Welcome to my poems directory.
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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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March of the Hounds (Part III)
by Pete Scopes
13/03/2013
Leave your flag of peace, for the hounds will never cease While they still have breath, they seek your very death Before this night is up, you must drink of their cup So run my darling run, Once the deed is done...
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A Captain and His Ship
by Pete Scopes
23/01/2013
A captain & his ship, left with the dawn Full flask at his hip, and sail slightly torn Beyond the horizon's edge, to another land Over that mystical ledge, set foot on new sand...
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Are We Home?
by Pete Scopes
25/12/2012
Is home ahead or is it behind Or is it a place inside your mind? An anchor perhaps to which we moor Of memories that we adore A lighthouse for lost ships in need of port A torch in the darkness to guide our thoughts;...
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March of the Hounds (Part II)
by Pete Scopes
17/11/2012
Out to the fields we go, The place we find sorrow Sown where the foot treads, Beaten and battered threads The hounds fear no thing, But fear is what they bring So run my darling run, Into the battle we're flung...
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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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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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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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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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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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While I Gently Weep
by Pete Scopes
20/01/2012
...And though I look back fondly it is through a veil of tears Of the small hours past talking about our hope and fears...
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Sheep and Wolves
by Pete Scopes
19/01/2012
...Cry privy and pry about the heath Find the wicked with their gleaming teeth Watch them gnaw, and whine, and moan Slowly cold and hearts turn to stone...
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Voyage to the Frontier
by Pete Scopes
15/12/2011
I have arrived at the forefront Before me lies a blank canvas A deep gorge to be explored Intricate mysteries to be uncovered Only there is a blindfold over my eyes The horizon is but a thought Limited yet as wide as I dare it Each step could take me over...
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Hollow Seductions
by Pete Scopes
12/12/2011
I am many things and I am nothing It's to whom I am compared These things that I have gained in life Became because I dared...
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The Storm
by Pete Scopes
09/12/2011
...This world is but a slender veil One through which we shall pass Our eyes fixed upon the sail Our hands braced against the mast...
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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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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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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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If I were the rain
by Pete Scopes
04/07/2011
Were I the rain that joins the sky and ground Never able to touch but always reaching out Could I bind together the broken pieces And heal the wounds which time has forgot...
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The (paper)chase
by Pete Scopes
29/06/2011
Thumping hard, heart inside of chest The clock's cogs spinning, no time to rest Its hands drawing nearer to their final approach What can satisfy those haughty, curious eyes Bottomless desires, driving yet further guise Left wanting, fuelling the fire th...
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Thank You
by Pete Scopes
18/06/2011
I sometimes fear it might be forgotten, lost Homage for those who burdened a cost Two words of such perfectly simple measure When received give abundant pleasure Rarely uttered, sporadically said Left in the dictionary to be found dead Thank you, a mea...
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Inspiration
by Pete Scopes
18/06/2011
Inspiration is a conceited mistress but one you should know She does not warn you when she's coming nor when she's about to go Like a thief in the night she comes without warning in the darkest hour But when she arrives she is finely dressed like a beaut...
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An Accidental Flirt?
by Pete Scopes
08/06/2011
Guys, girls, so very different and yet also alike Mistakes will be made like learning to ride a bike The trick lies in braving getting back on Discerning how and where you went wrong Girls can play by a complex melody Outwardly it seems fine but more goe...
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Live It
by Pete Scopes
04/06/2011
Sometimes life's a slog and I wonder if I can quit When was it that I learnt to just accept it? Other times I question life it is unmistakably good Was it something I did or is there something I should? Is the proverbial glass before me half full or emp...