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Poetry Series

PAUL WARREN

- poems -

Publication Date:

2015

Publisher:

Poemhunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive


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PAUL WARREN(09/11/1956)

42 years veteran with the South Australia Police. Grew up in Adelaide in the

western suburbs. Like poetry particularly Australian with Banjo Patterson and

Henry Lawson in particular. Like to tell a story with writing of poems and to draw

them from my own experiences mainly. Currently serving in Road Safety

Education mainly educating young South Australians in using our roads safely.

I want to tell the stories from my years of policing. Pedophiles, murderers and

family violence must be told to support those in need and who are campaigning

against it.

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Australia - A Country Road

On a country road by the shade of a gum tree

We stop and look about the scene so to see

The breeze makes the gum leaves glisten in the sun

It's paradise to live in when your life is as one

With natures call for the planet for us all

There is no hustle and bustle of a city at call

As I sit on the fallen tree's log

And watch the trickling stream it's no slog

How could you leave the warm summer breeze

In the shade of a gum tree on a ground that does please

When your mind wanders at work time

It goes back to that country road so sublime.

© Paul Warren Poetry

PAUL WARREN



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Australia - A Kangaroo In The Suburbs

On the radio this morning there was an alert

Watch for a kangaroo at Glenunga to hurt

Whilst you are driving on your way out

It isn't all that unusual but your safety you should not flout

We have a koala who lives in a tree down the street

Who you see once in a while when he wants to greet

But you know what concerns me

Is taking the brown snakes out of the bed when it's sleep to be!


PAUL WARREN



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Australia - Dusk In The Desert

The sun departs and the heat deceives

The darkness falls and the colour leaves

As the sun's in its final struggle to hold sway

With a purple, gold, red and dark blue display

The kangaroos wake and bound away free

The wedge tail eagle settles in a tree

The bright pink galahs squawk and settle down

In a dead gum tree on the billabong ground

The wild donkeys haw haw in the night

Wild camels and horses run away in fright

Dusk in the desert is nature's beauty made

The darkness wins as the colours fade


PAUL WARREN



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Australia - Kangaroos

When God designed kangaroos

Was there not much left to choose?

Little arms to hold gums leaves but no clout

And strong back legs for bounding about

Then there's the pouch for the joey to thrive

With a strong heavy tail in balance to jive

They live only in Australia so as a traveller

Go to the Land Down Under in the never never

People remember Skippy as the one

And kangaroos on our national coat won

They look so friendly and will always be

Part of Australia for the world to see.


PAUL WARREN



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Australia - Look Out For Emus

Riding my motorcycle along a fire track

The the dust and the heat looking forward and back

All of a sudden bursting from the left side

An emu run out from the bush too close to decide

We looked at each other deep in the eyes

And sucked in some big ones in complete surprise

I veered left and finally ended eating some dust

The Emu stopped and turned preservation a must

The last I saw him his legs were pumping away

It was very obvious he didn't want to stay

So I dusted myself off and looked at the bike

I straightened the handlebars to the right

I stepped over the bike and rode done the track

Thinking I was lucky and not looking back

The moral to the story is so plain to see

When riding on tracks look out for emus who wish to flee


PAUL WARREN

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Australia – On The Beach

Gazing out on an aqua blue sea on a golden sunny day

With a cool breeze in your face is such a happy stay

As the surf rolls to the beach the children happily play

With boats anchored out to the horizon in a fishing display

And on the waves they body surf back to the beach

Wind surfers fly on top of the waves with the water out of reach

Girls in bikinis and men in board shorts walk along the water

The scene I see is peaceful as a paradise ought a

The day ends with the sun dipping slowly into the sea

One perfect day on an Australian beach is where I want to be.


PAUL WARREN



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Australia - Stop The Boats

What does it mean in the list of quotes

We have stopped the boats!

Is it that no more people will die?

Or is it that they don't jump the line in a lie?

What do we do now that they have stopped?

This policy should now be to the world shopped?

Does the world now follow our lead

And not bother about others now in their need?

I think we should show some kindness now

We have enough to take some in and not call a foul

What do do here now should guide us to the light

And not be ones to whom the right way is a fight!


PAUL WARREN



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Australia - The Baby Brown

I came outside and walked to the front yard

The neighbour's kittens were playing hard

As I walked close it became quite clear

They had a baby brown snake very near

You could see it was a baby brown

From the dark brown stripe on the head down

I manoeuvred around and with a shovel picked it up

Putting it in the gully and running right up the cut

Australia's wildlife can be so scary to deal

But just remember the danger can be real!


PAUL WARREN



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Australia - The Big Red

We started off early on the Hay Plain

On a hot Summer's day in Summer's frame

Just past the cotton fields standing straight

Was a big red kangaroo who decided we had to wait

So we slowed and stopped with the sun behind him

And he eyed us off whilst deciding to begin

He proudly stood up on hind legs and tail

At nine feet tall that certainly wasn't a fail

So he slowly turned and left the road

Whilst in the king of the bush mode


PAUL WARREN



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Australia – The Brown Snake

We were cadets who as part of the training went

To the Adelaide Hills in hiking and compass sent

Dropped from Echunga to find our way back

The groups of four were walking by map a fact

We decided to follow the compass bearing

And so took off in single file a direction sharing

To the wire fence the first in line climbed

As he was stepping to the ground a snake to find

It was curled up in the sun

And when seen made us all run

I can still see us now running and yelling

About a brown snake we were loudly telling

The moral of the story is for all

Before walking in fields with grass that’s tall

Look out before placing your foot down

For brown snakes who are curled up on the ground!


PAUL WARREN



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Australia – The Budgie Has Flown

The Pretoria Guard stood strong by

But some had defected to a candidate near-by

The Captain’s pick could not carry him through

Even Sir Phillip from the Palace couldn’t make his sky blue

So the budgie has to slip out the side

And clear out his office and to the backbenches slide

It would seem that the fate of us all

Is to see a new Prime minister without a captain’s call

Perhaps in the end as Nixon did ride

A helicopter from Parliament with peace signs inside?

What do we learn from this whole thing?

