John Read

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06/16/2025214 Rhyme
05/20/2025288 Rhyme
05/17/2025297 Rhyme
05/16/2025262 Other
05/09/2025314 Rhyme
04/03/2025519 Monoku
04/03/2025316 Other
03/26/2025612 Couplet
03/24/2025408 Other
03/23/2025257 Rhyme
03/20/2025393 Rhyme
03/15/2025442 Limerick
03/06/2025527 Rhyme
02/17/2025424 Quatrain
02/16/2025384 Rhyme
02/09/2025479 Rhyme
02/06/2025287 Rhyme
02/05/2025206 Rhyme
02/03/2025364 Light Verse
02/01/2025352 Rhyme
01/31/2025290 Limerick
01/22/2025352 Free verse
01/19/2025292 Monoku
01/18/2025421 Rhyme
01/16/2025369 Free verse
01/09/2025554 Rhyme
01/07/2025297 Rhyme
01/05/2025317 Monoku
01/01/2025372 Prose
12/31/2024331 Rhyme
12/28/2024305 Rhyme
12/24/2024648 Rhyme
12/22/2024249 Free verse
12/13/2024880 Limerick
12/10/2024387 Verse
12/08/2024499 Limerick
12/06/2024317 Rhyme
12/03/2024290 Verse
12/02/2024270 Rhyme
12/01/2024326 Rhyme
11/30/2024346 Verse
11/26/2024425 Prose
11/24/2024300 Rhyme
11/23/2024358 Rhyme
11/21/2024241 Rhyme
11/19/2024731 Limerick
11/17/2024413 Rhyme
11/17/2024300 Rhyme
11/15/2024318 Free verse
11/12/20241150 Rhyme
11/11/2024222 Rhyme
11/09/2024358 Rhyme
11/06/2024510 Monoku
11/01/2024438 Limerick
10/30/2024381 Rhyme
10/29/2024297 Rhyme
10/28/2024459 Rhyme
10/26/2024391 Limerick
10/19/2024605 Rhyme
10/17/2024278 Rhyme
10/17/2024302 Limerick
10/14/2024247 Rhyme
10/12/2024141 Rhyme
10/11/2024281 Rhyme
10/10/2024442 Rhyme
10/08/2024405 Limerick
10/07/2024227 Rhyme
10/06/2024228 Rhyme
10/06/2024207 Rhyme
10/05/2024369 Limerick
10/05/2024202 Rhyme
10/04/2024253 Epitaph
10/02/2024130 Rhyme
09/30/2024169 Rhyme
09/30/2024186 Prose
09/29/2024167 Limerick
09/28/2024200 Rhyme
09/27/2024140 Rhyme
09/26/2024319 Rhyme
09/23/2024595 Haiku
09/21/2024191 Rhyme
09/15/2024248 Rhyme
09/14/2024386 Rhyme
09/11/2024227 Limerick
09/09/2024331 Acrostic
09/08/2024291 Rhyme
09/07/2024162 Rhyme
09/05/2024241 Rhyme
09/04/2024230 Rhyme
09/03/2024182 Free verse
09/01/2024153 Rhyme
08/30/2024395 Limerick
08/29/2024178 Free verse
08/28/2024169 Rhyme
08/28/2024177 Limerick
08/26/2024284 Rhyme
10/01/2023319 Verse
09/05/2023329 Rhyme
09/03/2023182 Rhyme
08/27/2023232 Rhyme
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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 be 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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Quote Left I believe that Adam and Eve,is where it all began, so in my eyes there's only two genders, a woman and a Man. Quote Right
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Quote Left I often talk to myself, because I'm the only one who will listen. Quote Right
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Quote Left You'll only find out what people really think of you, not by what they tell you, but by what they tell others about you. Quote Right
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Quote Left Those loved ones who have passed on we can never bring back, so remember them as they were, think of all those happy times, and all those wonderful memories you shared together, don't be sad they wouldn't want that, smile be happy for they will always live on in your heart. Quote Right
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Quote Left Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, it can fall apart in a moment, but don't give up, because the pieces still fit together, it just takes time. Quote Right
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Quote Left When you smile the world smiles with you, when you break wind your on your own. Quote Right
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Quote Left Throughout life you'll meet one person who is like no other, you can talk to this person for hours and they never get bored, you can tell this person things and they will never judge you, this person is your partner your soulmate your best friend never let them go. Quote Right
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Quote Left If you love someone put their name in a circle not a heart, because heart's can be broken, circles go on forever. Quote Right
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Quote Left Back in the day, London used to have a pub on every corner, all have been replaced by a Mosque. Quote Right
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Quote Left I wanted to prove the doubters wrong, and those who believed in me right, I'm pleased to say I succeeded in both. Quote Right
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