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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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#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

00:00:57

#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

00:01:43

#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

00:01:41

#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

00:01:35

#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

00:01:18

#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

00:01:50

#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

00:01:47

#150 Flight

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/10/14

I've never had wings.I've never felt the wind.Yet for what I have known.I may well have flown.One time, when I was five, I ran really fast.Everyone around gaped and gasped as I galloped pastI leapt onto the bench in front of me and pushed downNor the lack of height nor the impact could make me frownAge twelve, older, wiser, I did slightly betterAll I simply did was to pen my predicament in a letterAttach it with twine to the leg of something which could flyAnd feel my insides and my words

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#149 Ignorant

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/10/07

I'm ignorant, I'm ignorant, I don't have all the factsI'm ignorant, I'm ignorant, there are points of view I lackI'm ignorant, I'm ignorant, but I'm trying to pick up the slack'Cause I'm ignorance, and that ignorance, is being but under attackThere are so many things that I know I don't knowAnd I have to say that sometimes it really does showThat to stay ignorant is a common status quoA place I have to try hard not to goSee, I don't know much about

00:01:43

#148 Potential

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/09/30

In art, no one has a blank canvas....At the start of all art, you have to be reverentialBecause at heart every start is purely potentialWe could unfold any world with that blank pageBecause the world is whirled onto every stageSo why then, why? Do we have styles and trendsBecause my oh my, don't you even pretendThat you don't have topics and tropes that you preferHave themes and schemes you always wish to inferSee the blank page is blank. That much is true.But let me be frank while seeking

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#147 Things that whirr

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/09/23

To say I'm an old school cur is a rule of thumb,But I love things that whirr, and things that hum.A machine with too many gears and too many parts,Is something I revere in my heart of hearts.It's not at all suspect, in fact it's quite clearWhen that thing there hits this thing hereOne part goes clonk so that another goes clinkWhich leads to a bonk so I don't have to think.Machines these days are way too small,How to know if they work at all?If it erks 'n' jerks on a

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#146 Neon Ghosts

Harry Is A Poet ·

2023/09/16

No one watches tv anymore. We wouldn't dare. We've got real life if we want our scare We tell stories and tales of days gone by Of the lost generation, of those on standby It used to be, we would stare long into screens It would give us laughter. It would give us screams We'd plug ourselves in at the start of today Put on our boots-up, and then press play The key was never to acknowledge, of even admit You'd lost days to a being, forced to commit But what did that being do, with

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