To take not for granted others, as your song you sing!


PAUL WARREN



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Australia - The Great Nothing

Drive north of Port Augusta down Pimba way

You reach the Great Nothing you know straight away

The Stuart Highway is straight as a die

As it reached to the horizon and up to the sky

Millions of years ago it was the Artic Sea

With aquatic dinosaurs and as cold as can be

It was winter and so there was no angry sun

Where the plain stretched forever with no hills to be won

It was as flat as it could be and on the horizon far

You could see the curvature of the earth from afar

Every so often a Road Train passed by

With a prime mover and three trailers on the fly

We stopped for a rest and saw a wedge tail eagle

Perched on a stunted tree keeping watch quiet regal

They say that they watch you as close as they can

As they are hunters needing eye sight quite grand

Then it rose up and took to the wing

With a two metre wing span a magnificent thing

So we moved on and went to the Coober Pedy town

And saw that the townspeople lived underground

They mined the fire in the stone opal ore

And provided supplies from the main supermarket store

We stayed in an underground motel

And slept the night soundly and well

The next day we moved on through the great OutbackSeeing nothing but rocks and scrub as a fact

Stopping and seeing wild zebra finches to drink

At a road side stop whilst we had a rest and a think

Then to the Breakaways an eerie place

With the Dingo Fence stretching for miles to face

We continued on and to Ernabella town

And met the local police who came down

We spoke to the local school class



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About road safety and keeping the safety brass

We watched a football carnival game

And handed out prizes for footballers fame

I spoke to one of the local coppers over a billy tea

Who told me when patrolling the outback you’d see

Wild donkeys who the local aborigines wouldn’t hunt

As the donkeys carried Mary into the Bethlehem front

It was the same with the wild camels living around

Because they carried the wise men over Holy ground

He told me when camping on long range patrol time

To keep you clean with no dirty uniform grime

Walk around in your jocks with the campfire its fine

Doing all the chores you have a mind

The only thing is to have your uniform handy

To put it straight on for visitors just dandy!

That night he cooked for us roast kangaroo tail

And it was great with a taste that did not fail

So we packed up and left them next day

After having a great three day stay

Back to Adelaide across the Great Nothing again

With some experiences for us to comprehend


PAUL WARREN



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Australia - The Port Adelaide Roads.

As you look out from Largs North

From the beach toward the sea forth

You can see the buoys clearly mark

The Port Adelaide roads for ships apart

On a busy day you see the ships sail through

Taking cargo in and out of Outer Harbour true

How many ships have plied their way made

Through the St Vincent Gulf to Port Adelaide

Over the years you can see mighty warships visiting

And the grand bicentennial fleet with canvas sailing

During the summer you now watch cruising liners

Who come to visit for our fine wine and as diners.


PAUL WARREN



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Australia – The Queen Visits In The 60’s

I remember lining up on the Port road

With flag in hand and excitement sowed

Other school children were standing around

And after the Queen passed we were half-holiday bound

So we waited and looked and looked and waited

It seemed forever as our excitement dissipated

Until in the distance there was a roaring motorcycle sound

Of police escorts and a black limousine bound

Seated in the back I could see the Queen

As she waved the Queen wave and we hoped to be seen

In a couple of seconds it was all over and done

And we filed off to our half-holiday duly won.


PAUL WARREN



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Australia - The Storm

The wind moans up on high

As dark clouds race across the sky

The house on the hill shudders in the wind

You see the rain storm across the plain begin

The sun hides behind the black cloud

As the temperature drops and the storm is proud

You can feel the electricity in the air power up

As the Lightning flashes and the darkness is corrupt

The rains lashes the windows as they rattle loud

The hours slowly pass as does the cloud

The rain drains away as the gutters flow

Nature's elixir of life is ready for god's sow.


PAUL WARREN



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Australia - The Yorke Peninsula

The gum leaves glisten in the afternoon sun

As the warm breeze makes them move as one

The stubble stands lopped off as the harvester passes

The farmer sits in an air conditioned bliss as he masters

The hot machinery when the sun marches across the sky

The crows take to the wind as they rise up on high

I look around and see the light blue summer sky

With wispy white clouds stretch out on by

The deep blue ocean on the distance horizon

Gives a hint of a refreshening breeze that's now gone

The Australian summer is king of what I can see

As the golden sunshine makes a paradise to be.


PAUL WARREN



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Brave Women 1 – Gill Hicks

Gill Hicks was a South Australian living her life in London town

As a Publishing Director of a culture magazine Blueprint round

On 7 July 2005 her life changed in a subway tunnel explosion

When Muslim terrorists detonated a bomb in great subversion

She was cruelly maimed it seemed at once that her life was ended

To Hospital only as ‘One Unknown’ her identity not comprehended

She fought so hard and survived the day but her legs were lost

And was left to piece together her life with this great cost

A brave woman has rose to battle for right against the wrong

An MBE and South Australian of the year she proudly sings her song

Working hard for others she labours for charities sake

And knows that she has beaten evil in the life she does make.

Hail a brave Australian who we are all proud of!


PAUL WARREN



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Brave Women 2 - Rosie Batty

What makes pure evil I wonder about

For a father to kill a son in a shocking bout

To live through the violence of a domestic kind

Is pure hell and hard for the right for you to find

What did he think on that terrible day

To go to cricket and bash his son's life away

What terrible news to give to a loving mother one

To take from her her most precious loving only son

Although he then took his own faded life

How could you look to forgive him for this unending strife?

So she picked up the pieces of a shattered dream

And told the world about it and what it did mean

She campaigns now for those who haven't a voice

Who have stayed in abusive relationships with lesser choice

Than to stay there and take it from evil people

And show the world what should be our mettle

As Australian of the year she strongly stands proud

And say what needs to be said to all out loud

Australia stands for all people not to live in fear

And have domestic violence from now on disappear!


