tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16906033205084722742024-03-13T04:32:16.018+00:00Pete MarshallPublished Poet & author of The Darkened Tales Series; My Struggle With Unemployment & writer of many more.. Co-Founder of Shorty award winning One Stop Poetry.Marshyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029232967141290634noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690603320508472274.post-27800839222883284912012-12-18T22:21:00.001+00:002012-12-18T22:21:45.120+00:00Her Voice by Pete Marshall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Her Voice</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">a poem by Pete Marshall</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Her voice now fades, her distant beat</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>that rides the mists of ancient time</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>where paths once weaved the spinners yarn</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>beyond the yews & creeping vines</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Its cold again, these biting winds</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>that blow through gaps in wooden boards</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>that rattle bones in withered skin</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>then grasps at hearts with icy claws</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The sparkles flow down hollow cheeks</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>as children wait, she stands alone</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>beneath the swaying , barren trees</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>where life is etched on hardened stone</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Where hope is lost this winters eve</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>beyond the yews & creeping vines</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>on paths that lead where none will roam</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>bereft upon the mists of time</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>A little poem and warm Christmas wishes to you all</i></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>by pete marshall</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I too, like you</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>have sat alone</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>with flickered thoughts</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>caressed by screens</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that weave, entice and play my mind</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>with words you spun from make believe</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I too, like you</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>have once embraced</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the words that flowed </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>upon my page</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that weave, entice and play my mind</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>then left me spent and wrought with rage</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I too, like you</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>have once felt peace</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>escaping from</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>my troubled times</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that weave, entice and play my mind </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>blurring life from words unkind</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I too, like you</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>now sit alone</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>my words are spoke</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for none to know</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that weave, entice and play my mind</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for words are spurned, now cease to flow</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I too, like you</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>thought once a friend</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>who hung onto </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>my every breath</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that weave, entice and play my mind</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>who yearn their loss upon ones death</i></span></div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>To Have</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>by pete marshall</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Entice the will that rules the mind</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as spoils gleam through tarnished eyes</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for all that glitters, hope wants gold</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>where from the depths their greed will rise</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>on bodies crushed beneath their perch</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>a force that hides its fearfulness,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>empowers rage to rear itself,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>to smite the meek who they possess.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>No more the kin of bonds that tie</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as price will pay their chosen whim</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>then chew the fat of those who fail</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>to feel the charge that flows within.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Tempers fall on weakened pawns</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>when bile thrusts its brooding glare,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>pennies sent from heavens purse</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>will line the streets of those who dare</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for powers rage is Satan’s curse</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>hid beyond their strengthened walls,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>a conscience hemmed and lost to greed</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that beats the weak and shits on fools.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Bring It On</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>by pete marshall</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The sacred towers stand aloft</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as gods caress this trodden earth,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Man will hold a pensive breath</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">when legends walk upon the turf.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The drums will sound to fuel their charge,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a clash of Clans that roar their cry,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">through seas of Blue and Reddish hues</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">upon the stands their flags will fly.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The English dream and Spaniards hope</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that rest upon a score and two</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">who ride the waves upon this storm,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a battle fought amongst the few.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The speed of wit and agile charm</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that pierces steel with subtle ease.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The thud of hooves that dances past,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the pirouettes upon the breeze.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">No broken soul or beaten man</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">will see no more than triumph brings,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">who scream their cries and battle on</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">towards the realm of hopes & dreams.