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The Game

May 22, 2013

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We are the pawns the sacrificial Lambs Going to the slaughter all your sons and daughters The game that’s played would waste us all away Leaving all in their wake from the leaders that are fake So from history do we fade whilst they are financially made In history books they sit with smiles we, […]

Dragon’s Breath

May 12, 2013

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The children won’t go near the cave for legends abound of what come may In the cave of the druid Merlin of which there are many stories about him That he controls a great beast on the blood of enemies does feast And if you look closely at night you can see two orbs of […]

The Druid

April 26, 2013

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The man creeps through dawns dusky light There to reveal an ancient and mystical sight For him to come now is for us to reason why To separate the truth from the lie His kind have been hidden now for a while For they were hunted by those that were vile Their religion was at […]

The Witching Hour

March 17, 2013

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*The following poem is based on a local legend around my home town and is based also on the last highwayman to be hanged in England and I believe Britain entirely. There’s a link at the end if you are interested in finding out more about Robert Snooks. I hope you like it. The witching […]

Caliburnus Rises

March 14, 2013

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I see this world and all it holds The trouble it brings a hundred fold Not a saviour to rescue us Our downfall imminent, turn to dust I though believe in the once and future King And the future that he promised to bring A warrior king from Britain of old This man, this legend […]

Last Knight

March 2, 2013

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The battle over cries are heard As carrion fly and fires burn The field littered with the battered and dead Swords lay bloodied as ravens are fed One walks injured broken is he Alone it seems so he believes For he is the last of his kind The last knight of a bygone time

Ynys Prydain

February 25, 2013

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A mass of yellow across a sea of green Streaks across the dragons great spleen its roar silenced by a thousand years The lone Bard sheds a silent tear Oh Ynys Prydain, please awake For this islands soul and sake Long have you been asleep Time you awoke from your prison keep Our green Isle […]

Lyonesse

October 8, 2012

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Oh Lyonesse I dream of you so Lost beneath the waves, I saw you go A mighty kingdom gone forever to the sea Now we are adrift our people lost In confusion and grief I was young and so very strong But always for you my heart does long I see your buildings rise high […]

From The Front

August 22, 2012

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I write this letter to you My beloved, where my heart is true To tell you that I love you so I wish I was with you, holding you close Instead I sit in a trench of war Wondering what I am fighting for The Somme my battlefield, hell it is Oh god right now […]

The Park

August 20, 2012

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I sit under the shade of a tree Away from the sun that still finds me Burning its rays on my face I should move but find no haste A woman walks her dog in playful joy Playing catch with its favourite toy Running and jumping, happy in his play Oh for a dog’s life […]

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