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Brave Women 3 – Vivian Bullwinkel

In 1941 a Kapunda nurse decided to join the Australian Army at War

She wanted to show the Anzac Spirit as it had been done before

She was posted in the Malay Peninsula as the Imperial Japanese landed

As they swept down the country on Singapore they were stranded

In February 1942 the last group of nurses were evacuated

On the SS Vyner Brooke out to sea the Japanese had waited

They attacked from the sun and the ship went down

And Vivian drifted for hours on the Banka Strait around

Until she landed on Banka Island beach in the morning

Finding the other nurses then the Japanese came without a warning

They made them wade into the sea and machine gunned them

With no mercy shown the nurses whom themselves could not defend

Vivian was badly wounded and amongst the others feigned death

When the Japanese went she waded into the shore the last one left

With another wounded British soldier they hid from the Japanese

Fearing that if the Japanese knew they had survived it would not please

The British soldier died and she surrendered keeping the secret in safety made

So three years a prisoner before the war ended surviving this evil grade

In the end of war crimes trials she told the evil story

That did not cover those Japanese soldiers in any glory

After her heroic times she continued her nursing career

In the military and civilian life with an OA and MBE no fear

Her life was filled with philanthropy a great lady it is given

Passing on in 2000 a great Australian in her way of living!


PAUL WARREN



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Childhood - Disneyland

Do you remember on Sunday night?

The weekend was over but that was alright

Bathed and into clean pyjamas we all sat

In front of the TV sitting together on the mat

It didn’t matter that it was black and white

To see Disneyland and its stories was just right!

Davy Crockett, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse

To us they were all adventures and really grouse

It was for just an hour but you would never miss

To have a racoon skin cap with a tail would be bliss

My memories of childhood that are so sweet now

The 60’s forever step up and take your bow!


PAUL WARREN



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Corruption - The Code Of The West

He rode into town that day

Came to join in the cowboy way

He carried a gun and wanted to be

Fast on the draw and tough to see

The Code of the West

For us cowboys is the best

Don’t let your mates down

‘Cause we are the sheriffs of this town

The other deputies in the territory

Had been around and knew the story

Don’t cross us or you’ll go down

Take you lick and stand our ground


For us deputies is the best



One night the deputies caught them dead

They robbed a bank and out of town they tread

The deputies recovered the money down

But took their cut and rode back into town





Later on for a favour given an older deputy

Gave his protection outside his duty

To beat the law for a gambler friend

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The Governor came to clean up the mess

He told them they should not guess

To tell the truth about it all

There is no need to make a judgement call





The Governor said the oath for this office made

Is greater than your marriage grade

But still not one of the deputies spoke

The Code of the West would not be broke





But the town had enough

Of the deputies and their ugly stuff

They told the Governor it had to stop

To clean the mess had been a flop





The town told the Governor of the gamblerWho had settled and now was not a rambler

Attracting this sort into the town

Meant the town's folk didn’t want them round





So the Governor decided to fix this up



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And not let the older deputy continue to sup

On providing protection in his game

He was charged and became one of ill fame





The deputy lost his badge and went to jail

The evidence of the town’s folk did not fail

The other deputies were left to ponder

And the price of ill-gotten gains to launder





The young deputy was left alone to think

And not from his duty forever to shrink

You see when a deputy’s power is under review

Does this power corrupt is something over to chew.






PAUL WARREN



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Death - Counting The Cost

We spoke together quietly one afternoon of his son now lost

I came to realise as he spoke of his struggling with its cost

His son was young and just starting with his own life’s journey

What happened made him question if as a father he was worthy

His son was one night partying making mistakes which cost his life

Drinking, madly driving and not wearing a belt was his list of strife

Lost control of the car rolled over onto to him halfway out of the door

His life was squashed from him and his story became no more.

As we spoke together I could see the strain in his half-closed eyes

At his quiet times now the thoughts of his only son back to him flies

If he’d worn the belt, not drunk or driven would it have ended in that way?

His son would be with him together and for the future he would stay

It had been a year past since it happened and his mind became at ease

Until his son’s birthday dawned and his thoughts then turned for him to grieve

How do I tell the world about it who haven’t listened to his saddened tale

The need to drive safely together and not experience a tale so grave!


PAUL WARREN



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Death - Did You Hear The News?

Did you hear the news?

As everyone gave their views

Do you know what happened?

It was his son who used the weapon

Stabbed him in the chest and back

Then he ran off into the black

There was silence then

While we all tried to comprehend

Why a son would do this to his own father

I am sure that given a choice now he’d rather

Not have done such a violent act

And we would have been spared this fact

So what happens now?

The seeds of the tragedy he did plough

Have us all wondering how we’ll cope

When all is lost without any hope

Of making proper sense of this

In the loss of Phil Walsh whom we’ll miss


PAUL WARREN



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Death - Jacob’s Ladder

They say just before you die

You have a chance through your life to fly

To re-visit the main events that mattered

That are presented through your life so scattered

To remember the first friend you made

Or when you first gained a sporting grade

When you met your first true love

Or the first job which fitted like a glove

As you climb on each rung of Jacob’s ladder

You shouldn’t find that you get sadder

It is your stair case to a heaven sent

And know that your final reward is meant


PAUL WARREN



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Death - Shed A Tear

One cold dark lonely night in the day’s early hour

We went to Strathmont Centre for Coronial power

One of residents there had passed on

Gone in his sleep he hadn’t suffered long

We did all the things required by the law

The resident nurse could have done no more

When it was at an end and we loaded the van

The nurse shed a tear for that handicapped man

You see to others his life was not worth such a lot

He had Downs Syndrome and simply living life’s plot

But sometimes it seems to me that what counts in the end

To see grief in your passing from one who is counted as a friend


PAUL WARREN



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Death - Tears Are Not Enough

A man demanding white supremacy stands with a gun

Church goers cower as bullets speak their evil done

A grand-mother, coach and preacher breathe their last

Tears are not enough surely the day of the gun has past

Time to honour the dead again as their President calls

How many times should this happen in freedom’s halls?


PAUL WARREN



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Death - The Last Call

An icy road is such a long drive home

The car is warm it’s been so far to roam

My baby is here who is the love of my life

I lose control and the car slides in strife

Off the bridge and into the water is bleak

Upside down and my daughter so meek

Why don’t they come the danger so real

The water is so cold my body I can’t feel

Help me I’m in here save us loudly I yell

My daughter from the water’s swift swell

They pull her out and she lives after all

The puzzle is how in my death I did call?


