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"manchester" poems
The Yorkshire Rose, elegantly perched on the bridge This was not London, or the palace nor Manchester, where Mancurians are free nor Blackpool, where the beach swallows Glasses, towels, mussels clinging to rocks The Yorkshire rose, drawn upon the bridge Bullet trains, leading distances Almost unfathomable in this very spot Harrogate, bath water Spilling onto the street in natural sulphuric geysers Burning The Yorkshire Rose, fleeting in memory In ghosts of the abbey nearby
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Nov 12, 2014
Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26 PM UTC
yorkshire
First Kiss (Manchester to Miami) Rachel was a 19 year old student who attended the Royal Northern College of Music, located in Manchester UK. Manchester was considered the arts, media, higher education and commerce mecca of north central England. Bordered by the Cheshire plain to the south, and the Pennines mountain range to the north and east. The famous River Mersey ran along the southern side of Manchester. Rachel was packing for winter holiday with some of her classmates, to the warm beaches of Miami Florida, for a week long stay in the sun, far from the often dreary weather that settled over the UK this time of year. Not only was Rachel looking forward to the warm weather and sunny skies but she was looking forward to meeting up with Daniel. Daniel was a 40 something musician, beach bartender, handyman, who lived just outside of Miami. They had met on a poetry website seven months prior, and had established a warm friendship. They communicated almost daily threw emails, chat sites and through poetry exchanges. Their friendship had become more romantic in the last month or so, talking that silly love talk that new lovers used, and Rachel finished off every meeting with the initials AKTY at the end. AKTY stood for angel kisses to you, as Daniel liked to refer to her as his angel. they both were very excited about the chance to see each other, face to face. Rachel knew that the majority of Daniels poetry was slanted toward the romance side, and she knew from their conversations that he seemed to be educated, gentle and romantic. She was, they were, both looking forward to spending an evening together, holding hands,caressing each other, looking into each others eyes, and..... that first kiss. Kiss kiss kiss kiss hard rock guitars, lights and smoke Kiss, that first kiss, this is what, loves all about kiss, your sweet kiss, makes me go crazy, scream and shout your kiss, that angel kiss, can't live with out it, you drive me mad one kiss, just one kiss, from your sweet lips, blows my mind real bad don't know how I got by before you never want to try it no never again my darlin angel I adore you, since I met you you know i've been crazy, I've gone crazy, just can't get enuff, of you sweet baby dreaming, got me dreaming, every night baby, I don't mean maybe every kiss, like your first kiss, sets me ablaze, you know it takes me higher another kiss, I want another kiss, turn the flames up like a funeral pyre don't wanna try to get along without you never want to try it no never again my darlin angel I adore you, since I met you been waiting for that first kiss Gomer LePoet
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Apr 12, 2010
Apr 12, 2010 at 8:58 PM UTC
First Kiss (Act I -Manchester to Miami) A Rock Opera
First Kiss (Manchester to Miami) Rachel was a 19 year old student who attended the Royal Northern College of Music, located in Manchester UK. Manchester was considered the arts, media, higher education and commerce mecca of north central England. Bordered by the Cheshire plain to the south, and the Pennines mountain range to the north and east. The famous River Mersey ran along the southern side of Manchester. Rachel was packing for winter holiday with some of her classmates, to the warm beaches of Miami Florida, for a week long stay in the sun, far from the often dreary weather that settled over the UK this time of year. Not only was Rachel looking forward to the warm weather and sunny skies but she was looking forward to meeting up with Daniel. Daniel was a 40 something musician, beach bartender, handyman, who lived just outside of Miami. They had met on a poetry website seven months prior, and had established a warm friendship. They communicated almost daily threw emails, chat sites and through poetry exchanges. Their friendship had become more romantic in the last month or so, talking that silly love talk that new lovers used, and Rachel finished off every meeting with the initials AKTY at the end. AKTY stood for angel kisses to you, as Daniel liked to refer to her as his angel. they both were very excited about the chance to see each other, face to face. Rachel knew that the majority of Daniels poetry was slanted toward the romance side, and she knew from their conversations that he seemed to be educated, gentle and romantic. She was, they were, both looking forward to spending an evening together, holding hands,caressing each other, looking into each others eyes, and..... that first kiss. Kiss kiss kiss kiss hard rock guitars, lights and smoke Kiss, that first kiss, this is what, loves all about kiss, your sweet kiss, makes me go crazy, scream and shout your kiss, that angel kiss, can't live with out it, you drive me mad one kiss, just one kiss, from your sweet lips, blows my mind real bad don't know how I got by before you never want to try it no never again my darlin angel I adore you, since I met you you know i've been crazy, I've gone crazy, just can't get enuff, of you sweet baby dreaming, got me dreaming, every night baby, I don't mean maybe every kiss, like your first kiss, sets me ablaze, you know it takes me higher another kiss, I want another kiss, turn the flames up like a funeral pyre don't wanna try to get along without you never want to try it no never again my darlin angel I adore you, since I met you been waiting for that first kiss Gomer LePoet
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New York, Tel Aviv, Moscow, London, Netanya, Bali, Istanbul, Riyadh, Beslan, Nisanit, Dublin Londonderry, Glasgow, Manchester, Spin Boldak (district), Kuta Kano, Baghdad, Kandahar Mumbai, Karballa, Boston All for God, the almighty God, the inhumanity in his name God, the creator I am weeping for the latest terror victims 141 injured in Boston 3 dead in Boston Jesus Saves...tell that to the dead When will it end? I have nothing....just tears, and an emptiness Confusion I leave you all with your prayers, for all of those lost Over time, to terrorist attacks listed and not listed I pray for the lost, the living and the future I remain confident in mankind....
