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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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00:01:20

#190 Trochees are Tricky

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/07/13

Simply to me, I am an iamb type manTrochees tricky to breed from the pen in my handStifles all words, blocks this poet's progressI find absurd, how much pain and duressSpews from metres like thisThough I don't try to disIt's clearly inferiorThis poetic mirrorReflects that fact, I wont take backAny accusation, it's an actual attackOn what I do perceiveTo be just a reprieveFrom more righteous type flowsAnd more elegant proseTrochees are tricky. I am an iamb manSimpler to breed from

00:02:09

#189 Ultimate Is Not

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/07/06

I heard a tale from a marvellous manTelling me "Ultimate is" and "Ultimate can" I want to add a riposte where he may have erred and forgot Let me add my lot to emphasise what Ultimate is not. Ultimate is not what you imagined initially The summation of students sauntering hippy-ly Much more it is moulded of athletes competing Jumping and throwing and diving and sprinting. Ultimate is not a game for canines though we aren't exclusive Any human we find who wishes to join can

00:01:58

#188 Olympics

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/06/29

Let me say right now, I love the OlympicsJust give me a chance to say why, real quickThat we should definitely care that it's not fairOn all the locals who happen to live thereThat corruption is present in the organisationBut let's instead focus on athletic participationYes, it's fantastic inspiring and all thatHow quickly a human can cycle round a trackThere's real beauty and elegance and it's really coolHow they swim and dive into an oversized poolAthletes perform feats that

00:01:45

#187 The Next Era

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/06/22

t finally happened. The end of the world.Well, take my hand. Join me, as we enter the next era of humanity... I not gonna pretend it's gonna have as many comforts It's gonna take some heart, gonna take some guts We've gotta learn from the mistakes we made As humanity's errors begin to pale and fade We've been granted a reprieve No time to sit and grieve Time to earn our stay Before we're sent on our way No longer must we assume our place on this Earth is given Set aside

00:01:02

#186 How a Comeback Starts

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/06/15

You frown, you're down.They wear your crown. Not beaten, no defeating Time to get even... We are strong and we are smart This is how a comeback starts Play with grit and play with heart This is how a comeback starts We will not lay down and die We are strong I tell no lie Let us yell and let us cry We will win, here here is why We are strong and we are smart This is how a comeback starts Play with grit and play with heart This is how a comeback starts We will make them run with fear We will

00:01:49

#185 Fate

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/06/08

Not everything in life is in your hands.Anything can upset the best laid plans.It sucks. I can say nothing more.When life pushes you through a certain door.For most of life, you feel in control.That you can decide if you reach your goal.The only thing standing in the way is us.As long as we work hard it'll be no fuss.And then, it breaks. The illusion fades.Effort matters, but it's just an aid.Nothing can stand against the mechanism of life.Not strength nor sadness, not calm nor strife.It

00:00:49

#184 Whispers

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/06/01

It's how it all started.The voices. In the twilight hour, they whispered. We heard them at the crossing. Through a veil. They gave advice we needed to hear at the time. The advice was often simple. Always sincere. Time to wake up. Talk to her. Remember to breath. They guided us in a way. We thought forwards. And not every step on the road is hard. Until it becomes hard. That step. The voices wavered, as they always did. A life with twilight speech The whispers. They don't take kindly

00:02:32

#183 The Verdict

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/05/25

Everyone wants to feel, in some way, like their thoughts matterThey want to be pitched ideas as a worthy batterWhat I didn't want, what I never wanted, was thisTo decide whether to cast a man's soul to the abyssI was selected for jury, and drawn to do dutyThe desire to do my responsibility flew through meI was chosen as an equal, and now within my handsI hold the soul of a most guilty manI've no doubt that he did it. His victims' blood runs clearThe most open and shut case

00:01:28

#182 The Launch

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/05/18

It's time.Oh it would have been so easy.You could have stayed still.But no.You, oh noble beast. You live for a thrill.And so it begins. Slowly. The count.You inhale. Ten.This is it. What everything has led to.The thing that has filled your dreams so often.Nine. You shudder. Every last muscle.You anticipate.Even in this step into the unknown.This step into fate. Eight.You will now be propelled through time.You will experience heaven.This World is now to small.It is your fence. Seven.Six. You can

00:02:04

#181 On Brexit

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/05/11

Dear everyone disheartened by this: please don't be.Now, more than ever, we need to have courage.Now, more than ever, we need to have strength.For so long, we have simply resorted to fear to make our case.Fear of the man next door, fear of the unknown.And believe it or not, this makes people scared.So now, as we face the unknown, we can not be frightened.One decision is made. But other than that, everything is on the table.The road ahead need not be that which we assume.So, to those who voted