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Death - The Search For Immortality

The search for immortality

We all would like a place in eternity

The question is how are we remembered

After our deaths to have our memory extended

Will it be for deeds done

For stories written or great deeds won

Perhaps it might be you answered a call

Or circumstances that made you stand tall

I think in the end your name on a stone

Or in a file recording you have gone

Is the best that we can hope for in the end

And know that it will be for the world to comprehend


PAUL WARREN



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Death - Were You Standing There Looking At Me?

Were you standing there looking at me?

When I was alone watching death take thee

As I was standing looking at you some more

On the operating table with your blood on the floor

Was that the end of it all then

It was over with no need to pretend

Were you standing there looking at me?


PAUL WARREN



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Death Of A Friend - Allan

Straight, true and always keen of eye

You would notice him as he walked by

Best at football, cricket and the tennis game

We grew up together and he had local fame

Playing football he received a knock in the head

This meant X-rays and so to the hospital he tread

On checking the X-rays there was a worrying sign

Abnormalities that showed he wasn’t at all fine

His diagnosis was grave for Hodgkin’s disease

This news for the family didn’t put them at ease

What this meant for him was chemo and radiation

But when this was over there was no resulting elation

I remember when he died at 18 far too young

To the funeral thinking of old times that were fun

How can you feel when death stares at you first

You look around and feel your heart will just burst

When death meets one so young it is hard to reconcile

It’s been forty years since that day and it still is so vile.


PAUL WARREN



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Death Pondered

We went into the Hospital that night

I heard a woman screaming in fright

You see she didn’t want to die

She was so scared and couldn’t see why

You see some aren’t given the choice

To go quietly in their bed without voice

A motorcyclist switched bikes with a mate

Testing each other and for him his Fate

Were not kind and he skidded along at speed

Until contacting a telegraph pole to bleed

His last words to the world was all scream

And this happening was a nightmare so extreme

I don’t know if the grim reaper prowls around

Wielding a sickle taking souls as they are found

Sometimes it seems hard to find a reason for it

It must be all in God’s plan as the only real fit

I hope that in the end when it comes to my time

That to pass on then will be perceived as no crime


PAUL WARREN



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Earth - The Clear Blue Sky

Last night the sky flashed lightning bright

The thunder and the rain lashed the night

The wind howled and rattled the glass

It was not a night to be out at last

The breaking dawn and the sun’s warmth grew

The clouds were gone the sky is azure blue

A fresh breeze blows and the air is clear

On god’s green earth it is renewed no fear.


PAUL WARREN



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Fame

Clive James once decided to rate the 20th Century in a way

Rating who was the most famous person in that century to say

After going through each decade and looking at what they did

People such as Pele, Picasso and Charlie Chaplin were on the grid

Then JFK, Louis Armstrong and Elizabeth Taylor were out for mapping

Others such as Mohammed Ali, the Beatles and D H Lawrence not napping

Then the infamous such as Mussolini and Hitler were touted as there

And people such as Elvis, Lady Di and John Lennon we did care

When it came down to who we remember and the most famous of all

It was the evil dictator Adolph Hitler who got history’s call

I have thought of it since and pondered what history remembers most

Are those who murder and drive hate are etched in their boast

If Fame needs to be measured by the impression you leave

Its the number of people affected by you and their time left to grieve.


PAUL WARREN



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Fame - Speeches

What makes something said in an oratory way

That which is remembered and is quoted to stay

Was it Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address after that battle?

When touting that liberty and justice for all was the rattle

Or was in Churchill’s fighting on the beaches and landing ground

Gave the British a stiffer back to fight a world war so profound

Do we remember JFK’s ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ at the wall made

Or Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ that will not fade

And we remember Kevin Rudd’s apology to the stolen generation

Have all these speeches built for us all a greater nation?

When we remember those words spoken so well

Will linger in our minds and our hearts will proudly swell.


PAUL WARREN



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Family - Daughters Are Smarter Than Fathers

In the end I have realized it is so true

After my conclusion from this I drew

When it is measuring your brain-power

Daughters beat fathers at what-ever the hour

When wanting me to make up my mind

The right words it’s easy for her to find

She has studied me so closely to relate

To get what she wants without further debate.


PAUL WARREN



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Family - She Reminds Me Of Me

When she gets angry and has to walk away

And can't speak or calm down in my way

They say when she smiles she has a smile

That people say is my smile on her dial

She likes to lead and not follow around

Which is like me when I'm holding my ground

But in the end you will always see

My daughter whom I love forever like me.


PAUL WARREN



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Family - The Visitor

He was a blacksmith well below her expectation

Her family cast their critical eye in low anticipation

She played a sweet violin when his father met her

In secret they decided on a life as one together

The Depression hit hard and his smithy was lost

Drinking heavy with his family last was the cost

Out of the house some nights when it was bad

Huddled on a park bench was all that they had.

You will find in the end the love you give

Means those who pass will always live

In your heart and close by your side

When they’re needed to turn the tide.

By now the family had two brothers and a sister

The Depression ensured times were quite sinister

The family plan was to weather the hardest time

His father packed up and to the country was fine

An uncle’s fruit block to put them into the groove

This change for the boy was for him a bold move

The sons fished out their father’s stocked scrape

Next a car one steering one the accelerator and brake.





His mother stayed with her man and the drinking boutsA staunch Christian she was and there were no outs

The years rolled along and they all became older

The sons helped their mother and both became bolder

The father settled some and found work on the wharf

As the time went along it seemed to be a better course

Then she was with child in danger to go to full term

Her doctor’s advice to terminate was his concern.





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A true Christian wouldn’t end it and her decision was final

When the child was born the family was left with denial

She passed and a close aunt found him ironing in tears

What now to do with the children was a decision with fears

His sister to one aunt, the baby brother to another

The boy was left with his father as to take him a bother

Until one day his father’s brother could stand it no more

He took him home to leave him there with his father a flaw.