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Apr 15, 2013
Apr 15, 2013 at 11:25 PM UTC
I remain confident in mankind
Bedroom’s painted fisherman’s blue There’s a cut out of Hayden Panettiere naked in a pink bikini with a hula-hoop on the back of the door Copies of British Vogue desperately hidden underneath the bed accompanying an empty bottle of Glen’s Manchester United duvet cover and matching pillows to boot The bin’s filled with pre-packed home-made lunches from the last six months Wardrobes a collection of ill fitting blue jeans bought for me by grandmother and football jerseys for teams that I’ve never even heard of, yet let alone see play a single game Uniform ironed and sitting out ready for school on Monday at 8am sharp ***** clothes cover mostly all the floor smelling of Lynx’s finest even though there’s an empty laundry basket just waiting in the corner to be used Inside one of the woolen blazer’s (that is way too big for me) pockets a single unopened ****** and an AES 256-bit encrypted USB stick An old PlayStation 2, with a single controller; games including FIFA years through 2004 to now, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, and GTA. Blood red shoplifted lipstick that’s now melted hidden in the little secret compartment at the back, meant for network expansion. Artemis Fowl, Alex Rider, and Harry Potter all adorn the bookcase Physics, Maths, and IT textbooks remain firmly closed on the desk in addition to a smashed phone from me and Daddy’s last “physical altercation” Lady Gaga’s “I Like it Rough” is playing in the background on repeat…
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Aug 23, 2020
Aug 23, 2020 at 2:43 PM UTC
~2009
Bedroom’s painted fisherman’s blue There’s a cut out of Hayden Panettiere naked in a pink bikini with a hula-hoop on the back of the door Copies of British Vogue desperately hidden underneath the bed accompanying an empty bottle of Glen’s Manchester United duvet cover and matching pillows to boot The bin’s filled with pre-packed home-made lunches from the last six months Wardrobes a collection of ill fitting blue jeans bought for me by grandmother and football jerseys for teams that I’ve never even heard of, yet let alone see play a single game Uniform ironed and sitting out ready for school on Monday at 8am sharp ***** clothes cover mostly all the floor smelling of Lynx’s finest even though there’s an empty laundry basket just waiting in the corner to be used Inside one of the woolen blazer’s (that is way too big for me) pockets a single unopened ****** and an AES 256-bit encrypted USB stick An old PlayStation 2, with a single controller; games including FIFA years through 2004 to now, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, and GTA. Blood red shoplifted lipstick that’s now melted hidden in the little secret compartment at the back, meant for network expansion. Artemis Fowl, Alex Rider, and Harry Potter all adorn the bookcase Physics, Maths, and IT textbooks remain firmly closed on the desk in addition to a smashed phone from me and Daddy’s last “physical altercation” Lady Gaga’s “I Like it Rough” is playing in the background on repeat…
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A Rogue Mind Attacks Manchester A rogue mind descends on a village square ravishing it's children without a prayer. Birds of peace gather and fight the fire on it's wings rest hopes, civility inspires. Up in the sky clouds weep at the mass loss of young ones taken early in bearing the cross. From this World, the descendants left in pain, relatives and love ones befallen, crying in vain. It hurts me to see the breadbasket of life filled with ISIS and terrorist inciting strife. For the seeds they plant grab at our hearts, such devilish intertwines taking our lives apart. How I wish a drone peaks into their yellow skies, taking them all out, like an eye for an eye. Maybe so that's the solution for their pillage, so, now, the World be tighter than the Olympic villages. Logan Robertson 5/24/17
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May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017 at 9:33 PM UTC
A Rogue Mind Attacks Manchester
*The man with green hair and green hands. A long long time ago When army’s wore uniforms. We were khaki they were grey. My grandfather was fire warden In WW2 he had seven sons And three daughters . You could say he was a bit of a pacifist. Make love not war Was his mantra. He married my Grandma when she was seventeen. They were to stay married for over sixty five years. And produce tribe of ten children. He had spent his whole life Working as a coppersmith For the same company. His hair and hands tinted green From the metals Verdigris. My father was a baby just born In the middle of the war. We lived in Manchester. Money was always tight. But we were happy. Just as Herr ****** invaded Poland My grandad bought our first house. We always rented until then. It was a large town home. The six older boys All joined the marines At the outbreak of the war. They did one act of preparation That ultimately saved the family. They took down an old barn for a farmer And used the beams to shore up the stone cellar of the house. When the air raids came later. We would all huddle under the stair well Until the all clear sirens sounded. When the bad raid came It was the early hours of the night. Grandad was out on fire watch. Six of the sons were on ships In Europe and the far east. My aunty told me much later. When the war was long over. She heard the bomb falling It screamed as it fell. Exploding just outside our house the house caved in and they were all buried under the rubble in total darkness. She said grandma was breastfeeding the baby my dad. Grandad was busy the raid was a hard one. A friend said Frank your house has been hit It’s bad. He dropped everything and ran and ran Breathless he reached the fallen house. In his heart he thought we were all dead. It took ten neighbors four hours to reach us. They pulled the girls out first Then the baby my dad. And finally the dimutive figure of my grandma. She was weeping. She said Frank we’ve lost everything. There’s nothing left. He held her in his big arms Tears flowing from the eyes of a man Who had had a hard life. Who never cried. He kisses her full on her lips A single sign of public affection That was out of his character. He whispered to grandma. That odd Mary Because I just found Everything I ever wanted or needed.*
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Oct 30, 2015
Oct 30, 2015 at 12:36 AM UTC
My Grandad with the green hair ..A true story from Judes past.
