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Seattle,1943. He's just ten.The family's poor beyond hunger,thrown out of Chicago by Al Caponefor making too much money.When it's dark and quiet,they..

...who or which is the main topic of this sitein any season, let alone this one in the Northern hemisphere,as the hormones stir a young man's..

Does this laughing baby brook know how far its journey?(A tenworder is a one-line poem with no more than ten words; can be less)

Why the hell should I respond to'I'm new to this site, please readall my poems andcomment (you'll enjoy them) '- whenyou haven't the courtesyor even..

and while children, to whomthe future’s still a playground,are complicit in computers’ fantasies,not so this adult; scaredwitless, that one wrong..

Can you rememberwhen you were, oh, five,and something just more perfect thanwhatever that word meant thenand more delightful thandelightjust made you..

Henman, Henman,winning-now-and-then man,give the other guy a chance, right?tennis should be just a game...why be in a hurrylike that wee brash Andy..

The spider on the hedgedoesn't seem to catch anythingbut grows larger.Sometimes not knowing is a blessing.Sometimes it's sad-making.Sometimes it's..

Their wives were not too keen about it all:beyond the call of duty, so it seemed;for, if they read the heavens' portents so well,what need of proof..

May sonnet ever match sonata form?whose opening movement catches restless mind;whose new and ever-fresh harmonious soundputs spark in eye and ear..

Grey clouds,brown earth,a broad white smile

Snow,remember those tender shootsand smilewarmly

I saw something white in the bushesit was a bunch of angelswings folded taking anambrosia break andlaughing gently overthe lies they hear most..

You asked me for a poem about home and I rememberedthat millions of years ago there was plenty of food for allin the Garden of Eden and slugswere..

Slither.If you're a fellow sufferer,you'll know exactly what I mean.Is it worse for those who live by the word,or those who hope to avoid it?It's..

Lord – if that is howa stranger, I, should addressthat stranger, you –I – or one resembling I –have done so many actionswhich the world would..

The £10,000 a week defender can’t quitecatch the £20,000 striker who's gotthe ball at his nimble, expensive feet, the stadium yellingfit to raise the..

No-one knew what subsequently became of herafter he went so dramatically, and after all those goings-on.He got all the headlines.The police didn't..

At what age does the recognition dawnthat grown-ups aren’t quite as brightas they would like – and would like you –to think?An early proof among the..

'Your only enemyis yourself'...Easy to say?Prove me wrong.

Metaphor’s the soul of poetry:this incongruous instrument of speechwith which we say one thing,when we mean quite another:I wish that Shakespeare..

The sun so hot,green grass now brownunder a treea sculptorworkinghis eyes shining with -allallis not lost,Zimbabwe!

The tale I have to tell, children,is not a pretty one – so,PARENTAL SUPERVISION IS ADVISED;though on the other hand,as moral tales should, it hasa..

S You look much the same, HarryH You don’t look much different, SamS Though times changeH They don’t stay the sameS Or perhaps they seem to changeH..

When those you most lovediethat's the time to speak in praise of love(said Saint Valentine) .When those you have most lovedup and go, without a..