my poems " either oar "
By c.d.lee
I have been writing poetry for many years sadly much was lost when I divorced, some are work I managed to keep but most are works I have written since.
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a fool and his wife - or - they can see anything
she takes the stance, you feel the glance, eyes roll and a solitary foot taps, hands hold hips as if legs will fall off, you know its a sedimentary storm a brewing,
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a simple task - or - should i be a travel
the sun is shining, and it is still winter the roads are so hot they are starting to splinter yet a few miles away, theres a snow covered cap just dont "wonder" too far, youll fall off the map
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a willing victims faith - or - a scorpion is always a scorpion
taste my flesh sweet sir bite but not too much drink away my lifeforce redden your lips of pale then seek me not no more i shall not be found take all you want now cast your furrowed brow
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an old sailor - or - john robert taylor
in my street lived old man taylor, they say he spent his life on the boats as a sailor, bent and gnarled, like an old tree root, he'd sit on his porch and on his ol' pipe he'd toot,
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celestial bodies - or - death in the rain
as i lay on the path looking up at the stars hearing blurred noises reveberated in bars i never really knew, never really saw now i can see i pray for just one moment more
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child born of woman - or - woman of fire
stirring echoes, generations gone by, feel my touch and stifle my cry, in slumberland i live til my yearning amounts, to you counting spoonfuls of milk to 6 ounce,
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costly mistake or the note
the streets were laid bare in the town that i rode in sweat drips from my brow, head feels like explodin 5 days on the plains bringin steer home to bear
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death in battle- or - loves salvation
fire in the trenches, blood guts and gore they used to be my friends, my brothers, now they are no more
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such are the choices - or - what would you do?
welcome to the corners of your mind deepest peace of torture, youll be sure to find most of our lives are spent looking out to fill the ever gowing inner gaps, no doubt
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rootin tootin - or - veg patch match
oh the joy to be a spring onion bouncing on my spring like a funny un up and down round and round and when someone comes, jump back in the ground and when the coast is clear, back out i pop
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sweet angels - or - is it really so bad
when im feeling sad and blue and my heart feels out of tune i wish sweet angels would take me flying round the moon across the sky so black, viewed only by the stars
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inevitable - or - preventable
i saw a tall tree felled, and straight after that another seeing a man shot and killed right before his brother i have been watching this scene for many a day
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lessons in life - or - all a dad can do
"a feather in my cap please sir," i told my teacher bold and true "for such an accolade," he said "i must see the work you do" "this praise i seek," i said "is not for work ive done
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old mans heartbreak - or - hopeful for reuniting
the time on my clock it read 1:42 and i was lying in bed just thinking of you your scent in my head was lingering on your memories fresh though you may have gone
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love life - or - lifes Love
walking by the river with my baby by my side sitting on the beach watching sunset at low tide climbing snowy mountains together, just to pick some adelweiss
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society crumbling or a good clip round the lug
is it bordering on insanity when i hear kids using profanity to such a vulgar extreme using words i wouldnt dream do they even understand what they say or even what the words mean
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simple - or - quite complex
i write what i see and i write how i feel, i love writing poems with lust and with zeal i struggle to let out my emotions in words sometimes when i speak i feel im not heard
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the plan - or - great chance
why are we here, where do we go who will we meet and what will we know what brings us joy and what brings us pain when did the flowers know they'd need rain
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hopes light eternal - or - fears into damnation
i was scared of feeling empty and alone like a child crying inside lost from his mother living in fear and trying to attone for cruel acts done by one to another
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inconsolable differences - or - now is the time
watch rising moon over darkened vale take your leave beside me and share this silent peace let your soul be free take pleasure from the light the disco ball will find you
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open your eyes - or - waste it all
sleep well, sleep deep, sleep well, for now your time is yours, enjoy the early morning mist, soak in the long summer evening, taste all on the menu, suck every life experience dry,
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what is perfect - or - do you need to ask
what is a perfect day? does it start with a stretch and a kiss, maybe end with a red sky night, promising yet another, pleasing to the sight, filled with meetings of chance,
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the night train out - or - do i really want to leave?
sitting in a seedy railway cafe, a tacky red flashing neon sign hangs, drawing people in from a grey world, at this moment its only purpose, is to draw my mind from its track,
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how the mighty fall - or - is it just
a crisp new 20 pence piece, rolls to my grasp, thrown by a disgruntled passenger, alighting the carriage on platform 22, disgusted by my dismembered look, yet sickened by their guilt,
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who knows? - or - knows who?
From a boy who grew to a man who could, Never express love as he should, To explain his fears and tell of his doubts, Though in his mind his thought were like shouts,
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my brother - or - my brother
you were 4 and i was 6 we planted this apple seed covered in mud, hahaha i remember mum went mad we never really looked again just went about our youth we fought and laughed
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hypocritical - or - blah
sitting in the boredroom, listening to blah blah park it, or blah blah suspend that thought, i drift to a place beyond, some jumped up little prick, drowns us with blah blah blah,
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