*The man with green hair and green hands. A long long time ago When army’s wore uniforms. We were khaki they were grey. My grandfather was fire warden In WW2 he had seven sons And three daughters . You could say he was a bit of a pacifist. Make love not war Was his mantra. He married my Grandma when she was seventeen. They were to stay married for over sixty five years. And produce tribe of ten children. He had spent his whole life Working as a coppersmith For the same company. His hair and hands tinted green From the metals Verdigris. My father was a baby just born In the middle of the war. We lived in Manchester. Money was always tight. But we were happy. Just as Herr ****** invaded Poland My grandad bought our first house. We always rented until then. It was a large town home. The six older boys All joined the marines At the outbreak of the war. They did one act of preparation That ultimately saved the family. They took down an old barn for a farmer And used the beams to shore up the stone cellar of the house. When the air raids came later. We would all huddle under the stair well Until the all clear sirens sounded. When the bad raid came It was the early hours of the night. Grandad was out on fire watch. Six of the sons were on ships In Europe and the far east. My aunty told me much later. When the war was long over. She heard the bomb falling It screamed as it fell. Exploding just outside our house the house caved in and they were all buried under the rubble in total darkness. She said grandma was breastfeeding the baby my dad. Grandad was busy the raid was a hard one. A friend said Frank your house has been hit It’s bad. He dropped everything and ran and ran Breathless he reached the fallen house. In his heart he thought we were all dead. It took ten neighbors four hours to reach us. They pulled the girls out first Then the baby my dad. And finally the dimutive figure of my grandma. She was weeping. She said Frank we’ve lost everything. There’s nothing left. He held her in his big arms Tears flowing from the eyes of a man Who had had a hard life. Who never cried. He kisses her full on her lips A single sign of public affection That was out of his character. He whispered to grandma. That odd Mary Because I just found Everything I ever wanted or needed.*
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It was the color of your bedside lamp that paints the room just the same when I am seeing you lay there on the bed watching Manchester United game and when I move my leg inside the blanket we share to keep you tight you'd give me that "I am here" smile and kiss my forehead goodnight then when the morning knocks, I will find you still counting sheep and I will find myself exhumed by the whisper of your sleep
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Jul 22, 2015
Jul 22, 2015 at 5:15 AM UTC
Orange
It started in Dublin before I was born Crossing the Irish Sea to weather a storm. London called through the wind and rain Big city lights and a country's flame. To Manchester then, a city united At least to outsiders. But to those within it's somewhat Divided. Summers in France. Dining in Provence Time in Toulouse And along the Loire. But Paris! Paris has that Je ne sais quoi Fine wine, fine company It's a fine philosophy. A German exchange *in einer stadt namens Bad Bentheim.* Exposed to a culture And the work of Rammstein. A few days in Berlin A fantastic city with much History within. Gondolas in Vienna if only for a day Sailing down the Danube Water wants us on our way. We stay for a while Within the walls of Budapest, My first shot of Absinthe Puts my liver to the test. No rest for the wicked That wanderlust I long. Settled for a while by the lights of Hong Kong, A place I felt for a while at peace High in the Monastery of Lantau's peeks. I went once and I went again. When wizened crones speak of golden devils, Stroking my blonde hair on the streets of Shenzhen.
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Mar 2, 2015
Mar 2, 2015 at 5:17 PM UTC
Globe Trotting
Barefooted teenager Sliding D&G; watches Into a bag filled with Addidas shoes. It's bonfire night in the cities Of England. Come out, children, To the heart of the city and Bleed it dry. Betray your hunger, The greed that consumes you And the indifference bred into Your marrow. Bred by despair and shiny Baubles in window displays And worn by all those Stars in those glossy mags. It's a consumer's world; it's about Instant gratification, not hard work - Even if work could be found. But why work if you can steal? Bonfire night. Like when we burn that Guy. Fawkes? He tried to destroy Parliament But teenage angst and thugs could do in a few nights What his barrels of gunpowder couldn't. Alcohol and **** to last a Short lifetime. Shopkeepers in the way Should know better; You can't fight Irrationality. It has no conscience. ****** loot, burn like in those Movies about war, Grand Theft Auto, And a million other games. Just keep Moving so you never have to actually think. But just in case, let's blame someone else: Let's blame race, the Met, politicians, The schools, the economy, parents -   Society. Burn, London. Burn, Birmingham, Burn, Manchester, Burn Liverpool. Burn, Gloucester. Burn, burn, burn, But let tomorrow be just another day. Bonfire night. Every night. Till they put out the fires, Tend the wounded and Bury the dead.
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Aug 19, 2011
Aug 19, 2011 at 5:55 PM UTC
England is Burning: Bonfire Night
I see the violence, I hear no laughter, It's all faith to capture; I can feel the rapture, Disaster another chapter, Darkness within these walls, a fall, No more buildings too tall. Fire choking the young, It's only just begun. There's no sun, We hear a bomb, Run, Innocent children, Deprived of fun, Shrapnel flying everywhere, Smoky air, Streets are bare, It's all despair, I feel the Animosity, Subconsciously, Knowing I'm dead probably, We do this to our society, Because we have religion and rivalry, Violently, involved yet independently, You walk so silently, Scared of your own shadow frightfully, Tirelessly, With your messed up psychiatry, That’s irony.
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May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017 at 4:50 AM UTC
Manchester Bombings (Rap)
*one reason why you're not read with a volume you expected, jedi-know-how, you'll be easily plagiarised.* **when i first came to england i fell in love with manchester united... the 4 - 4 - 2 line-up** peter schmeichel (dane goalkeeper), then ooh aah cantona (eric cantona baseball  cap), original wembley white towers... (white towers, charity shield newcastle united) so meh for the arch.... irwin... steve bruce... lee sharpe... gary pallister... (7) eric cantona.... george best.... mcclair, ryan giggs, cotton tomilisom, then roy keane... then davies cole **** the neville brothers... scholes and david beckham... **** stuck to azkazam fudge, it's still perfectly refrigerated in kazakhstan: steve mcmanaman will tell you; it's a random barricade question worth a shot in the rubric of a sudden challenge.