00:02:08

#180 90 Years

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/05/04

This poem is lovingly dedicated to my GrandmaShe has been around 90 years on this World so farBrought happiness and joy to many a different faceShe takes life and it's challenges with a loving embraceBecause in 1926, the same year as Winnie the PoohMy Grandma was born all fresh and newYoung and full of promise, so fittinglyThey named her simply RosemaryAnd like rosemary, she works best with othersAs a mentor, as a neighbour, as a partner and loverShe never sees a person as better or worseJust a

00:01:35

#179 Identity

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/04/27

Who am I? Who are you?What are we? What shall we do?We've woken up a thousand times, emerged from slumberSometimes we wake up smarter, sometimes dumberBut normally, well, how to put this politely?Day by day we change ever so slightlyWe are constantly changing, such is our natureSometime change is small, sometimes an adventureBut why? Why do we change, and why does it matter?It's important because without it, life would be flatterThere would be fewer bumps, and far less noiseEternally living

00:02:16

#178 Sage Advice

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/04/20

"I was a lot more comfortable being vulnerable and openWhen I was younger, and it wasn't clear if I was or wasn't joking..." - Sage FrancisIt can be a struggle. To be open and honest.So despite the evidence, I'll say that I'm for this.When I say despite the evidence, I mean that sincerely,Because I know for a fact that sincerity fears me.I, like many others of my generation and ageWill stick to some conventions like tears to a rageAlthough we're trying to shake them

00:03:33

#177 Immortality in a Can

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/04/13

Immortality in a CanImmortality in a CanGrab it while you canImmortality in a CanYou know what they say:Once you pop youJustCan'tStop...Man, I just took this deal, and I feel greatJust popped now fate awaits my infinity sell by dateTo satiate my thirstI never have to deal with the worstI get live forever as the eternal manAnd I owe it all to Immortality in a CanOnce you pop youJustCan'tStop...Ten years on and I'm still feeling strongSince then I've taken life head onI'm still

00:02:14

#176 Voting

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/04/06

Pay attention. Listen up.I'm going to try to explain something difficult.Democracy.No, wait! Don't go. I swear, I'll try to make it quick.See, Democracy, to me, is still radical.And I don't mean radical like skateboards, I don't mean radical like Guitar Hero.I mean radical like revolutions are radical.Because the idea that every single person has a valid opinionAnd the following conclusion, that we have to listen to those opinionsThat the collective will of every Jack, Tom

00:01:22

#175 Parents

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/03/30

Sometime when the world deals a blow and has dazed usIt's good to think back to the parents who raised usYour mothers gave birth, as mothers have to doShe went through great pain just to give birth to youThen growing up, they dealt with all your palaverNot just sibling fights, or having the floor be lavaThose times when you were small, so tender and weakWhen you were born you were so fragile and meekThough they must have been scared, they still stayed and triedEvery parent has that scare when

00:01:50

#174 A Bad Day

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/03/23

If you're having a bad day, this a message for youWritten on a letter, sealed with love and glueFor you to open, whenever it's a struggle to get throughThis bad day is one we're both gonna beat black and blue......Dear friend in the wilderness. Dear voice in the mistSometimes it seems like our fate has been kissedDays when we're not tired and sick, days when all will go wellThis is dedicated to those days when you go through hellHere's a fact. You've been through plenty of

00:02:27

#173 The Famous Girl

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/03/16

She had that beauty which came from getting up an hour earlier than the sunAnd staring endlessly into the mirror willing herself through the next dayEven with a sense of anxious pride about who she was and what she'd doneThere was only one small part of her that had never wished this life awayNo, it was not those startling clear blue eyes, clouded windows to a troubled soulNor was it those carefully shaved legs which had walked through a thousand dreamsIt was the voice inside that let her

00:00:50

#172 We're Animals

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/03/09

Sometimes I like to sayLet's go wild and adventureSo lets go to our baser natureAnd be animalistic in how we playYetI don't wanna be a jellyfish 'cause without needing to wish you can already see right through meI don't wanna be a zebra neither 'cause I don't need ya to spend that much time crossing meI don't wanna be a lion I'm not lyin' I don't wanna have that much prideI don't wanna be an armadillo Couldn't

00:01:12

#171 Fever

Harry Is A Poet ·

2024/03/02

It's funny, I still see the same thingsI still know red is not blueThe morning bluebirds still singAnd yet, somehow, it's twistedWhile still being old, not newAs if my brain itself has mistedI can still chat and converseWith a throat that's dryAs I pretend the reverseIts a flaw so clear, yet so weirdThat the world through my eyesCould be so easily smeared*** https://harryisapoet.blogspot.com/2016/04/fever.html

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