Welcome to my poems directory.
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The Art of Procrastination
by Pete Scopes
25/10/2012
...The art of procrastination? An oxymoron! Real satisfaction through this cannot be obtained Whence does it take its beginning or conclusion? Whence can you look back and in pride stand?...
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From Eternal Glory
by Pete Scopes
23/10/2012
O my Jesus, I can only wonder at the works of Your hands How far above me are Your ways, Your schemes and plans For You are mighty, hear me and answer my prayer Yet I am nothing, I deserve no such grace be spared...
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These days are Autumn
by Pete Scopes
22/10/2012
O the green grass withers outside the light As Winter's arm reaches and turns plight Yet those left in the cooling rays Fight frost all the waning Autumn days...
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My Words
by Pete Scopes
11/10/2012
From my chest where I did hold My words where shall I sow Into the frigid, the oceans cold Or cast them down to the valley below...
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Overcome the Curse
by Pete Scopes
06/10/2012
Amidst this still broken universe Your Son has overcome the curse We await the day when all becomes new And we see Your glorious face in full view...
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With One Last Breath
by Pete Scopes
02/10/2012
With one last breath left to breathe What would I say before this world I leave For death finally comes on us all As inevitable as befriending a fool...
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I Sit and Watch the Clouds Roll
by Pete Scopes
12/09/2012
I sit and watch the clouds roll Set on a Summer cerulean sky For they, my attention, stole Idly they drift on slowly by...
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A Changing Perspective
by Pete Scopes
11/09/2012
I wonder every now and then How the world looked way back when I was but a lad, with more, and less, hair And the sunshine shone a little more fair...
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The Lord your God is Near
by Pete Scopes
03/09/2012
A shrouding fog rising, blankets of grey Engulfing where to place your feet Yet do not fall hopeless into disarray Not see but feel our Lord's present heat ...
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Conflicting Thoughts
by Pete Scopes
30/08/2012
Can you describe to a man blind from birth Colours from the heavens upon the earth? Or sit at the feet of one and be taught By whom who has never had an evil thought?...
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We Lift You Up
by Pete Scopes
21/08/2012
We lift You up, the One who drank The cup of wrath that we earned Into peace from despair we sank No longer can we feel the fires that burned...
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The Butterfly and the Birdcage
by Pete Scopes
13/08/2012
I think that I may change tact today Let free a wing while my instrument plays This cage I designed to keep him safe Remained ever locked, and him in one place...
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Take From My Eyes
by Pete Scopes
09/07/2012
Take from my eyes this cosy sunshine Where rose tinted glass and falsehood line Let me see true, the mud and the grime Have me not believe all is fine...
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To Him who makes me whole
by Pete Scopes
08/07/2012
I'm clutching at straws in a duel that needs a gun to draw Any fool can see I'm scared, frightened stiff and unprepared Wishing to hold your hand even loose but held back by lies as a noose...
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March of the Hounds (Part I)
by Pete Scopes
11/06/2012
Run my darling run, we're headed to the setting sun This comes as no surprise, to those who sing dark lullabys That the hounds are let loose, set to obscure the truth So run my darling run, the march has begun...
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Mischievous Max
by Pete Scopes
31/05/2012
Mischievous Max, the old dog of our road Considers every house yet another abode Of his to enjoy for he follows the sun [He] lazes and lies, gardens, paths, either one...
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Elsewhere with you
by Pete Scopes
25/05/2012
The sun broke through the clouds as I raised my hand to knock A passing chill hangs in the breeze Filled with freshness brought by cleansing rain A sun drenched afternoon is a welcomed change...
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Heart on his Sleeve
by Pete Scopes
17/05/2012
Wearing his heart on his sleeve takes more than courage you must believe No longer are the eyes the soul's gate now that path is broad and straight...
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A Thousand Voices
by Pete Scopes
30/04/2012
I have heard a thousand voices Calling out, still ten thousand more Each one growing ever louder Ever harder to ignore...
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April Showers
by Pete Scopes
26/04/2012
The rain has stopped colliding with the glass Though its marks still are plainly seen Droplets, every now and then, run on past Not all bad since my car will now be clean...
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The Wolves
by Pete Scopes
21/04/2012
From the wolves, from the wolves We are running from the wolves Dressed in whites of purest wool Their words are honey turning bitter inside Their true form in disguises they hide...
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Captain of my own ship
by Pete Scopes
09/04/2012
...Rather I took captain of my own ship Mutiny aboard is but the ice-burg's tip Blood stained the moon red Left here abandoned instead...
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Harbour lights from a wooden jetty
by Pete Scopes
07/04/2012
Fisherman's boat batter with worn sail Set beside the weathered pier becoming evermore frail Last light of the westering sun streaks high Last circles of seagulls filled with hungry cry...
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About Two Sides
by Pete Scopes
07/04/2012
About two sides of the same coin About one edge is where they join Could it be they're but opposing view? Could it be they need the other to be true?...
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Sat Beside the Fire
by Pete Scopes
03/04/2012
A spark kisses the tinder wood and smoulders Glowing the orange fingers its way round Taking grasp and kindling into small blaze No smoke prevailing as yet nor flames venture out...