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Dec 12, 2015
Dec 12, 2015 at 7:41 PM UTC
Untitled
Priti Patel's quote on EU migration - whatever it was... list of common surnames: cropper, cross, crouch, dabney, dalton, daniels, eads, easton, eccleston, fairclough, farnham, fay, gardner, garey, garfield, haight, hanes, hailey, ibbott, irvin, isaacson, jack, jackson, jacobs, kay, keen, kelsey, lacey, lacy, lamar, macey, mann, marchand, neal, nelson, neville... sure pati japati patel - i'll be an albino in Gujarat if your play the sitar in a sari; but your name sounds a bit migrant revealing, what a weird 'back of the bus' you seem to stand on - you want the Mongolians resurrected? i swear we were being ousted in line of what Queen Sheba said to Solomon: 'olive skinned throughout the geography and the unwelcome green men on sponged-knickers creaming for an ****** a french dessert...' yes pretty prior, you found home on a continent when half of the european nations didn't practice colonial antics - i guess it's easier to pick on them. but with a Patel surname you sound british already, the great experiment worked the anaesthetic of former colonialism numbed via recreational Ketamine use really numbed the skull and jaw mandibles - i hate, i hate being conscripted into post-colonial affairs of "why it all failed" what a waste of the urban hubs of Manchester or Liverpool - where once artistic expression thrived - i hate these post-colonial societies, it's as if they were castrated en masse, and they're wondering why no one has a permanent suntan in scandinavia - maybe the raw herring diet - cinnamon up your *** magician's trick with space between fudge of digestion, disappearing trick but then the cough that blinds you sweetly - i guess post-colonial nationalism wanted to listen to non-colonial nationalism - a former migrant like pretty plated smell olive skinned exploited inversion of angers but dunked a footstep into a trip-up with non-colonial nations - a bit like the greek bail-out - pretty patel is a name least likely associated with migration; you teasing the beast out?
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Apr 21, 2016
Apr 21, 2016 at 9:33 PM UTC
hey pretty plated smell!
Priti Patel's quote on EU migration - whatever it was... list of common surnames: cropper, cross, crouch, dabney, dalton, daniels, eads, easton, eccleston, fairclough, farnham, fay, gardner, garey, garfield, haight, hanes, hailey, ibbott, irvin, isaacson, jack, jackson, jacobs, kay, keen, kelsey, lacey, lacy, lamar, macey, mann, marchand, neal, nelson, neville... sure pati japati patel - i'll be an albino in Gujarat if your play the sitar in a sari; but your name sounds a bit migrant revealing, what a weird 'back of the bus' you seem to stand on - you want the Mongolians resurrected? i swear we were being ousted in line of what Queen Sheba said to Solomon: 'olive skinned throughout the geography and the unwelcome green men on sponged-knickers creaming for an ****** a french dessert...' yes pretty prior, you found home on a continent when half of the european nations didn't practice colonial antics - i guess it's easier to pick on them. but with a Patel surname you sound british already, the great experiment worked the anaesthetic of former colonialism numbed via recreational Ketamine use really numbed the skull and jaw mandibles - i hate, i hate being conscripted into post-colonial affairs of "why it all failed" what a waste of the urban hubs of Manchester or Liverpool - where once artistic expression thrived - i hate these post-colonial societies, it's as if they were castrated en masse, and they're wondering why no one has a permanent suntan in scandinavia - maybe the raw herring diet - cinnamon up your *** magician's trick with space between fudge of digestion, disappearing trick but then the cough that blinds you sweetly - i guess post-colonial nationalism wanted to listen to non-colonial nationalism - a former migrant like pretty plated smell olive skinned exploited inversion of angers but dunked a footstep into a trip-up with non-colonial nations - a bit like the greek bail-out - pretty patel is a name least likely associated with migration; you teasing the beast out?
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In Silence The English ex SAS Special Forces member went to the Ukraine to fight. He travelled light and took just a small back pack and a head full of skills. A gun was a gun and a bayonet a bayonet. He was trained to use most things as weapon especially military articles. He decided to go to the Ukraine after the Russians invaded proper in early 2022. The Ukrainian Army took him to a holding facility where they vetted him. This took three days. Included was basic close combat skills and weapons use. He excelled and was given a job, being sent to a forward artillery position with a dozen other foreign troops to protect it. The SAS man was in charge and most men and the single girl spoke English. All understood military commands and signals. All were veterans from either conscript or professional armies. Each was here for their own reasons and all disliked either what Russia had done or Russians themselves. The English SAS member had killed several Muslim terrorists from Daesh and al Qaeda in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he looked forward to fighting and killing some Russians, officers if possible. After being in the Ukraine six days he was on the front line leading his first patrol. This was better than being a bouncer in a Manchester night club! The SAS guy ordered his men to only use bayonets as they silently crept to a Russian fox hole a mile away. He wanted blood and the rush of combat, of killing. There was the trench and a single sentry, asleep. He would knife him himself. Then his squad would ****** the rest and take back any weapons, maps or documents. He spoke four languages including Russian. Any Intel was good for his bosses though. Here we go! There’s the sleeping sentry. Gently now, he must die in silence…
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Mar 20, 2022
Mar 20, 2022 at 5:33 PM UTC
In Silence
In Silence The English ex SAS Special Forces member went to the Ukraine to fight. He travelled light and took just a small back pack and a head full of skills. A gun was a gun and a bayonet a bayonet. He was trained to use most things as weapon especially military articles. He decided to go to the Ukraine after the Russians invaded proper in early 2022. The Ukrainian Army took him to a holding facility where they vetted him. This took three days. Included was basic close combat skills and weapons use. He excelled and was given a job, being sent to a forward artillery position with a dozen other foreign troops to protect it. The SAS man was in charge and most men and the single girl spoke English. All understood military commands and signals. All were veterans from either conscript or professional armies. Each was here for their own reasons and all disliked either what Russia had done or Russians themselves. The English SAS member had killed several Muslim terrorists from Daesh and al Qaeda in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he looked forward to fighting and killing some Russians, officers if possible. After being in the Ukraine six days he was on the front line leading his first patrol. This was better than being a bouncer in a Manchester night club! The SAS guy ordered his men to only use bayonets as they silently crept to a Russian fox hole a mile away. He wanted blood and the rush of combat, of killing. There was the trench and a single sentry, asleep. He would knife him himself. Then his squad would ****** the rest and take back any weapons, maps or documents. He spoke four languages including Russian. Any Intel was good for his bosses though. Here we go! There’s the sleeping sentry. Gently now, he must die in silence…
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Must we only dream    of wise kings who know that rivers must flow    peacefully so a woman can sing    her children to sleep and fathers not weep    holding them in grief too heartbroken    to rage at the violence men bring     in this age that should be long left    behind us?
