Saturday, 8 March 2025
Quinley
Does water stand in mud,
in this house of whispers,
who says it does no good,
places you want to escape,
don't reqire a chorus,
to sing along the busways,
smothered as time goes bust,
leaving here's a bonus,
be prepared for mistrust,
find another game,
do what time insists,
to love is always pain,
maybe you need a tug,
sail away without ship,
stamp ashes into dust,
search for feeling great,
tread the middle distance,
you will find that fame,
an Ocean never floods,
so why make a fuss,
life runs in your blood,
plenty for all of us.
Friday, 7 March 2025
Pearl
Forget all the clowns,
that come to woo her,
they wouldn't know how,
as loud as their woes,
ships blow their hooters,
every song sings of home,
it's not her gold gown,
that makes them swoon,
an air of Je sais Pas,
she glides without a crown,
in bars full of juicers,
she'd rather be alone,
nothing happens by chance,
her soft eyes are ruined,
everything comes to pass,
swaying she raises a laugh,
but what can they do,
beyond bare countenance,
strange in these ocean towns,
these old faded boozers,
no sight of her throne,
between the losers.
Thursday, 6 March 2025
Oaklee
You scream the news,
in troubled nights,
to everyone you knew,
sung to the different bums,
left hanging on the line,
once you loved then let run,
sounds like lose this crew,
don't come easy you cry,
avoid as they look at you,
not just me you shunned,
swimming against the tide,
you left all of us done.
no matter who you use,
however hard you try,
you are not immune,
who cares what is numbed,
something deep inside,
shines beyond my love,
who will sing your blues,
clouds fill the sky,
death brings no easy due,
never a good sign.
.
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
Nula
Bellow I;ve been betrayed,
rage at bitter holy things,
take them to my grave,
can't afford the Blues,
where everyone just clings,
and debts arrive on cue,
what a sound they make,
a curdled breast to living,
who knows how they'll shake,
smoke cigarettes in the room,
when called upon to bring,
honey to kid's sugar hoops,
watch ships glide the bay,
do you really want to fling,
salt on all this heartache,
a child brand new,
wants to laugh at everything,
even if it isn't true,
don’t gamble all and say,
love to me is nothing,
can’t cheat a turning page,
find me a place to sing.
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Margy
I’ll bet you know what,
how people feel shame,
caught in all their traps,
hang onto every sap
the jilted smile's stain,
they catch in every drop,
garnere in every slop
t've tried it every way,
take your time to cough,
those nights on the tap,
flying on a mercy craze,
who needs another slap,
huddled under burlap,
hear the pouring rain,
drink begets no chat,
from others just as daft,
life's no picture frame,
we're a long time cast,
to live without a compass,
the dread uncertain forays,
what you did was mad,
fear where life is mapped,
gets worse day to day,
nothing more invites collapse,
I didn't do all that,
but suffered just the same,
took all the useles crap,
I'd do it all again.
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Monday, 3 March 2025
Laura
Please let me know,
what people feel,
deep in their bones,
this smile's a strain,
hangs on every tree,
I put on every day,
take your time right now,
nights without mercy,
will never make me glow,
stand in the pouring rain,
peer in mountain streams,
who would want my fate,
I've nothing to bestow,
absolved by crazy schemes,
my life's no picture show,
hair is out of place,
to live without a team,
wake each mourning afraid,
what I did was wrong,
can see how I've been,
i need to warm my toes,
the river always gleams.
Sunday, 2 March 2025
Kathy
I still hear me Da,
laughing like a foghorn,
all the money gone,
happy not badly scarred,
or left forlorn.
I start the car,
when he stamps the tar,
like a newborn,
he’s a fallen star,
can't understand what's done
looking war-torn,
I switch off,
he's not a clerk,
not even sure,
where’s his great heart,
can’t find that chart,
my son knows the score',
it’s gone too far,
a trip to his mother's,
ripped shirts he’s worn,
things fall apart,
love has no form
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