Anthony North Eye On the World

Anthony North, short story writer (only 5'4" ) with a cold - haiku! + current affairs from UK. Creator of eShops Fables. Link to free eBooks on Profile. No DMs

[Anthony North Eye On the World @EyeOntheWorld7]

#vss365 #poetry
Putter #puttter
Clean the gutter
Putter putter
Don't eat butter
Putter putter
Try not to stutter
Putter putter
Pull the shutter
Putter putter
Mustn't grumble
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#vss365 #poetry
Memories
Some are good
Others are bad
Many bring joy
A few are sad
But what would exist
If we remembered none?
Could humankind sing any song
Maybe they're important
To existence itself
So clench them tight
Or #undo our wealth
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#r4today #vss365
Massive win for Andy 'Laboris' Burnham in Makerfield - Starmer will now #clench everything. Hopefully they don't split Labour. Now remember, Andy:
Defence defence
Defence defence defence
Defence defence
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#vss365 #poetry
Writing a #novel is hard for a
Short story writer
Especially my first one
Typed on steam power
Could hardly reach the keys
Some would say I still haven't
(written one)
My longest is 30,000 words
But I pack a lot in
And they are novel
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#r4today #vss365
We all love a fictional
#fiend
But in the real world
Horrendous
Criminals, terrorists
The usual suspects
But what about MPs
Foolhardy rather than
Fiendish?
Most belong to a party
Which is based around
A system
None work for all
Hence
They keep us in
Conflict

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#r4today #vss365
Freedom is seen as
A #gift
It is not
It is a burden
Like love & family
It must be nurtured
Freedom offers rights
But these must be
Counter balanced
By duty
Rights & duty
Feed each other
Turn the burden
Into a gift
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#r4today #vss365
Most things were
#distant
Like my future
Some still are
But mainly my past
Distant
AI, War, Fascism
Used to be
Distant
With peace in the
Past
At least other planets
Are now less
Distant
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#vss365 #poetry
Hush!
We did it
My friend & I
I owed him money
My friend a death
I guess you could
Call us #quietus
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#vss365 #uncanny
Time to connect
Construct a persona
Contribute to her state
With confidence
(trickery?)
Consolidate her intentions
Enough!
My knife sharp teeth - her neck
Go away! Can't you see
I'm #consuming
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#r4today #vss365
Russell T Davies has left Doctor Who. No new episodes 'til a new company takes over. My advice: Forget Disney & try a bit of bi-regeneration - Patrick Stewart & Billie or Jenna. Americanisms #forbidden but with real international appeal.
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#vss365 #poetry
The dawning came slowly
For a long time I stared
My mind reeled
Dawn caught me in this moment
I was enthralled
Enraptured
Somehow ennobled
Catapulted into the day
Enlightenment
And I knew what to do with
The prompt word #dawn
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An eShop's Fable: The people of #deadfall wanted a new leader. A man got the needed supporters & challenged him. He suspected a trap as he entered the arena, but the leader said the challenge was invalid. The ground opened up and swallowed his supporters.

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#vss365 #poetry
In later life I described my #mother thus:
4 foot 10 tall & round
It is meant affectionately
The last time I saw her was minutes before her death
I was 12
Too young to understand
I never really said goodbye
So bye, bye mom
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#r4today #vss365
#horror all over the world
Global warming
Bombs dropping
Horrific crimes
People dying
At times like this
A bit of light relief
Like Stephen King
What?
My muses judge me?
Guilty, your horror
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#vss365 #uncanny
Rock, Rock
Swing, Sway
How scary is my poem today?
In the #cradle baby sleeps
Why should it cause the creeps?
Hush, listen, tension, fiend
What follows this devilish wind?
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#r4today #vss365
He was convinced he was a hero, but the opportunity didn't arise; until he created the disaster to allow it. For #evermore a villain.
*****
For evermore
A writer's dream
With no resolution
In life
To be read always
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@taintedtrailer Wow! Thanks for that.

[Anthony North Eye On the World @EyeOntheWorld7]

#vss365 #poetry
Some negative words are not
Take #falling in love
At the other end there's falling
Literally
I fell a lot doing karate
My latest decline involved
Falling
Lots of them
Lots of bruises
Lots of pain
But no broken bones
I knew how to land safely
Thank you karate

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#r4today #vss365
Treatment around the murder of Henry Nowak was a disgrace to policing, but maybe not the officers; but police culture. And the right vented politics as usual. Henry had no dignity in his death. Allow his family dignity in grieving. No #victory to be had here.

[Anthony North Eye On the World @EyeOntheWorld7]

#vss365 #poetry
I don't gamble
Except I do
Every time I write a story
I #gamble I can fool the reader
'Cos if I don't
I lose them
Oh, what a twisted life I live
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