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May 27, 2017
May 27, 2017 at 8:54 AM UTC
Manchester or Mosul or Aleppo or Kabul
We are Manchester. The City, The place, we’re hospitable people with a smile on our face. You can beat us, mistreat us, and blow us to hell. We have had it all before and we don’t dwell. We’re the northern powerhouse of the northwestern elite, Where the Geordie's, The Scousers, The Yorkshire’s retreat. The premier League, The Roses Cricket, The Heineken Cup Is a one way ticket. United and City two football teams with stadiums full, bursting at the seams. We are Mancunians Of this fair City, The People, The Love, The old nitty gritty The worker, The Shirker, The Homeless, The immigrants, each one of these they are all itinerants. The Steel, The Cotton, long since forgotten the old smokey chimneys blew out smoke that was rotten. The Massacre at Peterloo. Local politicians just don’t have a clue. With all the sights this city has on show here’s something that people don’t really know. Manchester is where New Zealand Born Ernest Rutherford split the Atom. We Are Manchester, The City, the Place, where Sir Humphrey Chetham has his musical grace a school of music with musical taste. And where a  man with a paintbrush painted streets on boxes. I don’t think Lowry ever painted foxes. And A comedian from Collyhurst who was absolutely awesome, a real funny guy by the name of Les Dawson, and where a man from Chorlton on Medlock became Prime Minister back in the day. David Lloyd-George had a hell of  a lot to say. We Are Manchester and it's the place for me. And a proud Mancunian I’m glad to be. I’ll sit in a cafe watching people pass by. They are all in a hurry and I wonder why. I see a business man in a three piece suit, and the homeless guy that is counting his loot. There's the girl on the street giving out free papers she is smoking those ciggies that give off those vapours. It's pouring with rain and she’s getting wet she’s worried about money to pay off her debt. We Are Manchester and this is our City don’t waste your time we don’t want no pity. We are Manchester we are steeped in tradition we leave other cities standing. There’s no competition. Where A man from Moss Side a Vicar not a Dean called Rev George Garrett invented the submarine. And where the great Anthony Wilson was a journalist & impresario and a man named John  Nichols invented the great drink called Vimto. and so When he wrote “This Is the Place” I’m sure he did so with a smile on his face. We Are Manchester and I’ll state our case because we are Manchester and we are ace.
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Mar 30, 2018
Mar 30, 2018 at 9:45 PM UTC
We Are Manchester
We are Manchester. The City, The place, we’re hospitable people with a smile on our face. You can beat us, mistreat us, and blow us to hell. We have had it all before and we don’t dwell. We’re the northern powerhouse of the northwestern elite, Where the Geordie's, The Scousers, The Yorkshire’s retreat. The premier League, The Roses Cricket, The Heineken Cup Is a one way ticket. United and City two football teams with stadiums full, bursting at the seams. We are Mancunians Of this fair City, The People, The Love, The old nitty gritty The worker, The Shirker, The Homeless, The immigrants, each one of these they are all itinerants. The Steel, The Cotton, long since forgotten the old smokey chimneys blew out smoke that was rotten. The Massacre at Peterloo. Local politicians just don’t have a clue. With all the sights this city has on show here’s something that people don’t really know. Manchester is where New Zealand Born Ernest Rutherford split the Atom. We Are Manchester, The City, the Place, where Sir Humphrey Chetham has his musical grace a school of music with musical taste. And where a  man with a paintbrush painted streets on boxes. I don’t think Lowry ever painted foxes. And A comedian from Collyhurst who was absolutely awesome, a real funny guy by the name of Les Dawson, and where a man from Chorlton on Medlock became Prime Minister back in the day. David Lloyd-George had a hell of  a lot to say. We Are Manchester and it's the place for me. And a proud Mancunian I’m glad to be. I’ll sit in a cafe watching people pass by. They are all in a hurry and I wonder why. I see a business man in a three piece suit, and the homeless guy that is counting his loot. There's the girl on the street giving out free papers she is smoking those ciggies that give off those vapours. It's pouring with rain and she’s getting wet she’s worried about money to pay off her debt. We Are Manchester and this is our City don’t waste your time we don’t want no pity. We are Manchester we are steeped in tradition we leave other cities standing. There’s no competition. Where A man from Moss Side a Vicar not a Dean called Rev George Garrett invented the submarine. And where the great Anthony Wilson was a journalist & impresario and a man named John  Nichols invented the great drink called Vimto. and so When he wrote “This Is the Place” I’m sure he did so with a smile on his face. We Are Manchester and I’ll state our case because we are Manchester and we are ace.
