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Just Writing My Own Poetry
Flanders 1917
The guns are silent, no more will they fire in jest or in anger Their owners are dead, gone before their time Leaving their bones, young...
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Nov 19, 20241 min read
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The Days
Depression fills the shoes I tread Laying a path for me to follow No hope of cutting free Naked and alone Constant warring with oneself...
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Nov 19, 20241 min read
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Tears
Tears move and fall, feeling each other A sin on happiness, sanitising death Parading themselves as pools of heaven They enchant me My...
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Nov 19, 20241 min read
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ADAM
Death & fear run down my legs With no hope, I bolt for my life Within my soul, holding the key I search my life for death and decay Death...
laurencewatkins
Nov 18, 20241 min read
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My Chair Moves Without
The moon rides with the waves at dusk. Gleams of light, warm my eyes as ears lean towards the wind to catch what may the sounds of man....
laurencewatkins
Nov 18, 20241 min read
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From my eyes to yours
My blood lies cool and forgotton My body beside me is warm and moist, like my brother's womb I have drenched my soul in Satan's blood,...
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Nov 18, 20241 min read
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Open & Shut
Death opens doors that never close The world's best apartments run hot twenty-four hours An exciting time for those down under, serving...
laurencewatkins
Nov 18, 20241 min read
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A Soldier's A-Z of Life
The fields are grey and my corn is of wheat A man falls, while blue sky appears overhead The rice is white and of yesterday's grain I...
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Nov 18, 20241 min read
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The grave
I am kneeling beside my grave The skies are a wonderful blue The soil is bent and sodden with a night's rain Men stand around smoking Or...
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Nov 18, 20241 min read
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Darkness 99 part Two
As the rain bludgeoned the leaves of the fruit trees, hanging heavily with their seasonal fruit and to a lesser extent the oaks and...
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Nov 18, 20242 min read
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Darkness 99
I paint my face with shadows of darkness. My body of flesh damp with sweat, lays unopened and moist with pleasure. Time lingers on my...
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Nov 18, 20242 min read
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