20:19 Secret mission, excitement and anxiety, anticipation and dread, longing for it to be over, done, so you can breathe the sweet air of freedom again. Will the outcome make you light, and turn towards the future? Or will it weigh you down, trapping you in the moment forever?
Category Archives: 2019 Poems
Rambling/poem start
20:17 Observations and calculations, theories and controlled experiments There are two poetry competitions with a 31st January deadline, so I’m hoping to browse through the poem ideas I’ve had so far and compose at least two full, complete poems to enter. There’s the Kent and Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition http://www.kentandsussexpoetry.com. And there’s TheContinue reading “Rambling/poem start”
Poem ideas
20:1 New year, new hope, new goals to declare and strive for. Will you be a new you by the end? Or will you sigh, pout and sit back in your comfort zone?
Poem ideas
19:98 Grounded bird with no purpose. Wings a heavy ornament weighing down your back. Gaze up at the world denied you, and cry out for anyone to hear. Maybe a predator will come to end your misery. 19:99 Constant companion of pain and fear, ready to boost their efforts, with a tag- team no oneContinue reading “Poem ideas”
Poem idea
19:97 The front carries a customer-reserved smile, full of curtesy and pleasant tones. The back holds resentment and bubbling anger, a knife clenched in whitened fingers as thinly-veiled insults are directed towards it. They bide their time, waiting for the day front can change to back and answer the insults as a human.
Poem ideas
19:95 See-through glass teasing my world, displaying possibilities that are beyond my limits. Beautiful goals, will we waste life trying to reach them? Or will persistence pay off, and break the glass to taste the other side? 19:96 Return with the changes and know my new whims.
Poem ideas
19:93 A sigh so heavy a physical pain settles in my chest. Demanding the right to feel human and happy, but the constant backfires eat away my will. 19:94 Sense of displacement for the mediocre, in a place you shouldn’t be, denied the plans you carefully formed, for the ones you care for most. TheyContinue reading “Poem ideas”
Poem ideas
19:89 A pre-mix ready for you, easy to present and delightful to prepare… But taste will be bland and satisfaction lacking. 19:90 Feed the animals, feed yourself, feed the car, feed the house. It all takes money, yet people say it doesn’t bring you happiness. How happy would you feel, sitting there on the street,Continue reading “Poem ideas”
Random lines/poem idea
19:81 Friendship formed through broken stories. 19:82 A positive overwhelm. 19:83 Be the people we deserve to be. 19:84 The wrong picture of reality. 19:85 Sadness handled with dignity. 19:86 Sitting on a truth you won’t look at directly. 19:87 You pull to yourself the lessons you need to learn, the true meaning of karma.Continue reading “Random lines/poem idea”
Poem ideas
19:75 Pocket full of calm in a world of chaos, resting in their arms and nestled in their heart. 19:76 Festive cheer crushed by the daily grind. Trying to re-surface and experience the joy, but exhaustion and work demands sap the magic away. They will not win. 19:77 Life under my protection, can I saveContinue reading “Poem ideas”
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