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I happen to live in Central Indian- Forests, I collect wood and honey And have no idea about English woods And Manchester clothes, I belong To the soil, I’m anti national? I live on concessions, subsidies And support, And You call me- ‘Dark skinned untouchable’; today I don’t have bells over my neck I’m proud of me, I’m anti national? I always spoke of empowerment, Marx and Che run my blood and I’m a utopian reality to you But you cannot ignore my voice I’m not outdated, I’m anti national? I believe in ‘being human’ above all- Traits, I live beyond geographies And I cannot stand war and bloodshed You brand me as an activist, I’m Just humane, I’m anti national? I do not belong to the 80% of our Country’s population, but I’m as Much a patriot as you, My God Is same as yours, How am I an Alien? I’m anti national? I don’t believe in the power and safety You claim with a nuclear reaction. I see only explosions and devastation I want my children to be safe, I love The world, I’m anti national? I don’t like vegetables, I eat meat- Since birth. I will not force-feed you, I respect your choice and I expect you To be tolerant to what I cook- At my home, I’m anti national? I’m not Pakistani but I love them As much I love an American or an European. After all, we share Our borders. I want to settle all Disputes, I’m anti national?   I married a man outside my tribe, Love didn’t notice his 'official tribe', Our children are a mixed tribe And we celebrate life as it is, We’re human-tribe, I’m anti national? I stand with them with rainbow flags, They deserve justice as much as you And me. Give me one valid reason to Call them unnatural? I want S377 To be scrapped, I’m anti national? I celebrate my country’s diversity, I don’t need your certificate to prove My patriotism! This is India, I stand With my constitution and its democracy And I give a **** about what you think!
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Feb 19, 2016
Feb 19, 2016 at 9:21 AM UTC
Illegal confession
I happen to live in Central Indian- Forests, I collect wood and honey And have no idea about English woods And Manchester clothes, I belong To the soil, I’m anti national? I live on concessions, subsidies And support, And You call me- ‘Dark skinned untouchable’; today I don’t have bells over my neck I’m proud of me, I’m anti national? I always spoke of empowerment, Marx and Che run my blood and I’m a utopian reality to you But you cannot ignore my voice I’m not outdated, I’m anti national? I believe in ‘being human’ above all- Traits, I live beyond geographies And I cannot stand war and bloodshed You brand me as an activist, I’m Just humane, I’m anti national? I do not belong to the 80% of our Country’s population, but I’m as Much a patriot as you, My God Is same as yours, How am I an Alien? I’m anti national? I don’t believe in the power and safety You claim with a nuclear reaction. I see only explosions and devastation I want my children to be safe, I love The world, I’m anti national? I don’t like vegetables, I eat meat- Since birth. I will not force-feed you, I respect your choice and I expect you To be tolerant to what I cook- At my home, I’m anti national? I’m not Pakistani but I love them As much I love an American or an European. After all, we share Our borders. I want to settle all Disputes, I’m anti national?   I married a man outside my tribe, Love didn’t notice his 'official tribe', Our children are a mixed tribe And we celebrate life as it is, We’re human-tribe, I’m anti national? I stand with them with rainbow flags, They deserve justice as much as you And me. Give me one valid reason to Call them unnatural? I want S377 To be scrapped, I’m anti national? I celebrate my country’s diversity, I don’t need your certificate to prove My patriotism! This is India, I stand With my constitution and its democracy And I give a **** about what you think!
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So when I get old and I'm being told That I can no longer roam Take pity on me, don't leave me be To sit here at home all alone Take me to the top of a mountain And there let me sit all the day Leave me on top of the mountain And there I can fade away
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Jul 13, 2013
Jul 13, 2013 at 4:35 PM UTC
The Manchester Rambler, a last verse
My favourite city The easiest place in the world to make friends Or to get in a fight You don't need to ask what people think They'll let you know quick enough They have the darkest sly sense of humour Which can become hilarious and endearing Once you get the joke And if you don't get it Tough **** The symbol of Manchester is a bee A hardworking and peaceful creature But if you upset the bee God help you The whole hive will come for you And I love the place                               By Phil Roberts
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May 27, 2017
May 27, 2017 at 4:07 PM UTC
MANCHESTER (Slight edit of a poem from April 2016)
A boy named Jake and a girl named Lexi had never met before. They had a class together last year, but neither one knew it at the time. They both walked into their Sophomore Drama class for the first time, scared and apprehensive. Lexi there five minutes before the final bell and Jake, seconds before the final bell. Jake entered the class and quickly took the only seat on the floor not occupied by an unfamiliar face. They all introduced themselves, all 27 of them, mostly Sophomores with a few Freshman, Juniors, and a single Senior.It was then, when Lexi said "Hi, my name is Lexis Marilyn Manchester and I go by Lexi," that he first noticed her. She was cute, shoulder length blonde hair, a floral shirt and jeans, although Jake didn't notice those things at the time. Only her dazzling pale blue eyes, and angelic voice. The guy sitting next to her didn't say his name at first, even though it was his turn. She tapped his leg and motioned toward the center of the circle the class had made in the Drama Room. Room I7. He said "How.. uh, my name is Jacob Turner. I don't have a middle name, but I go by Jake." He was cute. He had short, yet unruly brown hair, a white shirt with the letters "LDTA" on them and nice fitting black jeans. The only thing she noticed about him however were his mysterious pale blue eyes, and for some reason, lack of middle name. Jake didn't even care that the class had laughed at his lack of middle name. The only thing of importance to him was that when he looked over, the cute girl named Lexis Marilyn Manchester, who went by Lexi, was looking at him. He quickly looked away as did she. The class went on and neither Jake nor Lexi, made an attempt to talk to the other although they did steal careful looks often. The bell finally rung. It was a seventh period class, so school was over. On his way home Jake thought of nothing but Lexi, and driving. He stopped at a sign, only blocks from home. The traffic rushed by. The car behind him did not see his car. They pushed him into the oncoming traffic just as a big SUV hybrid drove by. The driver slammed the breaks but still did not manage to avoid hitting the drivers side door of the small, blue, beat up, Toyota. The doctors say he was killed on impact. That's what the school told the small group of friends who were asked to attend a quick meeting regarding the accident. Lexi went. She thought about him everyday for the yest of the school year. Even some over summer. He never faded. She wouldn't let him for some reason. He was killed on impact but he never faded.
