Exception To The Rule
'I' before 'e' except after 'c'
Im afraid that rule wasn't helpful to me!
I'm deficient at spelling and find it absurd
The incomprehensible weirdness of words
I'm reintroduced to the seismic array
Of words that don't follow the rules everyday!
My daughter is eight and
I hope she is free
of this problem with words
that weighs heavy on me
My neighbour and I feel the the same it would seem
We discuss the dilemma whilst sipping caffeine
It was all very foreign when I was at school
Can you find the words that are breaking the rule?
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On Your Pillow
On your pillow
Indent made
Shower running
There I laid
Sleepily
I stretched my limbs
And smiled as now
my act begins
I did feign
Unconsciousness
And breathed so deeply
As you dressed
I waited
as you fumbled blind
To see if you would
Still be kind
And gently plant
A morning kiss
Not try to wake me
From this bliss
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Daddy, swallow your pride.
I want to flip your view point over
With my spatula of persuasion
Tease the edges of your stubborn mind made up
I want to swap the duvet on your embedded
Wake up to a fresh perception
Shake the corners right down to the end
I want to plant a tiny seed of an idea
longing for the flower to take form
waiting for the right time to sow
I want to turn the page on your calendar
It's October and you are still on July
Remind you that times move on
I wouldn't change you for the world
even if I could, I wouldn't
But Daddy, swallow your pride with the drink I offer
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Sycamore Seed
Spinning slowly in the breeze
The sycamore seed follows blindly the random current of sun risen air
Unique to every other
It is driven by nature to reach beyond the realm
It's passage is graced with pirouetting design
On landing, who preys for its requiring conditions?
It is by chance alone that is made the sapling tree
It is by chance alone it's true purpose is realised
It is by chance alone, chance that chances collide
Catch your breeze
Spin wildly
Reach far
Chance that chance will be knocked by your will
Unique you are, spinning slowly in the breeze
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Longing A Banished Word!
If I could cast a magic spell
To cover the deceit
Protecting kin from any Sin
Then freely we could meet
Saved from hurt, the ones we love
A parallel we'd find
Where longing was a banished word
As nobody would mind
But no such trick exists
So surreptitiously we tread
Need outweighing guilty thoughts
no mention of it said
More sensible would be
To pinch the flame that burns within
Yet the sorrow that this idea brings
Extinguishes the sin
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Blessed
Pop as my waters broke.
So full of anticipation.
Waves of contraction.
Pushed free.
Happy!
Oh burning ring of fire.
Stretched to ripping point.
Then followed relief.
Baby boy.
Joy!
Bearing down, sending your invite.
Come meet your family.
Sister waited excitedly.
Accepted invitation.
Elation!
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My First Sonnet One sided love.
O heart! Resting in a cloud like breast,
Listen what says my heart in my chest.
Thy door close, thy ear and eyes shut,
Open them, Feel hear and see, the cut.
The cut that runs deep and spilleth my feelings
Whereas thine for me are shy from revealing
Let thy heart on thy sleeve live
As mine to thee I am willing to give.
To give and pair it with heart thine,
Own me, my love in thy clouded shrine.
Hold me to thy heart in a floating sleep,
As Longing for thy love, sleepless I weep.
I weep through this darkness, a most wretched storm
From my night in the morn, pray will to me thee warm?
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The therapists not so hidden treasures
Off you went with my trust
Not about us
Just the job in hand
I was tied, unavoidable deadlines
'Just go, you'll manage fine
(For you, these meetings a foreign land)
Our daughter had trouble with speech
Needed to reach
Out for a helping hand
This speech therapist was fit
Had great tits
Where your eyes couldn't help but land
Did one thing she said remain?
You men, all the same
(Push it down fella, with your hand)
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Dream-ed Muse
It happened as a dream-ed muse, transpired itself awake
The longing met its target, from his slumber she did shake
To share with her a spark of passions fire starting strike
A match of two, belonging where a lovers spell ignites
Each one searched a yearn-ed touch, caressing languid stature
Tantalising grasps sent heart rates racing in their rapture
Moistened flesh slid sweetly, kisses shared, did taste devine
Their forms explored for high reward and rhythms worked in time.
Let not that sensual closeness as a memory remain
Remind her how it felt so good , be close to her again!
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I Need A Mentor
I need a mentor
Who's honest with kind
Sift prudently through
The ideas of my mind
They'll wring them out gently
Shake them flat, watch them dry
have a cloud with more wisdom
rain down from the sky
they'll challenge and stretch
Whisper things I don't see
Prescribe when it's illing
and think well of me
I'm sitting here waiting
Having penned this big ask
In the hope a kind soul
finds my plea, wants the task
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