Poetry - Jack Jakins

I'm beginning to dabble in a bit of amateur poetry, if you fancy a light read please feel free to have a look!

The Lords

With no souls but greed, They growl and they breed, Awaiting an heir, Who will breathe their own air,
Cherry

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...