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Aug 15, 2012
Aug 15, 2012 at 11:32 PM UTC
He Never Faded.
A boy named Jake and a girl named Lexi had never met before. They had a class together last year, but neither one knew it at the time. They both walked into their Sophomore Drama class for the first time, scared and apprehensive. Lexi there five minutes before the final bell and Jake, seconds before the final bell. Jake entered the class and quickly took the only seat on the floor not occupied by an unfamiliar face. They all introduced themselves, all 27 of them, mostly Sophomores with a few Freshman, Juniors, and a single Senior.It was then, when Lexi said "Hi, my name is Lexis Marilyn Manchester and I go by Lexi," that he first noticed her. She was cute, shoulder length blonde hair, a floral shirt and jeans, although Jake didn't notice those things at the time. Only her dazzling pale blue eyes, and angelic voice. The guy sitting next to her didn't say his name at first, even though it was his turn. She tapped his leg and motioned toward the center of the circle the class had made in the Drama Room. Room I7. He said "How.. uh, my name is Jacob Turner. I don't have a middle name, but I go by Jake." He was cute. He had short, yet unruly brown hair, a white shirt with the letters "LDTA" on them and nice fitting black jeans. The only thing she noticed about him however were his mysterious pale blue eyes, and for some reason, lack of middle name. Jake didn't even care that the class had laughed at his lack of middle name. The only thing of importance to him was that when he looked over, the cute girl named Lexis Marilyn Manchester, who went by Lexi, was looking at him. He quickly looked away as did she. The class went on and neither Jake nor Lexi, made an attempt to talk to the other although they did steal careful looks often. The bell finally rung. It was a seventh period class, so school was over. On his way home Jake thought of nothing but Lexi, and driving. He stopped at a sign, only blocks from home. The traffic rushed by. The car behind him did not see his car. They pushed him into the oncoming traffic just as a big SUV hybrid drove by. The driver slammed the breaks but still did not manage to avoid hitting the drivers side door of the small, blue, beat up, Toyota. The doctors say he was killed on impact. That's what the school told the small group of friends who were asked to attend a quick meeting regarding the accident. Lexi went. She thought about him everyday for the yest of the school year. Even some over summer. He never faded. She wouldn't let him for some reason. He was killed on impact but he never faded.
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I set a paper rocket flyin', and it hurtled into space breaking off gravity - all the way to Mars orbity! Now everyone's surprised, coz a mere paper rag flew up high and reached that rarefied lile where only the costliest of junkets lounge leisurely by. They said you're stupid, you got a paper twit to beg and you've wampered even that away: how dares a hungry haggard send missives down the skies? I stand staring, starry eyed. This is an old squint, that I got learning to look the other way as my brothers starved and pottered on the streets when cotton and coal funneled to Manchester leets. But last heard, papa John's makin' paper boats to swim by them snooty stars and there's a scramble at my yards to get some ******* to the Moon.
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Nov 11, 2014
Nov 11, 2014 at 12:41 PM UTC
Old squint
There's a crowd of pitch black unicorns at a Chelsea Wolfe's concert. A crowd of pitch black unicorns moving their onyx hooves and horns at the rhythm of drones dressed in electric guitars. An acoustic break follows. The vibrations of the music and dancing cause purple flowers to grow, purple flowers weaned on blood and sticky black tar. There's a crowd of unicorns dancing at a Chelsea Wolfe's concert feeding on ladybirds crisps and dragonflies sticks, that once home will play vinyls on mystic turntables of fire. The purple flowers grow into vines and try to smother the unicorns to prevent them from listening to bloodred-dyed vinyls on mystic turntables of fire. Meanwhile in the corner of a museum S. Teresa of Avila's statue animates by itself, walks to the window and throwing itself crumbles into a thousand of pieces of marble. The seventh seal has not been opened yet but the ninth the eleventh and the seventeenth exploded already, cracked their own wax and started spreading tongues of flames and water to decimate humanity. A woman dressed in a fifteenth century scarlet outfit leads the pitch black unicorns to salvation creating a safe haven for them in Manchester and another one in California. They have in the meantime gone bonkers and started feeding on each other. Equine teeth suddenly grow carnivorous jaws. Nothing is left in the two oasis apart from a puddle of blood and a pavement of corpses. It's 7 a.m. Chelsea has not yet finished her concert and her music blossoms around played by the mystic turntables of fire. That which remaineth is pitch black light and the breath of aeons lingering here and beyond and nowhere.
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Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016 at 8:33 PM UTC
Mystic Turntables of Fire
There's a crowd of pitch black unicorns at a Chelsea Wolfe's concert. A crowd of pitch black unicorns moving their onyx hooves and horns at the rhythm of drones dressed in electric guitars. An acoustic break follows. The vibrations of the music and dancing cause purple flowers to grow, purple flowers weaned on blood and sticky black tar. There's a crowd of unicorns dancing at a Chelsea Wolfe's concert feeding on ladybirds crisps and dragonflies sticks, that once home will play vinyls on mystic turntables of fire. The purple flowers grow into vines and try to smother the unicorns to prevent them from listening to bloodred-dyed vinyls on mystic turntables of fire. Meanwhile in the corner of a museum S. Teresa of Avila's statue animates by itself, walks to the window and throwing itself crumbles into a thousand of pieces of marble. The seventh seal has not been opened yet but the ninth the eleventh and the seventeenth exploded already, cracked their own wax and started spreading tongues of flames and water to decimate humanity. A woman dressed in a fifteenth century scarlet outfit leads the pitch black unicorns to salvation creating a safe haven for them in Manchester and another one in California. They have in the meantime gone bonkers and started feeding on each other. Equine teeth suddenly grow carnivorous jaws. Nothing is left in the two oasis apart from a puddle of blood and a pavement of corpses. It's 7 a.m. Chelsea has not yet finished her concert and her music blossoms around played by the mystic turntables of fire. That which remaineth is pitch black light and the breath of aeons lingering here and beyond and nowhere.