His future was uncertain an early end to his school

Loading wool at the warehouses was the rule

A love of wood working was the next twist

His skills learnt working with his Uncle on his list

The war was raging and his brother he did follow

Into the Navy his move to counter his sorrow

First training in Melbourne was next on the programme

It was the first time from home as very young man.





One night in his bunk a restless sleep he was havingDeep in the night his mother appeared to give warning

In his ear she whispered the danger not to deny

It will happen tomorrow the ones before you will die

The next morning it was Bofors gun drills for the watch

They were lined up in groups for the gun crews to match

It was a serious drill and the ammunition was real

The misfire in the breach the group before him did kill.





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He was posted to a ship the Arunta its tribal name

Out on the ocean in a destroyer wasn’t a game

The Japanese were beaten but some wouldn’t stop

They had to be hunted down to finish their mop

To the Pacific and then onto Japan was the cruise

To Nagasaki after the bomb for him did not amuse

He didn’t know it then but the radiation had started

It would take forty years for his life to be martyred.





Back to the sea with the American Seventh Fleet

Action stations stand to the guns was their feat

It was his time for a rest and he laid on deck to sleep

She came to him again with a smile to complete

Another warning she gave of a China Sea typhoon

The danger would come on the morrow quite soon

The next day other ships were lost in the storm

It would be near but his promised safety the norm.





One night on a long watch the heat was stiflingAsleep on the gun turret top was not trifling

Action stations and the ship turned to the call

Down to the deck and onto his back he did fall

It was the end of his service for Australia at sea

Back to his family home returned he did agree

Planning his life with his love he was married

His thoughts of his mother he always carried.





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There was a life together and a family they built

Five sons in a row was what the union did yield

I was at the middle point and grew to a man

I started my life and my own family was the plan

But my father’s war service wasn’t finished just yet

The radiation from the bomb meant cancer he did get

My father did not see a son who was my first born

The great blessing was tempered with his death so forlorn.





We were new parents with a new life to charter

I needed some support prayed to speak to my father

That night of restless tossing and of turning

He appeared to me with the advice I was yearning

There was a look of sadness and he shook his head

There would be a problem in our future to tread

This visit was to tell my son has health issues too clear

My father’s warnings came to me like his mother's did so dear.






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Football - Rowe And Bickley – Ex-Crows

I sit and listen to Stephen Rowe

And he goes for the Crows I know

Once upon a time he played AFL

For the Crows and Norwood he tells

But what I don’t get from him

Is what balanced argument he does bring

And now he has Bickley a mate you hear

Again he played for the Crows for him so dear

But what we now need is a soothsayer

And when will there be an ex-Power player?

I don’t think it will not happen now

Especially in a parochial Adelaide plough?

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Friend - Mark Of The Outback

I know a man who was one with his people’s pride

Whose life was for service with thoughts of self aside

His blood flows red as the glow of the Centre’s soil

He will be remembered always for his enduring toil

For our hope and reconciliation for all Australians as his prize

More than wearing the blue remembered as being always wise

When his task is finished and a judgement called is done

As Mark of the Outback altogether he will always be as one!


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Friendship

To find a true friend is a difficult thing

Whom you can confide in and on the phone ring

You need to nurture and treasure the find

And when you have one treat them kind

People will pass through this mortal coil

And some will bring your blood to boil

But the other ones treat them well

As friends together your heart will swell.


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Fun - Apples Are Dangerous

On sitting at my desk today

My apple was in delicious display

So I bit into it and now I find where the label ought to be

There now is half a one I see

Will it be able to pass on through?

Or will I forever inside be branded Lenswood true blue?


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Fun - Cat Videos

When sitting in the lunch room today

I was shown the latest cat video in display

This one had a moggy not bright

Who had found skating a flip flop was alright

Watching it made me ponder what will be left

In a hundred years or two my thought is bereft

That someone will be analysing what we did

And all there is our cat videos on the grid.


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Fun - Cats Are Crazy

We have a cat at home who just lies around

He is fluffy and white and not mentally sound

Sleeping soundly is his forte with food as his hobby

When he walks along he looks quite fat and flabby

He doesn’t go out because he likes to be clean

During the light of day he is very rarely seen

At night he prowls around and practices creeping

He scares the dog when out at him he goes leaping.

I think that he if tested a vet would find him psychotic

The way he struts around he seems to be quite myopic

He hunts down socks, fluffy toys and his rubber mouse

Running fast and pushing them all around the house

He comes into his element when the sun goes down

Doing the stray cat strut without making a sound

The thing the scares me about him most of all

When I wake up in bed and stares me out to enthral!


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Fun - Conspiracy Theories

Hitler got out of the Third Reich living in South America until today

Pope John Paul was murdered foul his coffee was poisoned all the way

Kennedy was shot twice from the grassy knoll not from the Book Store bay

Armstrong didn’t walk on the moon no-one can survive in the stars away

9/11 was not Al Qaeda it was the CIA stretching its muscles all along

Elvis did not die in Grace-lands he’s still around singing all his songs

The Roswell saucer crashed that night the aliens they will still disavow

The Malaysian jet did not fall to the ground they have it on an island now

Bigfoot, Yeti and the Yowie still prowl the wilderness walking without a care

Atlantis survived and is still a factor in ocean ship disappearances there.

I hear all these legends and start to wonder how we could agree

The world is as we know and all those things were never meant to be

I was told once that you’d be surprised at what you cannot see

There are many things in this world that would be a surprise to me

Pausing to ponder what it means would send a bloke a bit insane

Still all the explanations that are given for some seem a bit inane

Sometimes I would hope that some of these strange wondrous things

Would be correct and in believing them there would be for me no strings

Still if everyone believes them no History channel programs would there be

Sitting home at night what would you watch, from the room you would flee!