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Originally published at One Stop Poetry 28th May 2011</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This poem was in honour of the Champions League Final of 2011 between Manchester United & Barcelona</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Her back was slumped against the wall</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of needled art on fresh tattoo</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A taste of beer would wet her lips </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as smokes were passed amongst the crew</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and velvet tunes would pump the streets</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as cans were kicked in DM’d feet</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and Lucy laughed and smoked the skunk</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as minds would turn in disbelief</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but stocking tops and ripped up seams</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and high heeled chicks and thigh high dreams</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">were all a part of teenage scenes</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">where boys would pain and girls would scream</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Heady daze and heady girls</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">whose makeup wore upon myself</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and clubs would buzz off Soho streets</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for midnight dates in backroom suites</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Debbie stood and laughed aloud</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">she drew the vibes from passing crowds</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">who threw her looks of dread and fear</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">her leather worn and makeup smeared</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jon would watch in silent stream</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he liked the times with me and Dean</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but never touched the liquid stuff</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that rushed our nose and made us laugh</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or smoked the stuff that Lucy sank</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or drew on lines we paid with thanks</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or took the pills and coloured tabs</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or threw his life on needled jabs.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This poem was a homage to my youth, way back in 1983, when I used to visit the Batcave, a club in Soho, London and be....a Goth....some great and sad memories...good times and bad....I saw so many things happening around me and although I kept my head clear others suffered for it....and I wonder, Where are they now?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>The Riddle of the Fish</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>a poem by Pete Marshall</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>As gold would rise in morning skies</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Across the fjords and mountains high</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A cat would mew a man would sigh</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And toss a Dunhill on the fire</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The Danish blue was soft to chew</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>As plans were made for tea for two</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>She’d knead the dough and blend the food</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>He’d tend his horse and wait for you</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The Red coats marched in Pall Mall’s streets</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>To words of war and drummers beats</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The milk would sour as mothers weep</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And doves would fly for peace they seek</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The Kaiser came upon the green</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Where troops would march and death was seen</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The coffee pots would shine and gleam</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>As Princes rode towards machine</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The White flag flew above the rim</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>No beer would flow nor Nobel’s sing</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>For canine joys had seen them sin</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>When masters blew and sent them in</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Albert Einstein posed a riddle and said that 98% of the worlds population would never solve it! The riddle was the Riddle of the Fish? Today Poetry & Science intertwine as I ask you "who has the fish?"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The Riddle is as follows</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>There are 5 houses that are each a different colour.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>There is a person of a different nationality in each house.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The 5 owners drink a certain drink. They each smoke a certain brand of cigarettes and also have a certain pet. No owner has the same pet, smokes the same brand of cigarettes nor drinks the same drink.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The question is. "Who has the fish?"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>1. The British man lives in the red house.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>2. The Swedish man has a dog for a pet.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>3. The Danish man drinks tea.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>4. The green house is to the left of the white house.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>5. The owner of the green house drinks coffee.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>6. The person that smokes Pall Mall has a bird.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>8. The person that lives in the middle house drinks milk.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>10. The person that smokes Blend, lives next to the one that has a cat.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>11. The person that has a horse lives next to the one that smokes Dunhill.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>12. The one that smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>13. The German smokes Prince.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>14. The Norwegian lives next to a blue house.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>15. The person that smokes Blend, has a neighbour that drinks water.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I hope you have enjoyed this little piece of fun & if you are stuck...therein the poem lies the answer?</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>by Pete Marshall</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The tidal surge that flows upstream</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and creeps along through shallow creeks</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the waders dip and search for food</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as boats will rise from peaceful sleep</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The sea will swirl across the banks</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and fill the channels searching claws</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that suck the souls of those who walk</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">upon the flats when tides no more</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The cockle sheds still thrive with life</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as wind blows through this busy wharf</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and out to sea where boats once sailed</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">who gathered strength for England's cause</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A walk beside this sheltered marsh</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sees kestrels swoop upon their prey</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and boats that sailed now gather mast</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as tides will flow and drift away</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Originally published at One Stop Poetry 6th Nov 2010</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This poem is written about the small fishing village of Leigh - on - Sea, Essex, situated in the Thames Estuary. The artwork accompanying this is a pastel drawing by local artist Donna Cove.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have known Donna for many years and her drawings are always a joy to behold so its been a great pleasure of mine to be able to show her piece "Abandoned" which was drawn on the marshes of Leigh on Sea.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Leigh is just down the road from me and is located on the marshes of the Thames Estuary. Recently it was nominated as the 2nd most desirable place to live within the UK. It has a great history, having been mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086. From here in 1940 a large flotilla of little boats were to depart and rescue British Troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. In 1620 the Mayflower was to dock here to take on provisions before beginning its epic voyage to the new world with the Pilgrim Fathers. In 1917 the famous writer H G Wells was to purchase a house here for his mistress, and John Fowles, author of the French Lieutenant's Woman was born here in 1926.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A walk down the cobbled streets of Old Leigh is a walk back in time. If you are ever visiting the UK it can be found, by train, about an hours journey from London. