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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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00:01:34

#248 Two Chances

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/08/09

Sometimes you don't get two chances.The sweetest moments in life? When you put it on the line.The go big go home go for glory go for it timeIt's the build up that often hurts you the most.The time you spend panicking prepping - when you're there you coastIf it goes wrong, it goes wrong. Time will pass.We've all had a time when we've fallen flat on our ass.Then you have to let go, there's no point in trying to dwell.Unless you enjoy putting yourself through hell.But, well,

00:01:16

#247 A Chance to Rest

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/08/02

This poem is not deep.It is not meant to be difficult.This poem is a chance to rest.To lay your head back.To understand some things don't have reasoning.To stop worrying, for a short while.This poem is a chance to rest.I know. You've been overly busy recently.People expect a lot of you. And you keep providing.Right now, in this instant, nothing is required.Empty your mind.This poem is a chance to rest.Because you've got difficult times ahead.Because no shelter is permanent.You must seize

00:01:15

#246 Back to the Past

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/08/01

Man, it's the super power of which we'd all boastThe one day-to-day that we'd value the mostWhat if, rather than being super strong or super fastYou could step back in time and alter the past?Currently, you take a retrospective intellectBut with respect can make no effectOn the mistakes you made, the time you mispokeWell don't be afraid, lets go for brokeBecause now you have a retroactive fact-of-the-matterWay to be active in the past, change the latterJust be careful, heed my

00:05:04

#245 My Best Man Speech

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/08/01

Dedicated to Beth and Joe. A very lovely couple, who I am honoured to know.(See the link for my pre-amble)I've always found best man speeches sort of weird.Because, even to the groom, as best man, you are at most the *second* best person here.Because the best is the bride who is BethAnd God Bless I wouldn't couldn't wish to be anything less than second-best.Because she's in first place. She's smart, creative, wonderful and beautiful too.I wish I looked so good, people paid me to

00:01:48

#244 A Gut Reaction

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/07/19

It may just be a passage to lead to the butt butI have a message you should trust your gutEven though this logic may seem insaneI often think it better not to trust my brainSo many times, without much reasoningI feel that “my sandwich might need some spicy seasoningMaybe I should buy this thing I don’t needMaybe I should do this fun misdeed”My brain says “no, you’re being unreasonableSome of these choices aren’t even feasibleThere may be some things that I don’t knowBut this choice should almost

00:01:51

#243 Make It Honest

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/07/11

Whatever you say about me behind my back, make it honest.Look, I know that I haven't been universally blessedI've done a whole lot of really stupid thingsI know my voicebox cracks somewhat when it singsI know that sometimes I seek to be the centre of attentionJust know that I honestly have the best reasonably good intentionsSo, if I do ever come up in conversation, for one reason or anotherFirstly, I'm happy I'm worth the time.Whether it's as a friend, a weirdo or a brotherOr

00:01:36

#242 Lord you gave me gifts

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/07/05

Lord you gave me gifts, Lord you gave me gifts,Lord you gave me more than I can ever wish forI'm trying to live up to all you've given me to live forEven though I may seem to just be demanding moreI'm thankful for them all, there's not a one to ignoreIf I'm to find a reason I was put here forI know you've gifted me, in so many waysYou've given me a lot of talents, given me a lot of daysBut it was never full blown, always just a sparkThat I had to develop with a little

00:01:58

#241 It happened in black and white

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/06/28

There's a lot of detail in the world.A lot of colour filling in the gaps.There are advertisements in every space.There are words in every silence.He was lucky. He had the filter.When something happened,When a quick response was needed,It. Switched. On.Then the world would be clearThe easy path would be hereAnd he would instantly knowThe direction to goTo solve the questionTo make issues lessenTo stop things going wrongAnd turn the colour back onAnd then life was full again, of the unnecessary

00:02:54

#240 The secret about poetry

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/06/21

Some things, are clearly for grown-ups.Dark Chocolate. Long books with very small text.The drinks Mum and Dad keep in the cellar.Responsibilities.Uggh.The thing is, some things that you think are for grown-ups - kids can enjoy too.Movies with a lot of blood and guns and guts. Adults say kids shouldn't watch them, but I say with certainty kids would love them.The same with expensive food and make-up. Kids enjoy them, far more than old people would, in some cases. Even if they don't always use

00:03:28

#239 The Lost Girl

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/06/14

The stars seemed to twinkle. The moon was bright.We talked too long through a too-short night.We were barely distinct shapes, voices in the dark.We sat on seats of moss and bark.Gathered as friends round a diminishing campfire.We told tales to cheer and tales to inspire.One told a tale that made every person there cry.One told of a man who would never die.I ventured a story, very well told.Of how I imagined I would be when I'm old.It was universally agreed that it took second place.To the person

