Poetry - Jack Jakins
By JackJakins
I'm beginning to dabble in a bit of amateur poetry, if you fancy a light read please feel free to have a look!
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The Lords
With no souls but greed, They growl and they breed, Awaiting an heir, Who will breathe their own air,
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An Alternative World
The buzz, the hype, the roaring crowd, I settle down, wonder what I'm doing, There is no motive, no mother make proud, . Life moves on, pitifully...
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Ode to Adultery
Why so low, you sorry fool? Drooping your head down on your stool! That pretty lass, she’s casting the eye, Pull up your garters, give her a try! Oh...
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Cogs of the Earth
The times they are changing, it’s happening fast, You’re afloat on a ship, but this cannot last, The strain it will come, it happens to all, All you...
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The Forest King
Roots bury far, fast and free, A sturdy foundation to settle the tree, Its oak bound trunk thickens and grows, Leafs surround it, with sunlight they...
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Sonnet 1
Timeless sleeps find truth beneath the sky, Worries and cares lost among the sheep, None may understand though they try, These are thoughts for only...
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Explore, ye Traveler Young
Where is life going? I do ask myself, Awaiting a day of fulfilment, With only body in health I carry the motions, Say hello to friends, Yet where is...
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My Sweet Reprise
You toss and you turn in your final throes, Awake in the darkness, the light world unkown, Of all mortals here it's me you despise, I fed you your...
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A Murder In Daylight
The gun explodes, my man is dead, A moments fury, now bereft my head, I hold my breath, time stretched a mile, As his soul parted body I was now in...
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The Walls Surround
I find myself locked alone, My own world bearing, Encompassing Others enter, but do not return, I watch one staring, Understanding I think often to...
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Between the Lines
No words or thoughts as silence takes hold, Life stands still, now, for a moment, Ideas, beliefs, intersperse into one, But for another time, when...
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The Worker Bee
A buzz and a flap of quick tiny wings, Do stir in search to collect from all things, The world it is wide, far out from your home, Its borders are...
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