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>by Pete Marshall</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">An axe that falls upon the neck</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of smoothen skin of innocence</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Will draw the breath of life’s regrets</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And spasm truths of brilliance</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And from the earth the flowers grow</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That suck on blood of those before</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who lay beneath in rotten casks</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That bide their time with tooth and claw</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For in the sky the moon is full</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That shines upon the marbled tomb</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who’s stones are etched with flowing words</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That speak of tales yet hide the truth</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A howl is heard across the pond</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As dust would settle on the shrine</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The miller works within his realm</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As wind blows sails that move with time</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And blood will flow and rush through veins</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As taste desires those who prey</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To suck on sweetly sugared flesh</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And stop once more to stay and play</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">************* </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>a poem by Pete Marshall</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Darkness falls on cobbled streets</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That lead to doors of deep despair</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The bell is rang for those that died</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As wafts of death pollute the air</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A heavy cart that trundles on</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Collects the love that fell away</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As Royals feast in silver halls</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And chew the fat of life’s decay</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The fires roar and warm their bones</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Whilst bells are tolled and paupers roam</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And streets are paved with others gold</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who hike the rates beyond two fold</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A weary beast that pulls his load</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As master sits with whip in hand</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Is led beyond the outer walls</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To bury hope amongst the damned</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The petals fall from flowered stems</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of roses sung in lullaby’s</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The pits are filled from broken homes</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And dreams that lived and slowly died</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>by pete marshall</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The winters chill is drawing near</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As wind whips through my tired bones</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The furnace sparks and flares alight</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The conkers placed around the home</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The cobwebs hold a magic charm</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As morning dew paints crystal scenes</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The spiders knocked but cant get in</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And lanterns glow in darkened dreams</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The candy taste of trick or treat</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That warms the mouth of innocence</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yet baptised souls will better fare</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From witches spells and temperaments</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And portals lay as weakened paths</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When all who’ve gone can walk again</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We pray their souls are one with God</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So Man can walk once more with men</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Originally published at One Stop Poetry 18th Sep 2010</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Amen</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>by pete marshall</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The amber glows on darkened walls</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as embers spit within the hearth</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A finger trawls an ancient list</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and takes a name that’s walked its path</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The creak of leather mars the sound</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as Death would glide across the floor</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and from a hook he takes his robe</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and holds his scythe to reap once more</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The horsemen ride beyond his grasp</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>to sow the seeds for Death to seek</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the roots lie strong within the fields</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as harvest gathers in the meek</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>His mouth is curled with withered lips</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and eyes are sunk beyond his soul</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>his mind cares not for creed or Man</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as Death collects his countless toll</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Originally published at One Stop Poetry 11th Sep 2010</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Broken</i></b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">By pete marshall</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Homes that are silent apart from a tick</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the creak of the pipes and the hum of a fridge</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the hub of a kitchen now cordoned with tape</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>a house that lays dormant alone and awake</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A path that lies beaten , a broken front door</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the smell of the damp and the chill of the floor</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the coals in the shed and the ash in the grate</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The rooms that are empty and a bed that is cold</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the sheets that are soiled and the truths that are told</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and skies that are angry from tempers that flare</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the shouts in the house from the souls that lay bare</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The stains on the walls are the strains of a fight</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the sound of the heart that beats through the night</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and the hub of a kitchen now cordoned with tape</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>a house that lays dormant alone and awake </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Originally published at One Stop Poetry 4th September 2010</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>by pete marshall</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The 7:25 was always late</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as heels would click upon the path</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that led past booths and open gates</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and gents would fold their Telegraphs</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and brollies sold a blue chip name</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as brogues would splash in puddled rain</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for Mondays were a weekend draft</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that blew through minds and rumbled past</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The 7:25 was always late</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as