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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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00:02:50

#225 Two Cells

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/03/08

I was once two cells. Then one.From the moment, I became someone.I would grow and grow and get real tallNow I can’t remember being one cell at all.And I. Have really. Tried.I started off easy. I can remember being very nervous 5 minutes agoBefore I had any sort of idea where this poem would likely goIt’s a very clear memory. Although one I’ll probably forgetAh well. We’ve got more difficult challenges to try yetI can remember, quite a while ago nowThe first time I did poetry in front of a crowdI

00:01:50

#224 This Stone

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/03/01

In this hand I call my ownI hold a pale, speckled stoneIt’s smooth and hard. I feel its weight.And I begin to contemplate.See, with the stone that’s in my handThere’s many futures I have plannedThe potential power that lies withinThe futures paths I could beginThis stone could break windows,This stone could break treesAnd where this stone goesIt goes because of meThis stone could be flintIt could turn monkey into manBe the spark and the glintTo make fire as my planThis stone could tumble and fallSo

00:02:11

#223 Ledbury

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/02/22

Lord, here in this moment I'm praising You here in this moment I'm praising YouI could pray for hours and days right through pray for the Spirit I know to be trueI will go from here. I will falter. I'm not perfect.Yet I know right now in my heart You are worth itWhen I'm reminded of Your miraculous death and birth itInspires me to throw up my hands and worshipI want to sing to dance to praise Your name!Yet if

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#222 Beach

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/02/15

I take the beach as the borderIn its place in the orderOf Land. Beach. Sea.It separates the earthTwixt the water and the turfThe sand boundary.The water it fightsThrough the day and the nightTo steal the land back insideBut each time beforeIt has had to withdrawThe moon pulls back the tideWith sand seaweed and stoneThe beach stands aloneIn holding back the wavesSo castles, they fallYet all through it allThe beach never quite caves***https://harryisapoet.blogspot.com/2017/03/beach.html

00:04:33

#221 Matter

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/02/08

Am I just matter?Or Do I matter? Am I just matter or do I matter? Am I just matter, do I matter? Am I matter, do I matter? Am I matter do I matter What's the matter with me? Lately I've been living life laterally It's hard to progress when my mind is under duress About a question I must take mind to address And keeping it internal has seemed an infernal mission Quizzing all content concerning the eternal decision No, this is not a manner to be contained within thought I present to

00:01:33

#220 Trains

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/02/01

Across the country, on the rails.Sometimes late, sometimes fails. No longer followed by billows of smoke. Reduced often to simple joke. Yet I'm still a romantic for trains For all their messes, all their pains Despite the changes and privitization They'll always appear in my ideal nation Maybe it's growing up in York Maybe it's due to stories, despite all the talk I love the idea of the Hogwarts express Streaming through fields showing no duress The great equalizer, the reason

00:01:34

#219 Threads

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/01/25

How long is a piece of string?Sometimes, I feel as a piece of thread. Containing turns and knots. A frayed string. Never truly aware what is happening. Most often in life, enjoying the journey Weaving amongst others with great accord Every path is an adventure! So come, see who we get tangled up with Having twisted myself a good many places I have taut myself in the struggle Should I slack off my progress? Is it good? Or does the tension help me grow? I am vaguely aware I had a beginning And

00:01:52

#218 Shine

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/01/18

You don't always see the darkness in the world.You don't always know where the shadows lie. Who is struggling, who needs saving, Whose hopes are about to die. Life. It's not pleasant. It's not nice. It's not pretty. What it is, though, is filled with change. So, for those times when things aren't going so bad, I'm going to ask you something strange. I need you to shine my friend. Shine bright and strong and true. From every inch of your being, From every ounce of you. Shine with every colour of

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#217 The Traveller

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/01/11

The traveller never went far from their heartExcept when they returned For every time they rested It was travel that they yearned So they followed their heart away Across the sky and sea Finding rejuvenation in the waters In each new land they'd see It mattered not with whom they went If they ventured out alone Nor that they'd never see every place For the thrill was in the unknown And so the traveller went, and as payment for their aches and ails They filled themself with memories, and told the

00:01:31

#216 The Arena

Harry Is A Poet ·

2025/01/04

"You must enter the arena my child"Said the father who had survived it all Survived the feral without becoming wild And stood at the end, proud and tall "Only those tested ever get their name in a book" He said with great aplomb and pride Forgetting exactly how his legs fiercely shook Before history was on his side "It made me who I am today" Said the man who was able-bodied and sane Forgetting those with a greater price to pay The cost for such a gain "You shall look back fondly too" If you're

