Welcome to my poems directory.
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The Heart In My Chest
by Pete Scopes
20/10/2014
...The heart in my chest, made of blood & flesh Not of aged-oak, shined, carved yet blind...
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A Space Between Thoughts
by Pete Scopes
16/10/2013
A prayer and a thought A brief break from life Remember what naught Be told might be rife Around you, every day With no hope of an end In a quiet moment say What is broke I can mend...
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Little Grey Hairs
by Pete Scopes
14/06/2013
Should I fear growing old After all it is what I'm told That to be forever young Is the song I hear sung...
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A world so simple
by Pete Scopes
05/06/2013
How simple the world seems until you've dirtied your hands Grey smudge widening, lines that were clear black and white...
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The World Without Us
by Pete Scopes
13/03/2013
In a world without us would everything be the same Or would the sky be bluer, the trees more green? Moulded dust with breath from this world we came And built with our hands what can be seen...
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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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Jesus' Hand
by Pete Scopes
25/12/2012
Would you hold fast As my grip erred to slip My life past Before my eyes rip Life escape from fragile lip No more can I last Into death's river I dip "Where to I go?", the throne, I asked...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sing Little Bird
by Pete Scopes
23/02/2012
Sing with me little bird while I strum Lent up against a burning tree but half Is still living, full of green whence you come And half is ashen, dying, charred, and numb...
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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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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...