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John Edward Smallshaw
Apr 2016
3 x #10word
(20 minute poetry)
#10word Siberia
In permafrost? or
listed as missing,
lost in the
floe.
#10word traveller
I visit this
ancient land
where the sand
meets Ozymandias.
#10word Bard.
Give me the quill
I have the will
to write.
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kris evans
Jun 2014
Magnets....(10word)
Poles apart attract each other......
Just like you and me.......
#love
#magnets
#attract
#poles
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John Edward Smallshaw
Nov 2015
#10word sugar
We fail
only to make
success
taste that much
sweeter.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Feb 2016
#10word triumph
Making a date
to meet in
Jerusalem
on
Palm Sunday.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Apr 2019
#10word Brexit.
Another deadline
headline
it's about time
they
sorted it out.
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John Ryles
Nov 2011
Oak Tree(10word)
Great Oak
Acorn ripe
Squirrels harvest
For long
Winter nights
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John Ryles
Feb 2012
Icicles cry(10word)
As the icicles cry
Bright spring sun
Wave’s winter goodbye
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John Edward Smallshaw
Jun 2016
#10word out
Brexit
wrecked it
for the ones
who wanted to stay.
#brexit
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John Edward Smallshaw
Sep 2016
#10word and..
feeling so so
is sometimes
as good as
it gets.
With thanks to Sarif Hossain and the conversation which prompted this
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John Ryles
Nov 2011
Shadow Puppets (10word)
Perfumed candle
Laminar flame
Flickering stave
Casting shadows
Puppets misbehave
Waxing lyrical
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John Edward Smallshaw
Jul 2016
#10word safari
bargain hunting,
as dangerous as
hunting for socks
that match
There should be an odd sock emporium.
#life
#and
#my
#witches
#lions
#bathrobes
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John Edward Smallshaw
Dec 2015
#10word biker
Strip me down
and build
a
Kawasaki
from my
bones.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Sep 2015
#10word Stingray
Troy,
for an ounce of treasure
a pleasure a
Tempest.
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Demonized Angels
Dec 2014
Andy 10Word
We'll miss you Andy, Our angel has gained his wings
#ripandy
#legendsneverdie
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John Edward Smallshaw
May 2015
#10word Pyrrhic
Some try to save the world but can't save themselves.
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Happynessa
Oct 2017
Mindfulness (10word)
Life tethers bodies
Mindfulness soars freely
Blissfully radiating loves light
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John Edward Smallshaw
Sep 2016
#10word submission
Wrestling winter
I fall as autumn
into her cold
embrace,
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John Ryles
Nov 2011
Honesty(10word)
Lies deception
Then you fall
Stay true
Honesty
Conquers all
truth will conquer
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Poetic T
Jun 2015
Words Felt Through Time (10word)
Echoes*
Do
Never
Fade,
They
Only
Get
Harder
To
*Hear..
#words
#anger
#hate
#abuse
#time
#past
#hit
#bullied
#heal
#boiling
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John Ryles
Nov 2011
Umberella(10word)
Umbrella
Keep me dry
Until rain clouds
Pass on bye
10 word poem
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Jinxx
Dec 2014
[10word]
This noose is my only friend in the world now
*lays my head in my hands* I'm kinda done with all this
#suicidalteen
#dearcaroline
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Meghan Nguyen
Jul 2012
Vagabond(10word poem)
The ones we trusted the most
pushed us far away.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Jul 2015
#10word proposal
I stop there,
pop
her
the question,
awaiting
the reply.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Aug 2015
#10word poverty.
Up in the
North country
even the
winds
blow frugally
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John Edward Smallshaw
Feb 2017
#10word Scuba
Atlantis,
a place to miss
when
planning a
Summer holiday.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Feb 2016
#10word divorce
We went everywhere
together
and got nowhere,
life goes on.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Mar 2016
#10word deep
If you are
not an
ocean
do not
make
waves.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Dec 2016
#10word jenny
She
spins stories
like
spiders spin webs
I
am spellbound.
#love
#magic
#silk
#webs
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John Edward Smallshaw
Jan 2016
#10word fact.
Rock bottom,
not a
good place
for a
vacation home.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Aug 2015
#10word Alice
We shatter no illusions
when breaking through
the looking glass.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Jan 2016
#10word Age.
Out of shape
I bend slowly
into an old
man.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Mar 2016
#10word disappointment.
It's only a
burglar,
I wanted it
to be
Batman.
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John Ryles
Mar 2012
Acceptance(10word)
Understanding
Your own
Weaknesses
Can eventually
Bring forth
Your strengths
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John Edward Smallshaw
Nov 2015
#10word cousin Edward
Lick a
lick a
stick a
stamp,
my friend
flicka.
About 50 years ago my cousin Ed was known as flicka as he could stamp a book of 500 bingo tickets in less than 90 seconds... he disappeared when he was about 16 and has never been heard of since'
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Robert Blankenship
Dec 2015
Never A Dad(10word)
Wishing
I
Had
Something
Kind
To
Write
About
My
Father
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John Ryles
Dec 2011
Christmas Memories (10word)
Sugar mice
Pink and white
Tree
Log fire
Candle light
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John Ryles
Feb 2012
Virtue (10word)
Greed can’t share
Jealousy won't trust
Love will always
Forgive
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John Edward Smallshaw
Oct 2016
#10word lifer
Part one done
adverts on now
waiting for part two
Almost televisual
#soap
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John Ryles
Nov 2011
The fall(10word)
Rustic leaves
Autumn’s crown
Seasons reign
Will
Bring
Them
Down
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John Edward Smallshaw
Feb 2016
#10word cheers
The best vintage
red wine,
her lips
drinking in mine.
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John Edward Smallshaw
Jul 2015
#10word banjo
My finger plucks
a tune from a
blue Monday
morning.
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