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Category Archive: Poetry

Ill-Used

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I’ve been ill-used, no other word will do;pristinely packaged, sanitised and newa month ago I stood upon displaytill […]

abudhabiwritersadmin October 7, 2022 Poetry

The Empire Strikes Back

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Let’s emulate Liberiawith measurements superior;once more we’ll weigh our cerealin ounce and pound imperial. And why not copy […]

abudhabiwritersadmin October 7, 2022 Poetry

Emergence

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I don’t want to stay here anymoreA groan of tedium, escapes my coreIn the distance, I see the […]

Ben October 7, 2022 Poetry

Please Come Flying

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An Invitation after Elizabeth Bishop From half a world away, across an inky ocean, on this fine evening,please […]

Jamie September 8, 2022 Poetry

Until I Didn’t

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I liked the way you’d pull my hand under your skirt under restaurant tables,
The way you smelled when you were turned on…

abudhabiwritersadmin February 5, 2022 Poetry

Not So Far Away

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A world so grey
The word ‘enigmatic’
A powerful ray

abudhabiwritersadmin February 5, 2022 Poetry

The Bruise

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A shade of amethyst
but duller.
It hurts to look
and the hand quivers at the touch.

abudhabiwritersadmin February 5, 2022 Poetry

Possessed

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I heard the thunder,
I saw the lightning,
When my eyes locked with yours
I swear the universe exploded for a second.

abudhabiwritersadmin January 31, 2022 Poetry

End of Days

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Paul’s striking poem needs to be read twice, from top to bottom and then bottom to top.

abudhabiwritersadmin October 29, 2021 Poetry

When I Go

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It was wonderful; it broke me
It was excruciatingly joyful; it built me
Would you remember this when I go?

abudhabiwritersadmin October 25, 2021 Poetry

Returning from a Swim on Koh Phangan

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I huff puffed up the newly treeless hill
Unthinking of the change from verdant lush
To parched hardscrabble. Bailiff ants remove
Last remnants of the old guard’s ferny home.

Rory October 21, 2021 Poetry

Cycling to Riga

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A faulty pedal clanks at every turn
Reminding me of all that isn’t right.
It’s how I manage on this sort of trip.
By nature sedentary, I have to pound

Rory October 21, 2021 Poetry

Shanghai, 1986

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Rory’s latest poem is based on a trip he took to Shanghai in 1986 in his best, crumpled, clothes…

Rory October 20, 2021 Poetry

Avalon

Avalon was written based off personal experiences and is an attempt at using both lyrics and soundscapes to tell an intricate story of love, loss, identity…

Samir Saidi September 5, 2021 Lyrics, Poetry

Trainspotters

I cursed my prudence, wished I’d blown A fortnight’s wages on a flight And not been sat in […]

Rory May 5, 2021 Poetry

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