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Fun - Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers

Do you remember sitting in a dark Friday Night

When Deadly Earnest was an awesome sight

He would host a B-movie feast at that time

And we would find them all just fine

The one I liked most to this very day

Was Earth vs. The Flying Saucers in a scary display

It was made in the 50’s when space was new

And the thoughts of our alien neighbours grew

It was a story of a scientist with a beautiful wife

Who found himself in a bit of strife

The rubber aliens spoke to him

And what happened next was an inter-planetary hymn

The war was on with heat ray arms

And alien faces that knew no charms

Their rays melted all at a touch

All that was left was a melted puddle of mush

In the end in Washington there was a showdown

The scientist finding a way to bring the saucers down

Our own ray gun made them wobble then crash

They saved the world with their flying fleet a smash

At the end of the film there was a beach scene made

With the scientist and his wife showing we had made the grade

But the final question was posed in the scene

Had we really won or was it all just a dream?


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Fun - Flat Pack Furniture

It’s easy flat pack is the way to go they said

Just take it home and it is easy they said

Lay it out on the floor before assembly they said

The tool for the screws is in the pack they said

I should have read the instructions I said.


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Fun - Flat Pack Furniture Part 2

So I finally decided to read the instructions on the page

It seemed that you needed to be a Star Wars sage

The wording was done by Master Yoda to say

An example was ‘On the floor the parts to lay’

Then the ‘Figures included to follow you should’

In the end I was no wiser in that I could

no way known

have completed the assembly as shown.


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Fun - Holes In My Belt

I’ve been on a diet it is plain to see (I hope)

No cakes, milkshakes or pies for me (how sad)

I can’t bear it when I front for my meal (can’t miss it now)

I sometimes think what I eat is not real (no fat, no sugar, no taste)

Food is a pleasure I now miss every day (the flag is at half-mast)

To find what I crave there must be a way (my stomach complains)

After it is all considered the most annoying part (certainly there are others)

Is between belt holes with falling trousers wearying my heart! (each step

needing to hitch up)


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Fun - I Like To Drive A V8

I like to drive a V8

I know it’s not fashionable but it’s great

I like the acceleration and the fact

When driving it looks like you know where it’s at

I don’t need to hoon around

But I know I can stare the hoons down

That’s what you get with nothing to prove

And know that as you drive you’re in the groove

As I said I like to drive a V8

And a Holden at that mate

I would think when my time is here

I will spend eternity behind the V8 wheel so dear!


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Fun - I Vant To Suck Your Blooooooood

There was Bela Lugosi in the black and white

Whilst peering over his cape for a fright

Then there was Christopher Lee

For Hammer Horror as terror can be

Now it seems that Robert Pattinson

In Twillight is the tormented sexy one

Who sparkles like a diamond in the brightening sun

I am sure if Bram Stoker was alive to see

What his Dracula creature has turned out to be

He was supposed to be pure evil and one to fear

Not someone attending High School and held so dear

I would think that vampires would not play baseball

But be looking for fair maidens to drink blood from them all.


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Fun - I Want An Overactive Thyroid

I don’t want a tape worm sucking away inside

For that would certainly dent my inner pride

My choice would be for an overactive thyroid

And to have my fat from my body to be devoid

Why can’t I be thinner for all my friends to see?

A stolen mirror’s look would always satisfy me!


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Fun - I've Got A Man Cold

I've got a man cold I'm not very well

And when I see others I have to tell

My nose is all runny

It's so sad and not funny

I can't go to work like this to others I tell

I let everyone know I'm in my private hell

When I tell all the ladies they only laugh hard

It seems that they can take it better than the males in their yard

I don't think I'm made for childbirth it would be no fun

When I'm sick I'm told I complain a ton

So think of me as I sit here with hot water bottle under my rug

I think that to make it better I need a hug!


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Fun - Ode To My Moustache

Moustaches are now out of fashion

For they have lost their toughness notion

Just think of the 70s the tough guys all had them

Remember McCloud, Barney Miller and Magnum

Now you need a charity purpose worth growing

Instead just tough, stately and all knowing!

When considering it all for today

For me it’s all baldness and grey

Alas the time of the moustache has passed

For my moustache the dye has been caste

I remember it all so fondly but now I must say

As a porn star I think you would all run away


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Fun – Oh For The Days Of My Youth

In earlier times it seemed to me

I couldn’t wait for the latest to see

A new movie with a twist or story

That would leave you wanting more of its glory

But now as I listen to the latest music fad

Or hear of a movie it makes me quite sad

There is nothing new to be seen

Not even a new story that is crispy clean.

Once there was Star Wars where space was an ace

Or the Beatles who sung with good grace

Better still disaster movies in tragedy rung

And of course a new song that was sweetly sung

Now there is Snoop Dog with terrible rhythms

Or Enimem loudly making faces and hand signs

So I am left with the oldies radio channel

And dreams of Jedi Knights dressed in white flannel.


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Fun - Shoe Shopping

It was 3.30 in the Sunday afternoon

When to Tea Tree Plaza we did zoom

Groceries to buy and a pair of shoes to choose

We went to the Shoe Store for selection views

I know what I want when I see it she did say

I knew I was in trouble then right away

So I stood there and saw a parade of shoes

Each one to try on I was not amused

The shops close at 5 I had to say

She said I think I know which ones that I will pay

So I looked on them and they had a familiar ring

They were the first ones the shop assistant did bring!


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Fun - The Borg

Whilst watching Star Trek with Captain Picard

They were fighting cyborgs in their universe marred

The Borg fly their cube spaceships and look to destroy

Federation Starships that against them deploy

One thing that puzzles me with the Borg

Do they have toilets especially designed for cyborgs?


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Fun - The Jesus Lizard

I've just watched a lizard that runs on top of the water

You would think it would sink like any weight oughta

But this is a lizard that fascinates me

And runs on top of the water as light as can be

It's called the Jesus Lizard because it's a fact

Running on the water is not a fact to detract


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Fun - The Legend Of Lego

On the coast of Cornwall on a stormy day

The people of the village walked the beach searching away

After a storm they are looking to find

Pieces of coloured plastic in the surf so fine

It seems that one stormy night a ship out of Denmark

Lost a container over the side and into the dark

So now when the tide and full moon is just right

Lego bricks bubble to the surface in their escaping flight

So when you go to the Cornish Coast on holiday

Look to the crashing surf and sand for you may

Find Lego Batman, Robin or Superman

And rescue these Superheroes in a grand plan.


