Cherry ripe
By luigi_pagano
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A New Woman
Inspiration point 10/01/08.
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(I.P.) - Unaccustomed As I Am
...to public speaking.
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(I.P.) 60 Word Poem - Gypsy Sue
Brief encounter.
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A Clean Young Englishman (I.P.)
A paragon of virtue.
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A Farewell Dinner
INSPIRATION POINT 16.10.09
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A judge of character
How wrong can one be.
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A Midsummer Night's Frolic
Frolics and capers.
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A Northerly Breeze
Kisses and intimate embraces .
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A Patron of the Arts
INSPIRATION POINT 30.10.09
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A Pregnant Pause
Love and betrayal. (One from my archive) .
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A Rising Star
A story of our times.
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A Rum Do
Inspiration point 11.04.08
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A Saint I Ain't
A scoundrel at large.
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A Shopping Experience (I.P.)
A reluctant shopper.
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A Silent World
INSPIRATION POINT 15.01.10
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Aged To Perfection
Many Britons are in denial about their real age, an attitude survey shows. A number of those who are 70 or over classed themselves as middle aged or even young .
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All Is Quiet, Tonight
A peaceful interlude.
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Amsterdam
...in the hazy glow of a three-quarter moon.
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As Easy As ABC (I.P.)
The art of making tea.
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Beyond Comparison
Nothing else matters.
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Bibliophiles
Turning a new leaf.
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Big Carlo's Women
Misadventures of an old friend.
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Chalk And Cheese -(I.P.)
How Carlo and I differ .
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Crocodile tears
Private grief, public interest
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Davy Jones' Locker
INSPIRATION POINT 26.03.2010
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She is One Hundred and Five
A refugee camp in Jordan. (First posted on http://poetry-24.blogspot.co.uk/ )
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The Husband, The Wife and The Wardrobe
Dear John
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Keeping Up With The Browns
A final farewell.
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Only Dead Fish Go With The Flow
As per inspiration point 24/8/07.
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The Morning After
A night on the tiles.
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Quote, Unquote
Inspiration point 28.3.2008
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Rising Sap
It was very much a game of chess....
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Nothing But The Truth
An 'Equivoque' poem. By reading the odd lines only we get the opposite meaning to the one suggested by the whole poem.
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My First Kiss
Inspiration point 29.08.08
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For Old Times' Sake
A chance encounter.
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Maud's Garden
Self-sufficiency.
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Intimacy versus Intricacy
An acrostic poem.
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The Artistic Touch
Brush, palette and couch.
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Green Shoots
...of recovery.
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The Tallahatchie Affair
Inspiration Point.
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March Hares and Amorous Drakes
Inspiration Point 27.02.09
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Stag Night
COMPETITION ENTRY
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Marilyn Monroe Reading James Joyce
*****
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The Leather Suitcase
Inspiration Point 7.08.09
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Mission Accomplished
A full frontal attack.
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Rock, Paper and Scissors
INSPIRATION POINT 23.10.09
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The Gnomes of Zurich
INSPIRATION POINT 6.11.09
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Harry Houdini
INSPIRATION POINT 13.11.09 - (This time for real)
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Slam Poetry
After watching the Canadian slam poet Shane Koyczan.
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Doohickeys and Doodahs
...or whatchumacallits.
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Naivety (I.P.)
INSPIRATION POINT 26.02.2010
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Down In The Dumps
Inspiration point 21.05.2010
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Old Codgers Reunited
Long time no see.
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University Challenge
Winners and losers.
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The Last Waltz
This poem of mine was included in the anthology "Aged to Perfection" published by Age Cymru for the 2010 Gwanwyn Festival.
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High Spirits - (I.P.)
I was fond of berries, they were my main diet. The other kids ate cherries but did it on the quiet.
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It Was Back In The 60s
Recalling the past. Church St., Kensington W8 -1963 .
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Doing Europe
Dean Street, Soho and Park Lane circa 1962.
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Retribution
Trafalgar Square, London, 1961
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In Defence Of Call Centres - I.P.
Your call is important to us .
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Them And Us - (I.P.)
Crossing the line.
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The Census
INSPIRATION POINT 18.03.2011
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The Candidate
100-word story .
