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Harry Is A Poet

Harry Mason

A audio archive of the poems up at http://harryisapoet.blogspot.com/

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#170 Distracted

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/02/24

I'm sorry, can you please repeat for meI swear that I was paying attentionThe fact is I was temporarilyThinking up a brand new life inventionIt would be small, light and easy to holdBe cheap enough every person could buyWork in high temperatures and in the coldKeep working until the day that you dieSo it's robust and tough and versatileNow I hear you ask "what does it do?"I was on the verge of that insight whileI was distracted by listening to youSo, again, could you repeat what

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#169 Look at me now

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/02/24

Look at me now, I've got all of my limbsI've got a thin physique, cause I'm kinda slimI've glasses to correct my slighted eyesightWhere I live is neither too dark or too brightI've a house to shelter in in bad weatherMy parents are in love and still togetherThey cared for me when I was feelin' poorlySaved money for the life that I 'ad before meI've had a fondness for runnin' an' exerciseI'm surrounded by folk who're kind an' wiseI've never

00:01:51

#168 Creating Poetry

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/02/17

You can say things that sound awful smart. I know you can, because you are smart.But all of us get scared and fearful if someone looks at us too closely. The issue is, everything we write can sounds dumb If it's analysed, repeated, turned over and stared at long enough You'll pour your heart into something You''ll create meaning you find profound Yet still, after a long enough time You'll see your heart crumble from certainty Honestly, it's no wonder people are

00:02:53

#167 Don't You Dare

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/02/10

It is not an unheard sadness, for friends to die.To selfishly leave us stranded down this gravity wellWhile themselves going on to pursue the next great adventure(tm).It is uncertain to what extent the departed are aware of the worldWhat consciousness they retain in their corporal remainsWith this certain knowledge of death's uncertainty, here is a claim I can venture:Funerals aren't held for the dead.After all,No corpse has ever said thank youNo cadaver has ever given a final bowNo earthly

00:02:09

#166 Vegan Holla

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/02/03

Holla, Holla, holla at my vegan boyThis is not a song to berate irritate or annoyAnd holla, holla, holla at my vegan girlAt the tenacity in giving this philosophy a whirlAlright, let's remove any preconceptions for a bitLife does not come with a morality kitWe all decide now how to make our wayWhere to make our home, how to make our payOne daily decision which we make and repeatIs to choose the food that we cook and eatJust heed this warning when choosing your diet and foodOf any strongly

00:02:03

#165 End of Days?

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/01/27

The preacher he screaches at the tops of his tobacco stained lung "Beware the end of days, whether you are old or young I'm not sure if you have heard my words before But we are all dying and the Earth's at war! Beware the plagues, beware the frogs and especially the locusts Be aware of this sage, take logs and don't lose your focus We walk on a knife's edge, about to fall into a chasm I Talk truth of life and you people bawl twitch and spasm Can you not see the signs, have

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#164 Ignorance

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/01/20

An ode, my friends, to those ignorant men,My brethren in a most global misdeed.Who show our most prominent flaw when,We fail to notice love someone seeds.We unwittingly reject advances,Unknowingly we stay in solitude.It's not that we fail to take chances,It's not that we try to act like a prude.We are just clueless, and utterly so,Don't believe love is for the likes of us.We get regret - when realised - we knowWe had a chance at something more than lust.Please see that our silence means

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#163 A Tree in the Forest

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/01/13

It stood noblyOnly bowing to the windAnd so, it was respectedAnimals were granted accessGracious for the privilegeThey built secure homesPlants around kept their distanceDo not venture too closelyWas knowledge all knewSkies flickerRains come and goThe tree standsThe proud humans comeKnowing nothingOf unspoken forest law *** https://harryisapoet.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-tree-in-forest.html

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#162 Choices

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/01/06

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.Robert Frost - The Road not taken Oh how I long, dear poet of oldFor that problem of which I was toldTwo roads in the wood, diverging slowlySeems so wonderful as to render it holyOh, how simple this life could be!Life, as I learn painfully, is difficultBridges are burnt and later rebuiltPaths are backtracked even while changingInconsequential decisions universally rangingWhile we spend hours on

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#161 Second Language

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/12/30

Often we go through life without even a care So let's take a moment, to be self-aware What I do, as I commune poetically Is possible only because of my vocabulary Since birth I've been building my bank of words The meanings and subtleties I've since inferred That my poetry is a sum of me currently Simply because to me life was locally lucky English is my own language, and dominant enough I've never needed a second way to express stuff My privilege, my fortune, and in a way, my