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Fun - The New Pill

They say in the future all you need to do

To lose weight is to pop a pill or two

In today's fast food world

To find a pill in science held

To eat hamburgers and such

It might also be a Golden Arches pill to munch!


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Fun - The Zombie Apocalypse

Will you survive the Zombie Apocalypse?

When with each bite you go into a life eclipse

You need to look for a place with high fences

And shoot them in the head for your defences

Where did the virus come from that's caused the plague?

Which ended the world even though the start was vague

What weapon do you need a samurai sword, rifle or other blade

You will need something for your defence to be made

So in the end find some people who are good survivors

And are good with their weapons without any errors

Who know when it's time to move on

And kill any zombies that will attack all along


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Fun - What Goes Together

Children playing with puppy dogs

Cold wet days and burning logs

Ice cream melting and chocolate bars

Wind in your hair and V8 cars

Action movies and winning large

Dancing and with friends having fun

Action movies and winning begun

Hot summer days and a cooling breeze

Favourite songs and lovers to please

All these things go together well

And for you to smile and forever dwell


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Fun - Why Should It Grow There?

Why should it grow there?

And to top it off people stare

Given the choice certainly not there

While there is plenty of room on the top of my head

It chooses to grow out of my ears and nose instead

And now I use mini clippers and other devices

To be like I was before hair became one of the vices


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Fun- Modern Enchantment

What would witches need for today

When casting a spell in a brew right away

What modern concoctions would they bring?

Instead of eye of newt perhaps eye of TV screen

When needing a substitute for feather of crow

It would be part of raptor jet wing

With wire of computer and blue tooth ring

All mixed together in a microwave oven

Instead of a cauldron forever bubblin'

And at the end what spell would enchant

Perhaps it would be unmetered wi-fi to grant!


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Ghosts – The Final Thankyou

There was a paramedic whose business was saving lives

And going to situations to treat those in peril to help their fight to survive

One day he went to a young lady who had overdosed on illicit heroin

They worked on her at the scene and in the ambulance on the way in

To the Royal Adelaide Hospital with lights and sirens all the way

But she was pronounced dead by a doctor and they had to give it all away

So the day ended and he went home to his wife

And told his wife how it happened and how it ended her troubled life

So they retired for the night and were getting ready for their bed

When this girl appeared before them with a tear in her eye she shed

She just stood there before them and pointed to her heart

And then vanished as she appeared with a sudden start

They sat down on the bed and couldn’t believe their eyes

And talked it through in their complete surprise

What they came to realise was she had returned to see him

And to thank him for what he did in her parting hymn

Perhaps there was also a twinge of sadness for how it had occurred

And how she had wasted her time on earth in her final word.


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Ghosts - The Girl In The Bikini

It was a hot summer night in the backyard pool

The summer night party was ending in the morning cool

Most people had left with just a few left talking too

A good time was had by all the night through

They saw her walk from the house

In a bikini swim suit as quiet as a mouse

She wasn't recognised and good looking

Into the pool she jumped without misgiving

But no one saw her come out

She disappeared without a shout

As the months went on she was seen again

As the ghost in the bikini to comprehend


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Ghosts - The Lady On The Veranda

There was an old house in Port Adelaide

With a return veranda as it was made

On the northern end of the veranda sight

There was an old swing for a warm night

It was said in the evening seated on the seat

A lady in a summer dress sat looking neat

But you see the story I heard from the town

Was she had died when the Spanish flu was around


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Ghosts - The Sailing Ship In The Bay

Some summer nights in the Tasmanian sky

When the summer heat promises a temperature to fly

The Aurora Australis lights up in an intense colour sheet

And it's when the ghost ship drifts across the bay discreet

The moonlight shines straight through the sails

And they say a woman stands on the deck and wails

The story they say is that long ago one summer night

The master was with the woman below the deck in love's flight

But the ship sailed on into the rocks and was lost

The woman and the master drowned at the shipwreck's cost

So now on those summer nights the ship sails again

With the woman wailing about what she could not defend


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Grief - A Lost Baby On The Beach

Where is the light of good for all to see?

What is it that we strive to do or be?

Is it the truth or justice for all or just for all to be free?

Why should the ones who suffer most be too young to see?

When we go to bed at night should it be as a righteous one?

Or should we just look after ourselves to see that we have won?

Surely all who live on this earth are entitled to live in the sun?

Or should we look to others grief and thank god it was not my son?

May the little ones be gathered up and rest now within god's grace.


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Grief - It’s Time To Put My Burden Down

The time slips by so quickly but the memories remain the same

Your first steps and your laughter are always in my mind’s frame

I treasure the pictures taken with each one a memory held so dear

You are part of me and I feel you now so clear to me and so near

The day you left was no different, the last words we spoke the same

If I knew then what I now know I would hold you and stay I would exclaim.

It’s time to put my burden down

I have loved you all along

Thinking of you has ground me down

I want to sing your song.

I go to our special places and want to see you standing there

Without you being with me these places are now not quite as fair

There are memories of you all around I still see you every day

I want to remember you as sunshine and not in cloudy grey

I’ll be seeing you there and know that you are alright now

I know there is no end and you will be waiting to show me how.





The long days wasted without you have made their mark on me

The grief I feel for you in the night whilst searching for the key

To find an end to the saddest times to soothe my aching heart

I know you did not want to go away the thought tears me all apart

You would not want me to feel this way it’s time for healing nowThe memories of the happy times will give me all the know-how.








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Grief – Martin Bryant Still In Prison

I looked with interest of the photograph of him

In a prison for life and to see he's kept in

It’s good to see he hasn’t weathered well

Let him be left in his private hell

I think of the people he slaughtered at Port Arthur

And I weep for them whose life did not go farther

Most of all those little girls he chased and shot

We cannot go back and change what they got

But rot in Hell

Is for Martin Bryant to forever dwell.


PAUL WARREN



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Grief – On Hearing Bad News

Just today a friend phoned to say

His partner had cancer and needed treatment straight away

What do you say to such devastating news?

It is certainly a situation that no-one would choose

Just a moment in time that can be wordless

What words can make it better in this mess?

