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I like poetry it is challenging kind of like a chess game strategizing combination and positions until that final move rings out eureka checkmate.

  November 2021     11 months ago

Submitted Poems 73 total

Illusions of the Mind

The Illusions of the Mind

I wander through the lonely night
With visions of a phantom light
That lures me to a dreadful fate
Beyond the reach of hope or hate

I hear the whispers of the dead
That fill my soul with doubt and dread
They mock...

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Life Of Addiction

A Life of Addiction

I started with a sip, a puff, a pill
Just to feel a little thrill
But soon I craved for more and more
And lost control of what I swore

I sold my soul, my health, my dreams
To chase the high that never seems
To fill the...

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Scotland my home

Scotland, My Home

Scotland, my home, where I was born and bred
Where the saltire flies high above my head
Where the bagpipes sound and the kilts are worn
Where the haggis tastes and the whisky warms

Scotland, my home, where the history runs...

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The Rival King

The Rival King

He was my brother once, in blood and name,
The son of Pharaoh, raised in royal grace;
He shared my throne, my glory, and my fame,
Until he turned his back on his own race.

He fled the land, and joined the Hebrew slaves,
The...

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Torn Will

Two brothers, once so close and dear
Now torn apart by greed and fear
One claims he deserves the lion's share
The other says it's not his fault or fair

They fight and argue, day and night
They curse and slander, with no respite
They forget...

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