heels would rush and clatter by</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>in A line skirts with seams so straight</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that caught a flash from anxious eyes</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and some would take a last long drag</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and girls would rummage through their bags</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for Mondays were a weekend draft</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that blew through days and rumbled past</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The 7:25 was always late</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as heels would scuff and take the strain</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for office clocks would never wait</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and empty desks would cause complain</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as woollen suits brought heavy sweats</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>whilst being late showed no respect</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for Mondays were a weekend draft</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that blew through hopes and rumbled past</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>**************</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Originally published at One Stop Poetry 28th August 2010</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Perched high upon this jutting cliff</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The flint felt hard upon my feet</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I lay with lizards and basked in warmth</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>As waves rose high and swirled beneath</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Across the bay the castle walls</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>That stand in time & in a time</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Many have been and dabbled with myths</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Whilst taking steps to do the climb</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Below the surf strikes on the rocks</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And hides the cave where magic lies</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>As people wait for seas to drift</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And search for quartz beneath the tides</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The rolling slopes and ragged crags</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Engulf the isle that now lays calm</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Where once was death and battles fought</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And magic brought the golden one</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>My eyes search out the fabled tales</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>As colours blend upon this land</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And birds that swoop in endless song</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>From grass & rock to sea & sand</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Behind my back stands Barras Nose</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Who’s clash is vain with battling seas</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>As heat comes down and warms my soul</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I lower my head in prayer for thee</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And those before and yet to come</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Like beating drums within my mind</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>To find a place that brings you peace</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Away from truths that take you home</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Originally published One Stop Poetry 21st August 2010</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>by pete marshall</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The bells would chime as lowered heads</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">would march in line to pay their debts</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but coppers weighed on ravaged hands</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as wolves would bay in greedy clans</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And nights would close on darkened rooms</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">where paths were chose that led to doom</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and on the beach from tunnels deep</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the ships would breach as wreckers meet</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Among the brine the cries of men</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that took to crime to feed their bairns</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">whilst sailors drowned in torrid seas</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and booty found beseeched by pleas</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They climbed the rocks and journeyed home</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as hope would mock their tired bones</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but death would lay upon the cliffs</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">when state would claim their laden gifts</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">originally published One Stop Poetry 14th August 2010</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that urged my mind to open eyes</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I heard the tune of morning song</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as light would waken from the night</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as children stirred and stifled yawns</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I smelt the bacons wafting scent</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that welcomed in a summers dawn</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that glistened on a fallen leaf</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and as I cupped my steaming mug</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and watched the crows that ruled the sky</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I watched you slice the crusty bread</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as children laughed from deep inside</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">beneath the quilts and sleeping bags</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">they wiped the sleep from off their eyes </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I laughed at hair and ruffled clothes</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that sat beside and watched the dawn</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and though the chill would keep us cold</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the taste of bacon kept us warm</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Jack</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>by pete marshall</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The sound of heel on cobbled stone</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that stalked the streets of yesteryear</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as sewage flowed with soiled dreams</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jack would walk bereft of fear.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>His mind was caged and wrought with grief</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as pain destroyed his inner eye</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and cancers crept and clawed his soul</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A lovers voice that hushed goodbye.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A nothing moon that held no light</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>on darkened paths and brick red walls</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and staggered coves would leave their slums</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>to rest in doors amongst the gloom.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>No bells would ring in East End homes</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as night would fester cold and smog</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and as his heels clicked on the stones</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the hooves of carriages on would trot.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And on this night he saw her there</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as charm would ‘tice a drunken Lord</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>who’s sword was stiff between her thighs</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>whilst shillings lined her wayward hoard.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>But in the dark on hidden streets</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the stench that reared on soiled paths</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jack lay down his leather bag</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and drew the tools that played their part.