00:02:02

#238 The night was not always meant to be slept through

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/06/07

The Organised Masses™ insist that the day holds many hours.That you should rise early to unleash your powers.That the World looks beautiful at 6am.That they can rise early, and that we should join them.Now, I don’t attempt to debate or dispute.That mornings work well, or that sunrises are cute.Nor can I refute all of the work they get done.Compared to those that stay in bed until one.They seem to run the country, and most of the Earth too.My only response is – the night was not always meant to be

00:03:22

#237 The First Among Us

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/05/31

This poem is dedicated to the first among us,He's the one who went first, and he caused enough fuss,That our parents couldn't muster as much energy to be annoyed at us when they asked "Why?"At the silly stuff we'd do under their tired eyes,Because he went first, and he took the worst,He was the first among us, and the first on this Earth.He, he was the first to go to school,Set out on the challenge of learning and trying to being cool,Man he earned his way, he couldn't be a

00:01:32

#236 This Organic Heart

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/05/24

And against all the odds this organic heart of mine beatsI was a chance birthHey, we all were.The odds of my strands of DNAExpressing themselves in my particular wayTo lead to me, the person standing here right now todayMan, it makes me shudder.And then, all life has thrown at me so farThe stresses the pains the heartbreaks the actual, physical dangers: like cars or lightning.Or older brothers.And I've needed blood in my muscles and I've needed blood in my brain because I

00:02:45

#235 Its Not Beautiful

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/05/17

It's not beautiful he said regretfullyDon't get this guy wrong, he said it respectfullyBut it was the tone of a man, who wished very strongFor a piece of insight that would prove his instinct wrongBut there it was, stark, plain, and true.A piece of art his friend had worked on for six months through.The friend had toiled, become nigh on a recluseThey'd made their soul a point of abuseThey'd clearly poured out the blood, their sweat, their heartFor what seemed a very unappealing piece

00:01:56

#234 It is no bad thing to dance

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/05/10

It is no bad thing, my friend, to dance.To lose your mind and to enter a trance.To forget the world. Forget its pains.And bang your head without refrain.Raise your arm. Wiggle it around.Shake a leg. Give the air a pound.Jump. Jump again. Jump. Jump again.Get low. Don't like it? Get up then.You do you. Nothing else will do.Be yourself, through and through.And if the person who you are jams to funk?Then you jam hard and shake that trunk.Jive to jazz. Get energetic with electro.Ball up your worry

00:02:39

#233 I've slept since then

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/05/03

If it's a while since I've seen a friendIf it's been many moons, then I can't even pretendThat I recognise them, sometimes. But that's just how life goesTime as has marched onwards and I simply tell themI've missed you. But I've slept since thenYou see, sleep is the barrier. The reworking of our mindsIt's the internal engineer, fixing what they findChucking out this. Presenting me with thatGiving me ideas and taking them tooI don't believe dreams are something you

00:01:45

#232 As You Rise Each Day

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/04/26

There should have been trumpets, And harp strings a plentyInstead there's just regret And a head that feels emptyNo, not empty. There are echos in thereEchos of a dream. Of a wonderful place where...No, it's gone. Now there's just the morning.The slow realisation of another day dawning.So now, now my weary friend.You must rise. You can no longer pretendYou live in the sandman's glorious realmWelcome to reality.Goodbye patterns.Goodbye sense out of chaos.Hello Earth and people

00:02:49

#231 The Books of War

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/04/19

We trapped words in pages and used it to inform the agesPast and present of everything we'd come to representThe stories of those who had come before us, the chorus,Forgetting those stories which were so-so and would bore usInstead embracing the flow of those who spoke most sonorousBut the stories which were a must were those about our bloodlustThe tales of the fictional "us", the heroes who would slay to stay alive Would always narrowly survive, and the and only die if byDoing so they

00:01:27

#230 Remember to Breathe

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/04/12

Hey. hey you.You in the corner.Or even you at the side.You, the person who feels empty inside.Just, please. Remember to smile.Even if it's not often, even if it's only once in a whileI swear, really, it'll be worth it once you've tried. To set all your pains and your worries asideTo stop thinking of the here Stop thinking of the now.Clear your mind As much as your brain will allow.Here's an idea We sometimes forget to believe.The air is there for us If we just

00:01:43

#229 A Villains Honesty

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/04/05

I can't be the only person, who when growing up, thought I was really good at telling if someone was good or bad.Honestly, it was easy! They'd turn to the audience and then reveal that they were completely mad.They'd show how their desire for money or power would corrupt their very soulAnd then tell us point by point how they'd achieve their wicked goalDo you remember? Hey, I'm sure you do.The first time you thought a bad guy had a point or two.Where there was method in the

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