Welcome to my poems directory.
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Of Forests, Fields & Trees
by Pete Scopes
19/05/2011
What can be said about the differences of these three? A field is just a forest without any trees And a forest is a field which has severely overgrown And a tree is but a forest that wishes to be alone Now a field and a tree sometimes combine Beauty they...
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Musing of Mortality
by Pete Scopes
16/05/2011
Suppose, what are we To think ourselves gods? Stand on the Earth's shoulders And declare our sovereignty .... Look! Come and behold Now we have become death The destroyers of the world The epitome of our nature...
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A Foreigner in a strange land
by Pete Scopes
15/05/2011
I walk beside the road, listening to the people speak The odd word do I understand but I am a foreigner this week Far from my regular home embracing life at a slower pace Heads are turning, confounded looks but mostly smiles on their face...
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(De)llusions of Grandeur
by Pete Scopes
07/05/2011
Outwardly silent, inwardly loud my pride concealed within this vessel My heart is a lion, in conceit it roars basking in my own finesse As my mind revels in past victories coaxing itself with tales of future glory...
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The Dancing Girl
by Pete Scopes
01/05/2011
Dancing girl dancing girl let the scoffers mock Dancing girl dancing girl just don't ever stop Gracefully she spins upon a silver pinhead Pirouetting, weaving as delicately woven thread Her art is a tapestry, slowly does it build With each fluid motion ...
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Blue Skies Grace
by Pete Scopes
01/05/2011
Summer's blue has returned to us So brilliant is the sky I can barely look To admire the sun's radiance with Cotton dabbed white floating elegantly Winter's grey has finally fled and Spring's efforts have not gone unnoticed Now is the time to hold fast t...
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White blossom or possibly buds
by Pete Scopes
21/04/2011
Love. Am I in love with you? Or the idea of being in love with you? The morning melody of Spring plucking a love struck heart chord By night the Moon's dance Leaving me completely infatuated Like the smell of freshly cut grass I am left saturated by visio...
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Growing Up
by Pete Scopes
19/04/2011
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tick tock The unstoppable ticking of life's clock Growing up is a most peculiar thing Watching as the world around you is shrinking When you are young time never passes When you are old it moves a whole lot faster Certain age...
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Summer Rain
by Pete Scopes
19/04/2011
Running through the long grass on a hot summers day The field is so very large or is it that I am just small Glistening the sun beams down peeping out from behind soft clouds Quickly the clouds cover light rain flows down I slow to an amble and lie down f...
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The Teddy with a Tie
by Pete Scopes
18/04/2011
My teddy has a tie I like to pretend he can fly Though the colours clash with his eyes I think he is a really cool guy He likes to sit on my desk Quite often he can be a pest The face he pulls are rather grotesque But it is all done in jest Together we ...
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Treasure Hunt
by Pete Scopes
10/04/2011
A humble king once did seek For those so far from home To return them back to his keep Rambunctious and yet his own Those, the lost, his treasures are Diamonds amongst the rough Those who hurt, & curse, & mar He'll brush from his cuff He sought so long ...
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Fades to Black
by Pete Scopes
09/04/2011
When everything fades And it all turns to black I look at the Light It shines so bright When the pain overwhelms And my heart seems to crack I look at my King He draws me in When the next breath hurts And every part of me aches I look at the One God's o...
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Memories
by Pete Scopes
05/04/2011
Memories forgotten Memories past Memories distant And those fading fast Like dreams in the night rudely awoken Lost before they could ever be spoken Memories coming Memories gone Memories living And those lingering on Like marble statues crafted out of ro...
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Let us Imagine
by Pete Scopes
28/03/2011
Let us imagine for a moment, if you dare, That we could forget the sun, no longer see the air That we are groping around in darkness which surrounds What would we think of light, would we think it profound? So I ask, where can you go to escape yours...
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I Wish I Were... (Part II)
by Pete Scopes
23/03/2011
I wish I were a giant snail I would smoke a cigar and depart on a whale I wish I were a golden eagle I would quote Shakespeare and ponce like a regal I wish I were a slippery snake I would steal a Van Gough and sell it as a fake I wish I were ...
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But...
by Pete Scopes
22/03/2011
A Summers day but Winters sun Rain fell down but clouds are gone Rainbow shines vivid but fades fast Gone too soon but Your promises last North winds blows followed by the South And I am full but ever feeding my mouth But there is no such rhym...
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I Wish I Were...
by Pete Scopes
22/03/2011
I wish I were a bumblebee I would buzz in your face and hide in a tree I wish I were a velociraptor I would run around fast and then even faster I wish I were an African lion I would call you names and hula like a Hawaiian I wish I were a flop...
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Love Is (Part II)
by Pete Scopes
18/03/2011
Love is a joyful child, It always thinks the best. It frolics in the open fields, And calls us out to rest. Love is a sunny day, It is warming to the soul. It brings a smile to my face, And makes my heart whole....
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A Family Breakfast
by Pete Scopes
02/03/2011
Darkened doorway frames the scene Kitchen flooded by noise and light Children looking alive and keen Father escapes to work by bike Radio singing to soften the blow Mother smiles with sleep in her eye Food ready and prepared for the show Spoons g...
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An Old Steam Train
by Pete Scopes
16/02/2011
An old steam train set off once more Full to the brim, people almost out the door With an almighty toot and a straining heave Leaving me on the platform alone to grieve Now I'm left staring at these ruggedly tracks Hoping one day that it might come...
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Shifting Shadows
by Pete Scopes
11/02/2011
Like shadows shifting amongst rustling reeds, My thoughts wonder with no particular path. Returning to where they began, As if in a mental labyrinth. She stands alone, bold & beautiful, Toying with me her smile lures me in. And again I turn my bac...
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Tired of the same old Cliches
by Pete Scopes
11/02/2011
Finding a good man is like searching for a needle in a haystack And although good things come to those who wait It could be the case that it's too little too late But then again: never say never Even if it does take two to tango Don't forget two wr...
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The Dark of the Day
by Pete Scopes
08/02/2011
Welcome to the dark of the day, Hope the fullness of shade will soon pass away. Riding moon to downward and fall, Pray the dawning moment overcomes all. That stars may fade in quickening might, In brilliance of the Fire blazing bright....
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The Shadowed Cross
by Pete Scopes
27/01/2011
What a merciless day, The day my Saviour died. What awful things I say, I condemned when innocence was tried. What despair across the land, The land where my Saviour died. What foolishness, with my head in the sand, Before the face of God, none c...
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On my way to Yeadon
by Pete Scopes
20/01/2011
Long shadows stretch over the bus, Spindly branches, like fingers, reach over the over. The hypnotic flickering between the trees Forcing my eyelids to become heavy. A clear blue sky contrasts the recent week, Like the sun's rays contrast the frigi...