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And as the Lord would hasten thrusts</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>her teeth bit deep on glistened vein</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and then the whites within her eyes</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>would roll as blood was left to drain.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And as he pulsed between her legs</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>she drank the life he clung on to</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>but from the shadows Jack would walk</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and drive his stake so hard and true.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The night was filled with eerie screams</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as Lord fell hard and wrestled free</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>he turned and fled beyond the street</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as Jack knelt down on bended knee</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and with his skill he’d cut & slash</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>to take a heart of hardened stone</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that led a path to darkened graves</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for him to walk once more alone.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>originally published at One Stop Poetry on 2nd July 2010</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Touched by a walk through the bustling streets</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>lights that shine bright on the joys that we seek</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>laughter rings loud from the young & naive</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>yet darkness draws near on a cold Winters Eve</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Touched by the wealth of those who walk free</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>unshackled by debt and goodwill to all thee</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>credit secured that brings forth some reprieve</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>yet darkness draws near on a cold Winters Eve</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Touched by the brush of two lovers who speak</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>embracing in shadows in bars where they meet</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>dreams laced with passion as partners deceive</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>yet darkness draws near on a cold Winters Eve</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Touched by the warmth of food that came forth</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>by fires that kindled and glowed in the hearth</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>of songs of our Lord and gifts we receive</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>yet darkness came home on a cold Christmas Eve</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>This year has had more downs than ups, and some of you know what the last few weeks have brought to the Marshall house, and, as optimistic as I try to remain, Saturday I went to town and just came straight back home!!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Its hard being cheery all the time and at Christmas this is emphasized more. I felt low but so do so many others and whilst I had my reasons I was able to come home, talk to my wife, embrace my children and was back on track again, but for so many others this is not possible and with that in mind I dedicate this poem to those souls that are lost & lonely.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Today I also share this poem with <span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://dversepoets.com/2011/12/20/open-link-night-week-23/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">dverse</span></a>,</span> especially my old friends from One Stop Poetry days, brian miller, claudia schonfeld, gay reiser-cannon who along with my brother, adam dustus and a very special friend in shan ellis, a collection of poetry, In The Presence of Poets, has been released. For details of this publication please click on the following link</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Winters Blues</b></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>by pete marshall</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Leaves still cling upon the trees</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as cloudless skies embellish rays</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>of sun that hovers low beneath</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the Winter blues that shorten days</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Breath encircles worried minds</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that hang from spiders silken threads</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that shimmer bright in morning light</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>yet in the shadows harbours death</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Damp that settles on the ground</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>where grass & weeds are mulched as one</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that sees the snakes go slither by</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>whilst Summers work is left undone</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A child’s bike lays on its side</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>left alone to play no more</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>its wheels entwined with Winters grief</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>abandoned, broke, upon the floor</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A veil is drawn passed waiting eyes</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that looked beyond these changing times</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>where man once walked the beat of life</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>yet turned his back, we missed the signs</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Where hope is lost to those that deem</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>when Winters wrath sunk Autumn dreams</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and storms have battered withered souls</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>who slip from life before they go……</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>*************</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Elements in the news this week rekindled the pain of losing someone close. Depression is an illness, something that should never be taken lightly, something that is very close to my heart.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Removed</b></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>by pete marshall</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>From deep inside she felt the heat</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>of scars that stained her swollen flesh</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that burned upon her ravaged throat</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>upon a mattress soaked in sweat</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>An ashen face that looked beyond</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the pale of hope and lost respect</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>a fetid breath that spoke of death</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that uttered words yet felt regret</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Sleep would fall upon her face</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as eyes would flicker gently tight</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>a kiss that sealed a warm embrace</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that kept her safe throughout the night</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And moments pass despite the hour</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as coughs awake her silken dreams</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that flow with grace & dampen fires</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that quell her fear & stem the screams.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>My 7 year old daughter has had problems all her life with her tonsils, having been hospitalized for a week in August with a severe infection. Today they were finally removed. She is fine & doing well.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Today I also link this poem up with a wonderful community of poets, <a href="http://dversepoets.