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oh **** off... migrant crisis my *** what with Ukraine happening? East European... how about western women? Manchester mothers? no?   oh well....               watch my face... do i ******* look like i, might, care?! no... no?! well...        thank you... because?                       i don't! i'm thinking: let them **** your harlots... you managed to call my ethnicity, vermin.... RATS....                whatever ally you had... gone... next time you ask, ask a Pakistani to deal with your women... i'll be most obliged... to tell you:                **** OFF! no... you told me once, you do not assert the stature of telling me twice...                  i don't care whether it is or whether it isn't your island... you violated, or at least your citizen, the rules of p4rivate property... no... nein nein nein!          for once i'll turn the volume to a Reading Park volume: **** you!   and your ambitions of a mastering of the races... claiming quasi Boar fixture; ******* capitalists...       with their made in china of what used to be the manufacturing jobs... arbeit macht frei...                            arbeit macht frei...               arbeit ist frei... mein, mein, herr...                                  made in china.. my *** my *** was made in china... your argument for liberty?    hardly comprised in Monaco. yes, those Eastern European women...    pretty much as those ***** whip Western European men... the sort of men: shy of death...               one you almost wish to **** with a bludgeon that might leave fingerprints;                   lesson no. 1... you come after Eastern European women... lesson no. 2: there are no Western European "men" to come after...    sure... *******      little men...                something between petting an in between petting a panda and a koala; totally castrato, just the way Western Women like their men to be... obedient...                        pussy-whipped... leashed. mind you... what are the thoughts of an Eastern European man concerning Western women? and, why, would, i, heaven, and, hell, on, earth, ever, want, to, **** this, exercise, in, making, equivalent, raising, a, ******* brat?! i don't want these women, no more than the women want me... apparently Pakistanis are in higher demand.
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Sep 15, 2018
Sep 15, 2018 at 8:40 PM UTC
made in china
oh **** off... migrant crisis my *** what with Ukraine happening? East European... how about western women? Manchester mothers? no?   oh well....               watch my face... do i ******* look like i, might, care?! no... no?! well...        thank you... because?                       i don't! i'm thinking: let them **** your harlots... you managed to call my ethnicity, vermin.... RATS....                whatever ally you had... gone... next time you ask, ask a Pakistani to deal with your women... i'll be most obliged... to tell you:                **** OFF! no... you told me once, you do not assert the stature of telling me twice...                  i don't care whether it is or whether it isn't your island... you violated, or at least your citizen, the rules of p4rivate property... no... nein nein nein!          for once i'll turn the volume to a Reading Park volume: **** you!   and your ambitions of a mastering of the races... claiming quasi Boar fixture; ******* capitalists...       with their made in china of what used to be the manufacturing jobs... arbeit macht frei...                            arbeit macht frei...               arbeit ist frei... mein, mein, herr...                                  made in china.. my *** my *** was made in china... your argument for liberty?    hardly comprised in Monaco. yes, those Eastern European women...    pretty much as those ***** whip Western European men... the sort of men: shy of death...               one you almost wish to **** with a bludgeon that might leave fingerprints;                   lesson no. 1... you come after Eastern European women... lesson no. 2: there are no Western European "men" to come after...    sure... *******      little men...                something between petting an in between petting a panda and a koala; totally castrato, just the way Western Women like their men to be... obedient...                        pussy-whipped... leashed. mind you... what are the thoughts of an Eastern European man concerning Western women? and, why, would, i, heaven, and, hell, on, earth, ever, want, to, **** this, exercise, in, making, equivalent, raising, a, ******* brat?! i don't want these women, no more than the women want me... apparently Pakistanis are in higher demand.
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i'm stupid and drunk as the walls spin around, just trying to keep the ***** from escaping my mouth, quick to the bathroom to puke in the toilet this whole ******* time i've wished you were mine cause since i've seen you it's been along time, but when i shut mine all i can see are your eyes, every time they're just like sunshine. lets listen to bands that you like while we do it, so when i play manchester i dont feel stupid
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Jan 25, 2013
Jan 25, 2013 at 12:35 PM UTC
the manly side of my brain
New faces look through glass, forlorn features pressed against the panes figuring out where this all came from. Long gone lineage, here in this hall, is now a pressed image collected by a flower picker’s hand, gloved to protect the rust and frozen within two sheets of glass far taller than any Yorkshire lass, here somewhere secret. Old faces gaze at another frame filled with someone else’s misery, it’s pinned to another wall next to the menu for the restaurant down the hall, first left on the second right. Short queues form under hanging light bulbs, it’s this month’s exhibition, the Pharaoh’s jewels, on display all the way from the splayed deserts of Egypt, but some given by a museum in Manchester so it looks like there is more than there is.
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Oct 17, 2013
Oct 17, 2013 at 4:27 PM UTC
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The view from the cliffs were so exquisite, As the oceans would crash upon  them. I would Climb up the wet slippery rocks, In my little Easter dress. Taking in the view, the sounds and the scents. Looking around at all the beautiful mansion foundations'. Laughing and running. Trying to avoid all the geese droppings And God **** was my mind full of innocents Not knowing that these moments could ever fade It was the most beautiful place I would visited. And I Wish  I knew that then.
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Jul 19, 2015
Jul 19, 2015 at 2:57 PM UTC
Manchester By The Sea