Musical Feet
My shuffling feet, shuffle forward,
Tapping out a rhythm of a beat.
Taking time to get it right.
Hand tapping thigh,
The pace not a race.
Body vibrates, booming Bass,
Hairs prickle the neck,
Touches roots of the soul.
© 2012
poem by Nick Strong
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Broken Fence
This fence is a token of you.
A line dividing everything,
In two, by you.
A line of wood, to gaze over.
A wire to watch through.
Barbed wire pushing us apart,
This fence is a token of you.
Separating the past, the future.
© 2012
poem by Nick Strong
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Mushy Peas
Minty green and mean,
Mushy pea clean.
Add to the plate,
Of your best mate.
Mushy peas and chips,
Raised to the lips.
Believe me when I say,
A sensation so intense,
Will leave you, in suspense.
Mushy peas
Minty green, yet supreme.
© 2012
poem by Nick Strong
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Tree
Ancient tree
Aching twisted limbs, gnarled and torn,
Wind battered, weathering and worn.
What stories can it tell?
Through generations of sunshine,
Through decades of rain,
Storm battered, weathered by pain.
What stories can it tell?
© 2012
poem by Nick Strong
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One Star
One star for each person,
Long gone, but not forgotten.
A gentle reminder that,
Each stars a soul,
Woven and sewn
With silvery threads
Stretching for the moon,
Blinking, flashing, calling,
Cascaded memories belonging
To each star
A Soul
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poem by Nick Strong
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One Word
I have been searching all my life,
For one beautiful word;
Just one, through the corners of my mind,
Through the paperback acres,
To hardback libraries and now
That I've found it…
I realise it was there all along,
Simple and unassuming,
You.
© 2012
poem by Nick Strong
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Communicating
'Would talk to anyone, you would, '
She said.
'Would I? ' he replied
'Then why don't I talk to you? '
'Well you should, ' she commented
'Is what, we are meant to do? '
'Is it? ' He replied,
'Then why is it that you talk,
And I listen? '
'I listen! '
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poem by Nick Strong
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My Time
This is my time, not yours.
Given to me,
Folded, handed down the line.
I could share it, cut it in two,
This is my time, not yours.
I have not forgotten the hand,
The icy grip, taking hold,
I won't share it, won't cut it in two.
This is my time not yours.
© 2012
poem by Nick Strong
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Wrap your arms
Wrapping your arms around it all, from time to time,
Ain't such a bad thing, when the clouds turn grey.
Making moments last forever, in chaotic turmoil
So
Wrapping your arms around it all, from time to time,
Ain't such a bad thing, when the day turns to night.
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poem by Nick Strong
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A single tear is shed
Conversational stop,
Pregnant pause.
Silence made with a scream,
Something to ignore.
Best time is no time.
And yet we float,
Past miracles of broken promises.
Catch nothing, say nothing
Nothing is all we hear.
When silence is broken
A single tear is shed.
© 2012
poem by Nick Strong
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