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#215 The Family Trade

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/12/28

In my village, nothing much ever changesWe don't like to leave and aren't open to strangers Jobs are passed down from father to son And have been since our village first begun Everyone wants to be friends with the baker's son You need to be on good terms with the house maker's son And the distiller's son (if you ever need a comforter) Never, never run afoul of the son of our governor I had trouble making friends as a child I had to be sensible and never be wild Yet when they coughed they'd look

00:06:09

#214 Make-Up

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/12/21

A brief google search tells me a box of make up can cost anywhere from a couple of pounds to an entire student loan.The reason I have to search is because I have never bought make up before, and it occurs to me this is something I should probably know. In a similar way to how growing long hair gave me insights into the effort and dedication that so much of the population put towards a part of the human anatomy I had previous given little to no thought to. I suddenly realised that I had no idea

00:01:48

#213 I Just Created Something

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/12/14

I just wrote something downHey, look at me: I just wrote something down! And it may cause some people to smile and some people to frown, But I did this. I created something new. It's flawed and it's weird and it's me through and through. I have no doubt there was hesitation involved in its creation, And that motivation was the pursuit of procrastination. But still. It's here. It's here and it's in my hand. It starts off shakey, the ending wasn't planned, And the middle is ok and overall it's

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#212 As an Old Man Dies

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/12/07

No flowers witheredAt death's knell The world was still As his eyelids fell. The lightbulbs glowed And they did not flicker The air was quite still And did not grow thicker. But inside. Man, inside. Electricity that had made a man do a thousand different things Made him think of love and loss and anger and regret The spark that had made him once get up on a stage and sing Had powered a laughter that could spread and infect The memory of the time he walked in on his parents at night The touch, so

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#211 Untitled

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/11/30

Yo,I made this one untitled and I'm being honest why In this world of fight or flight I've got a forest in my eye Wood I remove it by moving my morals to act consistently Sure would! But my groove as a human is to affect with hypocrisy My comfort as I come at all the issues life will raise Is to decide as I ride - and retroactively reconcile for days Some times I come up good - as I should tend to find I guess But in any contradiction I apply diction to redefine to my very best See, my label of

00:01:21

#210 Sharing Joy

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/11/23

It is a singular delightTo find one with which you share a passion and flame. As you both shine bright With whom you need to feel no shame. Far to often, we enjoy Hiding ourselves and our inspirations away For fear that our joy Will be shunned and scorned without delay We'd rather protect That small flicker that makes us feel less small Than let it grow and infect To spread wide and to fully engulf all The risk is far too great What if they are right to bring us down? One thing I've found of

00:01:21

#209 Brave

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/11/16

"Hold on, be brave" - the eternal maternal refrain.Taught to be thought, implanted in every infant.The most meticulous mantra, made in the mind.To be repeated eternally for every tough situation you'll find.Have to eat something bad tasting? - Hold on, be brave.First time public speaking? - Hold on, be brave.Getting an injection? - Hold on, be brave.Experiencing life? - Hold on, be brave.So, here's the thing. The thing when we're told to be brave.We're told what bravery is - bravery is saving the

00:02:24

#208 Lost in Time

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/11/10

I've been lost in space many timesMisplaced my way and trespassed linesIt's fine. I guess.Sometimes I leave a messBut mostly, it's for the best.Because it's only by going places we aren't meant toThat we realise where we're supposed to be.Echolocate our way to home in the midst of this cacophany.So let us sound out the solution to the problem I now seeI'm not exactly sure when I am supposed to be.Yes you read that right, and no, I'm not talking in jest.Because in this world I always have so little

00:02:02

#207 Fish in the Sea

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/11/02

You're heartbroken again, aren't you?You've seen life's turmoils through and throughWell don't worry. After all it should be plain to seeThere's always plenty more fish in the sea(This line was said with a big, wide, devious smileThat hung on the narrator's face for a whileAfter all, they knew your life and knew the scoreAnd how many times you'd heard that line before)Of course, the issue with that saying is clearYou'll find another fish if you persevereBut some fish are sharks, with a nasty

00:01:45

#206 This Fragile Mind

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/10/26

This fragile mind was meant for only one end.See, this fragile mind, it was meant to bend.Though it's so very easy to snap and shatterParticularly for thoughts that matterIt must stand strong, must persevereFor every thought it minds to hearYou can talk of fractures, talk of a tearA raptured mind will withstand any wearBrains? They fold. They envelope all info anewIf given something bad it'll absorb that tooIt can't discriminate, there's no auto-filterRemoving that which will knock you off kilterTo

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