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Love Thy Neighbour

I wrote this for an Open Mic following the prompt 'Neighbours'. I wish it weren't so true. Love Thy Neighbour We share th...
Alliteration Based On The Letter ‘T’
The Thirst

Image Source The other day I wrote an Alliteration based on the letter S, This was quite a bit of fun, not to mention a bit of a challeng...
Neighbours

This was based on the prompt 'Neighbours', which is the subject for our next Open Mic. Neighbours They arrived on the same day, ...
Meteor Shower

I wrote this poem following the prompt; 'Meteor Shower' from Poets United . Meteor Shower A sprinkle of faerie dust cast from a...
The Bastard Tree

Our local poetry group, 'Guernsey Poets', has an open mic evening once a month. This evening's event was themed 'Trees'....
On Being Mr Vice

Image Source One of the more enjoyable events in military life is the Regimental Dinner. Each Regiment or unit adheres to a series of tr...
Treaties (1914)

Image Source: Brooklyn Eagle in July 1914 Today marks 100 years since Great Britain declared war on Germany. 'The Great War', s...
In Case Of Emergency Break Glass

Image Source In Case Of Emergency Break Glass The box in my mind is inscribed with six words; In case of emergency break glass.’ The ...
The Charioteer

Image Source : The Charioteer People part as I glide through the crowd head at chest height. Mothers tell children ‘mind the man i...
Alliteration Based On The Letter ‘S’
Slip Slop Slap

Image Source On Monday I went to our local Open Mic Poetry evening. It turned out to be a cracking evening. At the end we decided that ...

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The Ancient Mariner (A Sequel) - Richard Fleming - The Mariner from days of yore (you may have read the tragic tale) spent his pathetic days ashore and, to all passers-by, he’d wail about a curse, and have t...
1 day ago
Pen to Poetry Guernsey

The last laugh - I wonder, do we all get to a stage in life when the vocabulary of the self obsessed younger generation begins to sound ridiculous, as the lack of our compr...
1 day ago
Bard at Bay

WALK THE LINE - Remember when the world was filled with endless possibilities, when each day promised fresh adventures, when we thought we knew it all, believed ourselves ...
2 days ago
Rhymes from the Rain

Runaway - I'd lived in Guernsey all my youth My vacant eyes, the only proof I'd felt so low, i couldn't stand As no one took me by the hand I knew one day, i'd run a...
2 weeks ago
Vale Ramblings

- I must dance; even when I can't quite hear the music. I must move, or my legs will break I'm living with my eyes closed, it's like walking in the fog, bre...
3 weeks ago
Cro-Magnon Poetry

Gymnast Eyes, Doctor's Hands - I always thought Seeing the graceful and strong beauty Of American gymnasts The red, white, and blue Blurring as their bodies cut through space And showed wh...
2 months ago
Here and Now

Transformed - *Transformed* *I hold on in my sleep* *clenched fists* *awakening with aching fingers* *empty hands...* *"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts," * *I think to ...
7 months ago
Rambling Prose

Under the Weather - On the radio today, there was a discussion about conversation starters with strangers. The 'expert' said that people in the UK often talk about the weather...
7 months ago

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