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Poem No 206

by Frank Hogan

 

SUNDAY WORSHIP  (Early 21st Century)

 

I  no longer go to church any more

But instead give my motor a wash

Goodbye to the candle the bell and the book

And hello to the bucket and splosh

 

I worship my car and it carries me far

Though the petrol is very expensive

I can drive to the shops or funky night spots

The list of the trips is extensive

 

When I'm driving along I sing an old song

And remember my days without wheels

The improvement is such with the gears and the clutch

I can show you a clean pair of heels

 

 

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Poem No 207

by Guy Miller 

 

EVERYONE EXPECTS- a poem inspired by a hard day at work

 

Everyone expects from me

I don't know why,

I guess that's just me

 

When something goes wrong

They know where to come

In one way or another I've done my job wrong

 

An over helpful personality

It does me no favours

People tugging at all limbs

...Do me a favour

 

Now I'm sure you're all thinking

What a pitiful young man

Only I have to rant

Or else who would understand?

 

I try so hard to please

And get nothing but grief

It really makes you wonder...

 

So anyone reading this

Would have come to the conclusion

That trying not to be selfish

Brings nothing but persecution

 

Some people take advantage

Others just take the piss

But when I'm gone from here

They'll say who's that good bloke we miss?

 

 

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Poem No 208

by Alfa

 

 

Revisiting

 

 

melodies about forgotten moments

haunt her

a place without shadows

a bloodshot sun

the wind silent

 

 

as her heart embraces solitude

words turn into radiant colours

 

 

 

 

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Poem No 209

by Gordon Thompson

 

PS FOR THAT LAST POST (See Page No 31)

 

Remember that post last summer

The one that leaned over

At a crazy angle

Tempting gravity to do its worst

 

It reminded me of me

And was finally flattened

By Walter the pigeon

Who normally perched

On the highest thinnest branch

Of the leylandii

Seeming weightless

 

Like the single grain of sand

That tilts the scales

 

So where is the one man

Who can change the world

 

We need him

Now

 

 

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Poem No 210

from Frank Hogan

 

Are you listening?

 

The sun shines brightly

But where am I now?

In for a piglet

In for a sow

 

There's a hard nut of logic

I cannot crack

A series of false starts

Stretching far back

 

So where is the answer?

Where is the proof?

Who's in the cellar?

And who's on the roof?

 

Stop asking questions

And stop asking why?

There's a man at the door

With a turn in his eye

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