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Let's Start Again
Competition Entry
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A Stormy Relationship
A rguments and altercations at first B ut making up afterwards is great. C ompromising is not an easy option D ue to our obsessive obduracy. E...
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Viewpoints
A 3-way equivoque. By reading A and B together in sequence you get one meaning, while columns A and B read as two separate poems will produce two...
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Typhoon
A patchwork poem (also known as Cento) is made up of verses by different writers. I have used lines (with minor tweaks) by the following poets: John...
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New Beginnings (I.P.)
New resolutions
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Shell Shock
Lest we forget
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Etchings
Echoes from the past
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In Search Of Inspiration
Inspired by John Lindley's poem called "The House Where The Muse Is Kept.
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A Good Sport
She is the girlfriend of a man who plays snooker.
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Lost in the Crowd (I.P.)
It was Paddington Station...
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A Rebel With Many Causes
Remembering Tony Benn. Also published on Poetry24 - 17th March 2014.
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Life Is Like A Rubik Cube (I.P.)
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Spring (at last)
An acrostic poem.
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A Beautiful Day In Sanremo
Nel blu dipinto di blu. (Criticism welcome).
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The Tailor and the Angel Of Death
Originally included in the anthology "Land of Stories, Flintshire Myths, Legends & Folktales" published by BAR NONE books in 2006 - Free Clipart Picture - Image Source : gallery.yopriceville.com
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Music To My Ear
Pixabay image - Creative commons.
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An Ideal Place
Revised. (Change of categories)..
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Cruel Winter (IP)
Attempting a villanelle.
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West Side Story
Snapshot of a scene from the eponymus musical show. (From my poetry collection “Reflections”)
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Scoop
Off the record, (An old short story of which I was reminded by a comment from Graham Fewell)
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A Roman Triptych - 1) Calpurnia's Story
Cicero wrote: "History is the witness of the times...."
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A Roman Triptych - 2) Petronella's Story
My name is Petronella.
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A Roman Triptych - 3) Artemisia's Story
The supplicant and the Emperor.
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The Devil's Violinist
A great virtuoso.
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I Was Supposed to be Somewhere Else
A leprechaun said....
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A Man For All Seasons
Image from Wikimedia Commons.
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Old Poet, New Verse
Image in the public domain.
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Pagliaccio
Permission for the image is granted under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 Attribution: Rick Dikeman at the English Wikipedia
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Mark My Words
The words just came out of my mouth...
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Cooking On Gas
Not 'a piece of cake'.
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The Examiner
A look back at the past. (Image from Dreamstime.com)
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A Pied Piper of Our Time
He who pays the piper...
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The Time Capsule
Hello Aliens, welcome to Earth.
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An Italian Holiday
Far from the madding crowd.
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Dodecaphobia
Not the dreaded Friday 13th
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On Listening To Jacqueline
Painting : Carl Holsøe, Interior with woman and cello
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Thomas
Image from Wikimedia Commons,. Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-04-05): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/xf3kn8hc CC-BY-4.0
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Frederick the Great
A man of action in every sense.
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In Purdah
Another attempt at the I.P.
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A Walk Around Bath
A fanily effort. A poem written by me, inspired by an original photo, among others, of Bath by daughter Emma and read by my better half Joy.
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Breakfast At Tiffany's
Image by Annalise Batista from Pixabay
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Images
For this weeks Inspiration Point - The camera never lies.
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The Glacier Bird
The Diuca finch builds its nest inside glaciers
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A Chance Encounter
I was walking home when a voice stopped me in my tracks.
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In Memoriam
Anniversary day.
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The Desert Fox
A brief biographical sketch.
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Number 10 Willow Walk
A house through time.- Image Creative Commons Attribution-Share like 4.0 International license - Author Elisa.rolle
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To Be or Not to Be (an optimist)
Maybe a Happy New Year.
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Wordle
The latest word game rapidly expanding. (Image is a screenshot of one of my efforts).
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A Day Trip
An old poem from my poetry collection "Cherry on Top" - (Edited)
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A Hive of Activity
Image from Pixabay.
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The Pride of a Nation
Image by Sue Brady from Pixabay
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The Owl and the Pussycat
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images It was reviewed on 21 October 2017 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.
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1935
Wikimedia Commons - This image was originally posted to Flickr by mags20_eb at https://flickr.com/photos/16937950 @N05/8623024435
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