Welcome to my poems directory.
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Content and Yet Not
by Pete Scopes
21/05/2023
...Content in the things I have Content in the things given Content as I rise Content as I lie Content...
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Dividing Lines
by Pete Scopes
23/04/2023
We were never meant to be apart; Never meant to be separate; But here I was drawing, with my sin, Drawing these dividing lines....
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A Common Unity
by Pete Scopes
19/11/2022
A community, a common unity Christ in us, Christ in all of us Dept paid, blood bought our fealty...
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Another Cup of Tea
by Pete Scopes
29/10/2020
I lift my mug and check below the brim And I'm met bare, there is nothing in My cup of tea had disappeared, again Time to boil the old kettle once more I fill it first, back & forth along the floor My feet tread worn tracks, again Pavlov's b...
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The Weeds
by Pete Scopes
13/06/2020
Weeds have come, weeds have come It's time to get to work With shovel, spade, and sweaty brow And my garden fork Weeds are going, weeds are going Just mud, and grass, and joy Now to rest & solace Alas these weeds have a ploy Weeds are wa...
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A Mighty Oak Tree
by Pete Scopes
14/02/2019
An oak seed planted our love building at the start Embedded deep, roots sprouted within the heart...
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All My Socks
by Pete Scopes
29/11/2017
All my socks have holes in them Not just those required to wear Regardless of where this probem stems...
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Distractions
by Pete Scopes
06/06/2015
Whenever boredem brews And I'm not even alone I feel my hand reach For that illustrious tome...
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Shadows Only Prove
by Pete Scopes
04/02/2015
Look up to the clouds high above Silver lined, dark as they are Brooding thunderheads high above Fighting, give no sign of remorse...
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Recompense
by Pete Scopes
22/10/2014
What recompense should be given to a man who's so blasé A heart which does not feel anguish or ecstasy this or that way And knows only too well the correct motions But needs a spirit reborn found in no known potions...
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The Heart In My Chest
by Pete Scopes
20/10/2014
...The heart in my chest, made of blood & flesh Not of aged-oak, shined, carved yet blind...
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Man Does Attest
by Pete Scopes
08/05/2014
Arrived here, in Paris, like London but in French Walking, somewhat lost, looking for a bench To rest my weary legs and my eyes on a fine view Letting my mind wonder for a minute or two...
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One Stormy Night
by Pete Scopes
12/02/2014
Crimson dusk where clouds burst aflame With the Sun's might, yet still waning An oncoming storm growing Stronger in the night, foreboding veil rising...
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Tandem Run
by Pete Scopes
07/01/2014
O sweet ecstasy, the weight of relief The wait of engagement rises, lifts Evaporates, marriages' misty mysteries A golden day, in union, seize...
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Winter Solstice
by Pete Scopes
07/01/2014
Winter Solstice has come A changing point of the year Now the days grow no longer shorter The dark has descended The cold finally set in And the days grow no longer shorter...
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Writers block
by Pete Scopes
13/11/2013
Cobwebs in the mind, clogging up the thoughts Stifle creativity and the joy brought A stumbling block on which path to take A sheet of ice just too thick to break...
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Tower of Refuge
by Pete Scopes
23/10/2013
Where to go when your world seems to shake Or when your security blanket is stolen? Your cracked, pretty lies shatter and break Your arid eyes red, puffed & swollen...
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A Space Between Thoughts
by Pete Scopes
16/10/2013
A prayer and a thought A brief break from life Remember what naught Be told might be rife Around you, every day With no hope of an end In a quiet moment say What is broke I can mend...
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Psalm 3
by Pete Scopes
15/10/2013
Lord, never let me go! Never turn Your back on me I would be filled with dread & woe From everything I would flee...
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Psalm 2
by Pete Scopes
04/10/2013
Lord You say that no matter where I run You'll be there If I cross the sea, scale a mountain, fall into a pit of despair But I feel very far! Or at least somehow blind You're close yet I'm unable to find And deaf for that matter like my ears are block...
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What do I know
by Pete Scopes
29/09/2013
What do I know of burning righteousness? What do I know of fervent holiness? Just a man, a poor & weak man Undone by perfect justice...
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You Built Me
by Pete Scopes
17/09/2013
Lord You built me strong yet I am weak You made me able but my hands fumble Through Your grace I won't suffer defeat Jesus teach me to be humble...
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Submarine, Submarine
by Pete Scopes
09/09/2013
Submarine, submarine, under the sea Bobbing along very happily Do you spy the coral, coloured oh so bright The reef itself is living, & a fishes bed at night...
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Stand Alone Strong Tree
by Pete Scopes
26/06/2013
Stand alone strong tree in your field by yourself Worry not of man's insatiable desire for wealth...
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Little Grey Hairs
by Pete Scopes
14/06/2013
Should I fear growing old After all it is what I'm told That to be forever young Is the song I hear sung...