Welcome to my poems directory.
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With Tired Eyes
by Pete Scopes
06/05/2010
With tired eyes the lines between realities are blurred. The fiction is invading the fact. And with every passing second my certainties are unravelling. With tired eyes I can see the end, the beginning. The near becomes the far. No longer can I hid...
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Insomnia
by Pete Scopes
29/05/2009
Lying in bed unable to get sleep, the sweet release. Every little light grows brighter as my eyes grow heavier. The once almost silent night shouts at me from the dark. Thoughts running wild, set loose in my semi-conscience state. My pillow is no lo...
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My, Nature's, Alarm Clock
by Pete Scopes
19/05/2009
To bed! I say, or at least said, for it is a drowsy morning now. A beam of pure light mounts an attack on my once dark fortress. Yet my, artificial, alarm clock tells me that I should, in fact, still be asleep! So why am I awake at this hour? For wh...
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A Lazy Summer's Day
by Pete Scopes
30/11/2007
Down on the gleaming sandy beach on a lazy summers day. The waves lapping the shore, washing in and creeping back out. White surf highlight the breaking waves as gulls bob up and down. Long grass peeks out of the steep dunes giving shelter from the cool b...
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My Sleeping Hour
by Pete Scopes
30/11/2003
In my bed, my sleeping hour I lie awake with no desire. Curtains lighten with the rising sun My alarm goes off, an annoying hum. I crunch my eyes shut as shut can be But I am awake for all to see. Slowly, slowly my eyes creep open I hit my alarm, the n...
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Awoken
by Pete Scopes
30/11/-0001
Awoken one morning to misty ground January's month has come around The frost on the grass a beautiful sight I look at Nature's ceiling, it's pure white Beams of light break through the cloud Shimmers and sparkles on the ground A song from a bird, a lau...