 Haiku
09/21/2024201 Rhyme
09/15/2024266 Rhyme
09/14/2024398 Rhyme
09/11/2024238 Limerick
09/09/2024367 Acrostic
09/08/2024328 Rhyme
09/07/2024176 Rhyme
09/05/2024255 Rhyme
09/04/2024240 Rhyme
09/03/2024201 Free verse
09/01/2024169 Rhyme
08/30/2024413 Limerick
08/29/2024192 Free verse
08/28/2024181 Rhyme
08/28/2024183 Limerick
08/26/2024291 Rhyme
10/01/2023335 Verse
09/05/2023414 Rhyme
09/03/2023198 Rhyme
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Quote Left Money becomes a problem when you have more going out than coming in. Quote Right
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Quote Left When your feeling lost and alone, hold on to your dreams,when life becomes a struggle,hold on to your dreams,never lose hope in your darkest hours,hold on to your dreams,the light will shine once again,just old on to your dreams. Quote Right
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Quote Left The only way to heaven,is following the path of righteousness, let love be your guide,and im sure you will be blessed. Quote Right
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Quote Left I feel no need to go to church, for my home is God's home. Quote Right
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Quote Left I've no need to march or demonstrate, I've no need to wave my flag, just to prove to all the doubters, that I am English and proud. Quote Right
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Quote Left The so called far right,choose to discuss and debate, those on the left,respond with anger and hate. Quote Right
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Quote Left Poetry and politics do not mix, so don't muddy the water with your politics. Quote Right
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Quote Left I apologise when I'm wrong, and say nothing when I'm right. Quote Right
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Quote Left I don't give advice, nor criticise, I listen. Quote Right
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Quote Left The so called far right, fight with words, the radical left use weapons. Quote Right
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Quote Left Life is just an illusion,nothing is what it seems,the things you see are not real,for life is only a dream. Quote Right
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Quote Left In poetry, follow love and the pathway of truth, never let hate ruin your muse. Quote Right
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Quote Left Is poetry just a waste of time, a collection of words, put together in rhyme. Quote Right
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Quote Left Sometimes not saying anything is the best answer, for silence can never be misquoted. Quote Right
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Quote Left Tact! Is the art of making a point, without making an enemy. Quote Right
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Quote Left Some say that dreamers are wasting their time, and to face up to reality, and not walk around blind, but dreams have no barriers, dreams have no walls, and wouldn't it be wonderful, if just one dream came true. Quote Right
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Quote Left The Sun is king over everything. Quote Right
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Quote Left Poetry Soup is becoming a war zone, the enemy is plagiarism with AI owning the throne. Quote Right
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Quote Left A politician is someone who promises the earth while living on another planet. Quote Right
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Quote Left An Illegal immigrant, is someone breaking into your home, and you paying to keep them. Quote Right
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Quote Left Love is God, religion is fiction. Quote Right
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Quote Left Humanity has lost its sanity. Quote Right
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Quote Left Donald Trump is Putin's puppet, in fact he's just a fool, he was hoping for a Nobel peace prize, but finished up with sod all. Quote Right
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Quote Left Religion is like living in the land of Oz, a land that never was. Quote Right
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Quote Left If your looking for an honest opinion ask a child. Quote Right
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Quote Left Spring is most definitely here,there's even a nut in the White House Quote Right
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Quote Left It would be a far better and fairer world, if those who held the power, weren't a bunch of self indulgent arseholes. Quote Right
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Quote Left If you want to hear the truth ask a child. Quote Right
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Quote Left I've never blocked anyone, that is not my way, for the things we say are a reflection of ourselves, so I let them ramble away. Quote Right
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Quote Left God is my spirit, God is my soul, God is the love that makes my life whole, I've no need for religion for me to believe, for religion is fiction full of lies and deceit. Quote Right
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