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">D'verse</span></a></i></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>A Broken Home</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by pete marshall</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I walked around an empty home</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite the toys that laid upon</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">An unkempt bed with duvet drawn</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Where Mickey sat withdrawn, alone</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beneath the bed a comfy den</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of cushions , sheets & cuddly friends</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yet mum has gone and taken him</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The room lays cold, unwelcoming</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And dads alone, beside himself</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As tears pour down his reddened cheeks</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The life he’d slaved to bring them wealth</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just gathers dust whilst mother weeps</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>The Gathering</b></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>by pete marshall</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>As mice ran forth across the floor</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>from open boards, through rotting doors</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>where damp would crawl and spread upon</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>beyond the course the plaster blown</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and sweats that chill the very skin</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>would soak the sheets of darkened dreams</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>hope would see the morning in</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>yet droppings lay by ravaged bins</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>amongst the crumbs of sweetened things</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>& faeces shared from deep within</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>upon the floor, across the beams</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for hours count the gathering</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Outside the mist a swirling screen</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that creeps along and slips between</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the leaves that fall from autumn trees</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the taste of salt from off the sea</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and sweats that chill the very skin</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>would soak the sheets of darkened dreams</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>hope would see the morning in</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>from out their nests they rode the wind</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the rooks would kaah whilst circling</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>then swoop upon the menacing</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>across the paths and dew soaked green</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for hours count the gathering</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Within a damp and blackened cask</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>a heart would beat behind a mask</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>where eyes are wide & pained with fright</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>beneath the earth this fearful night</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>and sweats that chill the very skin</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>would soak the sheets of darkened dreams</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>hope would see the morning in</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>upon the boards you scratch & scream</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>your nails are spent and blistering</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the blood is rushing from within</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>cries are echoes for your sins</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>for hours count the gathering</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>***************</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A new Darkened Tale</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Waves</b></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>by pete marshall</b></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I saw you look </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">across the bay,</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A distant mast, </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the raging waves</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Your ocean gaze </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that never strayed,</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A recent past, </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the taste of spray</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The brine upon a</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> twisted lip,</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A bitter taste, a</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> sunken ship</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A Wind that blew </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">through auburn hair,</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A tidal swirl, a</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> silent stare</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I saw a tear </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">caress your face,</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A smudge of kohl, a</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> yearned embrace</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A storm that blew </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and tossed the waves,</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>where love now lies </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in watered graves</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>****************</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Been a while since I have written but a yearning grabbed me today resulting in this. I hope that yearning stays!</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>What Lay Before?</b></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>by pete marshall</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>They hopped along this sacred earth</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>where bones would lay in open graves</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>picked the worms from rotting leaves</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that turn to mulch and then decay</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>A flap of wings upon a gust</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>would settle forth within the trees</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>perched on high to spy the world</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>tears would flow as all would grieve</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Feather’s fell from high above</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>floating past an open view</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>they sat upon a window ledge</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>where dolls would play in solitude</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Bars align this sheltered space</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>hardened steel surrounds the home</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>boards are trod by strangers who</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>remove the tiles where magpies roam</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Two would sit upon the slate</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>beneath where dreams of hope now fade</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>rock is dropped to crash and break</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>upon the path where gold once lay</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>***********</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Ever wondered What Lay Before? My home has a history and the land is stands on can tell even older tales. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Match Day</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>by pete marshall</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Floodlit dreams upon a baize</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>where shadows waltz and serenade,</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>who dance & weave within a heart</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>as man turns boy, as light turns dark.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>When thoughts are lost within your dreams,</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>seasoned hopes and passions screamed,</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>bags are packed but never seen,</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>lovers leave as games have been.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>*****************</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Tonight my good friend Julie Watkins hosts Meeting the Bar at D'verse, when challenged with "tackling the big subjects", heck she could only mean football...surely</i></span></div>
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