Except I hope it is not worse than you could think

And that she will get well and not be brought to the brink.


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Grief - When Does It End

What makes for this world?

Where violence is upheld

And people lose their life

When others are troubled by inner strife

Do we cower away and let might have its way?

Or should you stand tall and know right away

We weep for those lost again

Surely there needs to be an end to the mayhem

We all have an obligation to look after each other.


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Grief - Wipe Your Tears

Wipe your tears, sit down and rest a while

The rays of sunshine will caress your face

And children playing will only make you smile

Know those you loved are with you in this place.


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Haiku - Gentle Breeze

Gentle Breeze blow

Caressing cooling my hot face

The eagle soaring


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Haiku – Live Each Day Well

Death walks with us all

We do not know where it leads

So live each day well


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Haiku – Love Is Comfort

Wait and ponder why

Hatred for some is the norm

When love is comfort


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Haiku - The Morning Sun

Golden light chases night

As the world wakes anew now

Leave your bed jump in


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Haiku - The Promise

A promise leaves your lips

As it floats to me sweetly

Is it now too late


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Haiku - The Stream

The stream is flowing

Towards the sea giving life

Which choice is for you


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Haiku - Time To Live

Take the time to live

Do not wait to live your life

Happiness is yours


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Haiku – Walking Home

Walking the path home

Quiet and feeling so alone

Ducks swim in a pond


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Haiku – Your Path Forward

Blue sky forever on

Stretching to the horizon

Is your path planned?


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Hope - What Will It Be Like When I See You Again?

What will it be like when I see you again?

Will I hug and kiss you with your head on my shoulder to bend?

Will the sun be always shining, will there be a bright warming light?

Will we always be together forever, will everything be alright?

Will all the trouble and strife I have seen be gone for all time?

Will what I hoped for when you left me be finally mine?

What will I say when I see you again, will I be lost for my words?

Or when it happens would I know that all these questions are absurd?


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Inspirational - Will You Stand With Me?

When I need back up and there is evil around

Will you stand with me?

When it is not safe and I need to stand my ground


When the odds aren’t in our favour and others threaten harm


When I don't fit in and need around your comforting arm


When I'm at my lowest ebb and feel I can't possibly win


When I need some comforting words to turn grief into grin


I will stand with you and be there until the end

And by standing together we will be friends!


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Law – Citizen’s Juries

It seems lately the buzz words are

If you have a problem that may bar

Someone’s love of life or pursuit of happiness

Announce a Citizen’s Jury to clean up the mess

In theory the way is quite clear

For all to contribute without any fear

But in practice all that you get

Are groups of self-interest with lips that are wet

These people attend meetings to have their say

And ensure in the report they have their way

So what you get in the end for us all

Is law or procedure which seems a bad call


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Law - The Truth And The Facts

The truth is what happened for all to see

Then the lawyers get to it and work it to be

The rules made it into the facts to be followed

And see what's admissible for the court to be swallowed

So by the time that the judge and jury see it

The truth and the facts are apart a fair bit

So forget about what the television shows

In true life the agreed facts really goes

© Paul Warrne Poetry

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Life - Do You Miss The 70's?

Body shirts, flared trousers and platform shoes

Long permed hair, maxi skirts and halter tops all to choose

Happy days, Knight rider, Lucille Ball on television

Led Zeppelin, CCR and then Disco in splendid vision

Every lad wanted a muscle car and be the first from a traffic light

And there was Mohamed Ali in the Rumble in the Jungle fight

We were all young looking for adventure and the best time found

We did not worry much except where the next party was bound

Where did we lose it all to be in the state we are today?

Perhaps we remember it as a happy time to wile away

After all that's said and done I remember it as sunshine all the way

With music on the AM radio you had no choice to play.


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Life - Does The Light In Your Eyes Look To Disguise

Does the light in your eyes look to disguise

What was done in your name to get their prize

Do you stand there and smile when you truly despise

Perhaps I read too much in your eyes

Does what you say to hide what you really think

When I'm not around does your oratory stink

Do you go home at night with a glass and a smirk

Whilst you plot your next move and the turn of the dirk


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Life – Don’t Sit Down

Sitting down is unhealthy for you

You need to stand up for your health to be true

Standing up doesn’t age your body fast

The benefits from this will last

It’s another healthy list item

So the advice is not to go ahead and fight them.


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Life - Don't Let The Darkness Win

Don't let the darkness win

Let's not let hatred step in

There is hope in this world for peace

Let others find sanctuary and wars release

If the world could see tolerance and understanding

We all would be better off demanding

This instead of demonstrating against others to meet

We don't need genocide to be complete


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Life - I Need Someone To Say That It Will Be Ok

I need someone to say that it will be OK

To feel their supporting hand in my dismay

I need the warmth of their touch

To feel that it will pass and not matter so much

I need to see the sunshine again

To feel that I have hope with no need to pretend

I need to know that the world is a good place

To feel that there is good in this human race.


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Life - I'm Chasing A Rainbow

I'm chasing a rainbow for a sunny day

It always seems to be further away you see

And the rain will always go away

But the rainbow is out of reach for me

The better things seem beyond my grasp

Perhaps the road ahead has more rain than sun

When the little I do receive does not last

It seems harder now than when I first began


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Life - I'm Tired And Torn

When times are bad

And the world seems sad

I'm tired and torn

To where I find it hard to go on

When the days are long

And the bad times are strong

I'm raggered and wrung out

To where there is no help about

When I miss you

And there is heart ache through

I'm in despair and demonised

To where it's hard for others to sympathise


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Life - Last Day

If today was my last day

Would I approach it differently?

Would I make peace with the world?

Would I finally get what is coming to me?

Would I say that I love you and I am happy?

Would all the little annoyances now matter?

Would it be a day fulfilled or would I have regrets?

Would these questions all be answered or would they remain?

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Life - Listen Softly

Listen so softly

Their voices are there

Whispered words that drift on the wind

I hear them again

As I did once

When I was young

And thought the world would not change

I hear them again

Calling me home

But I must remain

Today is here as there will be tomorrow

I hear them again

And I must stay.


PAUL WARREN



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