Welcome to my poems directory.
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What Became of the Wolf?
by Pete Scopes
25/11/2011
The lone wolf so desperate to eat That she continued to bite at the bison's feet Her pack departed over this lost cause Her body riddled with blood, cuts, & sores...
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A Solemn Pair
by Pete Scopes
24/11/2011
Pervasively, harsh winds batter The old, hewn face of an ancient boulder Whistling through the last remaining leaves Of a scrawny tree desperately clinging to its shoulder...
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Everyone Dances
by Pete Scopes
21/11/2011
In life there is a multitude of avenues Which to venture and goals to pursue For some it is a one-way street Others, a labyrinth, needing a guide to greet...
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Tonight We Dream
by Pete Scopes
16/11/2011
Wide awake we dream tonight About the elephants taking flight Broken statues in empty squares Playing their lyres for dancing bears Soaring beasts swiftly gracing Prancing bears tirelessly pacing...
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My Dad
by Pete Scopes
12/11/2011
My dad, my dad what a marvellous man I'm really not sure if I filled all that I can With handwritten letters of love and thanks Even covers all of Jordan's banks...
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Let Us Not Forget
by Pete Scopes
12/11/2011
He was a young, a courageous man, As dawn approached you could see the fear Stick to his skin life dew on morning grass With calm expression he watched it pass...
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Prolix Parrot
by Pete Scopes
10/11/2011
Pointless parades of paradoxical purpose Pertaining to possess prestigious perception Perchance practicalities progress to pacify Paranoid persons from palpable pandemics...
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Not That We Loved
by Pete Scopes
09/11/2011
My voice, I heard, as an echo Saying, "I'm just a man, I'm not a hero" In front of my eyes a blinding light I have to run, got no strength to fight...
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Should
by Pete Scopes
03/11/2011
Should one live with a light touch Loving lots but not asking much? Leaving your imprint wherever you go But passing by gently like a shadow...
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Let Your Thoughts
by Pete Scopes
03/11/2011
Let your thoughts intertwine Drift down sleepy streams As stories crawl between your ears And settle as dreams...
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The Tools of a Man
by Pete Scopes
30/10/2011
Are they the same, the sword and the pen? Both the product of intelligent men Outer and inner an extension of the self To bring power, glory, honour and wealth Both a reflection of ones soul A means to obtain their own goal...
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Our King
by Pete Scopes
26/10/2011
There is no-one like our King Who would dare to welcome us in? We've wondered in a pitiful mess Brought to a place to confess...
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The Sea
by Pete Scopes
22/10/2011
...I lost my love to the sea Yet his voice still comforts me I hear it in the wind and the waves The moving mountains of uncountable graves...
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Open Orifice
by Pete Scopes
17/10/2011
It matters not where I am Because of the once slain Lamb East, West, North and South Endless praise will leave my mouth...
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A Blood Drenched Cross
by Pete Scopes
16/10/2011
I collapse to my knees in a weeping mess A wail protrudes from my lips in utter distress As I look heavenward, raising my eyes From the very foot of the blood drenched cross...
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In to the Fire
by Pete Scopes
12/10/2011
A blazing, roaring lion stands before me His mere sight almost sets me ablaze Prowling, the heat of his presence stalking His majesty weakening me at the knees...
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Fickle Facts
by Pete Scopes
09/10/2011
I can't predict the future We can only glimpse the past There is very little certain fact And only one Truth that lasts...
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An Old and Dusty Friend
by Pete Scopes
09/10/2011
My afternoon spent in a comfy armchair A book in my lap and a none too focused stare Battling between two states: awake and comatose This book is fascinating but my eyes just wish to close...
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Dilly Dally
by Pete Scopes
25/09/2011
A vast and long leisurely stroll No rush to achieve my morning's goal Ambling along without a care A slow saunter to almost nowhere...
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All These Things
by Pete Scopes
21/09/2011
All these things I don't understand It is all within Your glorious plan One day we shall see Your Kingdom come Into Your loving arms we will run...
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Written
by Pete Scopes
06/09/2011
What I have written will be written once more Even now this has been written before For there is nothing new under the sun And every race has already been run By someone or something, someway and somehow I would not be surprised if it was happening now ...
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Dreaming Awake
by Pete Scopes
06/09/2011
Were all this a dream that I could awake Would I choose to leave these lies? Or rather would I choose the slumber Keep the wool pulled over my eyes?...
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Peacock's Tail
by Pete Scopes
25/08/2011
Whilst I was perched way up high upon a scarlet tree, I saw a rather amusing sight which did tickle me, A feather from a peacock's tail stood upright and tall, Saluting as the general passed: a hairy bouncy ball....
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Ribboned Box
by Pete Scopes
24/08/2011
Whilst I was perched way up high upon a scarlet tree, A curious sight did open up right before me, A ribboned box with a bow sprung from a ledge, But right before it hit the floor it became an evergreen hedge....
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Saying Goodbye (friends leaving)
by Pete Scopes
23/08/2011
It was by mornings light we said our goodbye But I could not bear to look her in the eye She ventured beyond the horizons line Here I am left to pray to the divine...