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#160 You Perfect Man

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/12/23

You poor little thing, you impossible soul You who hold the most difficult goal That among every human on this decrepit earth Only you have been perfect since birth The rest of us mortals, we pale next to you Engaging in things only you have right to So clearly only thee, blesséd among all Have the final say and ultimate call I've never seen you step over your line Knowing precise the justness of crime Always in the right place, exactly the right amount late With the perfect etiquette for

00:01:16

#159 As It Occurs To Me

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/12/16

Life happens as it occurs to me.Sometimes, life occurs gently.Then life is blissful almost wistful running through clouds of mist I'll see each memory as it arrives and feel alive and soI'll acknowledge the collage of colours life displays knowing that each and every day is just a collection of seconds yetEach second is my first and life is not trying its worst it's just trying like each of us to get a grip or grasp on everything and anythingAlthough life is full of stress and somewhat

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#158 The Man I Knew

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/12/09

The man I knew was full of surprisesAlthough I saw through all his disguisesHe shocked and inspired me every dayAllowed me to develop (in my own special way)The man I knew, well, he also knew meWe'd share experiences, wherever they'd beWe'd share the world, this man and IOr how we laughed in times gone byThe man I knew did not come with me thoughThe man I knew could not follow where I'd goThe man I knew waited, as I developed afarThe man I knew now seems somewhat bizarreBecause the

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#157 Goodbyes

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/12/02

A goodbye can be many things. Yet it is just one wordThis is polysemy. From one word, many meaningsMany different responses which can thus be inferredFrom a simple goodbye emerges many feelings"Goodbye Today" is said with closing eyesAn an inevitability in every utteranceThe routine sadness is mere inevitabilityAs it's said with mechanical competenceThe goodbye to a hero, that they cannot hearTo an inspiration you may never have metA person who got you through your darkest yearThough

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#156 This is Today

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/11/25

This is today. You're experiencing it live. Front row tickets. Now what will you see.... This is today, Not yesterday, that's done and over with No replay, so let's make it different. I saw it first hand I say, yesterday, is old news. This it today, Not tomorrow, we're not ready yet We come gracefully towards it soon. But for now Let's have some grounding in the present This is today, Your whole life has been leading here, you know That hole in your timeline is now filled. It

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#155 A pledge

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/11/18

I pledge to listen more this coming year.What if I agree with someone on an issue?I will listen carefully to how we agree, in the hope that they can further my understanding and nuance, and find more wonder in what I already enjoy.What if someone is passionate about something I am not?I will listen to understand their passion, either to further it in them, or to elicit it in myself. Just maybe, the spark of a new interest may burn. I will not put someone down for having different interests to

00:02:31

#154 To Create Something

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/11/11

What is that boy, you've created something new?Well that's fantastic, I'm so proud of youWith that last statement being so nearly trueTo create is dangerous boy, did no one say?You can't just make something then go on your wayYou're invested now stay, see what I have to sayTo create is risky, get out of this gameIf you don't you'll feel naught but shameFor trying to stand out, not be the sameTrust me, this game you should not wish to playSo stop right now you'll

00:02:29

#153 I'm a Christian

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/11/04

I am a Christian, but I am not an evangelist.See, I do believe, I find beauty in the bounty of creation, and without hesitation (or even much provocation) I can say why I find it amazing we exist.It's had an impact on my life, minimised my strife, is important for if I ever seek out a wife, and that my faith is never something I have missed.But that's exactly it, it's been ever present never evanescent simply a part of my element and evident in more ways than I could ever list.I'm

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#152 A friend in a strange place

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/10/28

It's one of the nicest things I've got to doBe a friend to someone a little like youYou know the situation, go somewhere newScared about what you're going to go throughNot sure if people are friends or rivalOn your toes from point of arrivalYou're being judged, it feels the whole whileI'll be the friendly face and smileIt's not much effort, I swear that hereTo realise if someone is feeling fearTo just be kind, and tease them out of the shellEspecially if you remember going

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#151 Zebra

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/10/21

An animal on the street is must curiousBecause usually you find them furiousCars honking at them from both waysDoesn't help to alleviate delaysEquine was the creature that I sawFour legs stood on tarmac floorGiving no sign of trying to moveHappily painted in paved road groovesI'd been stood a while at the sceneJust wondering what it could meanKey to this scene is that I waitedLet the scene progress as it was fatedMaking no attempt to startle the beastNot tempted to approach, and become

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