Arc Troubles
it wasn’t raining until Noah built the arc
~
Noah though he could fix the arc
with just a phillips screwdriver
the geese disagreed
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with thanks to Paula Light for the phillips, thought, geese prompt
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Canada Geese, the golfers least favourite bird
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Paperback Writer
poetry is a equal mixture of English and angst
The printed version of my poetry anthology Seascapes and Serenity Lost should be available on Amazon within the next couple of hours. It’s a 10 by 8 inches, magazine-sized, paperback. So, I thought this old Beatles song would be rather fun.
There’s also a much cheaper kindle version of the book.
Of course the paperback will look great on your coffee table.
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the picture is mine too
it’s all in a dream
Poetry Anthology
Seascapes and Serenity Lost
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You can probably learn more about me by reading some of my poetry anthology than you could ever learn from anything I ever posted on here ~ and I have promulgated some gritty and very personal stuff.
Anyhow, my anthology is now available on Amazon, in several important countries, including the US, UK, and points east. (For some good reasons, for the next few days the print copy is ‘author only’)
The words and pictures are all my own work, and there are a lot of photographs interleaved with the poetry.
I am also deeply indebted to Jan Olandese, who edited the whole thing.
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the shining sea
talks with me
a carnal woman
maybe she was that way because she was sad and lonely
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leaving a carnal, sexual, woman
one battle over, one victory won
the long struggle that will end
one day in honesty and freedom
not for her, not for years to come
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
heading to her favorite bar
to look for a much younger man
Armistice Day
they were young, they were pals, 744,000 of them died
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they shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
at the going down of the sun and in the morning
we will remember them.
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
lest we forget
sad sweet goodbye
you never lose someone you have truly loved
~
let the rains fall
and wash away her tears
let me be strong
and take away her fears
let me be kind enough
to wish her well
now she loves another
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
walking away from everything
carnal drinking is messy
addicted to sex, hitting the bars, picking up younger men
~
I was mystified
she cheated and lied
sadly that’s bad
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
she likes young men
when she can get them
and they know what to do
if not for her
cheating doesn’t come from a lack of love
it comes from a lack of respect
~
I saw you with that whore
open dress public amore
that’s only the final coup
guess that we’re through
nobody to blame but you
you could never be true
got to find someone new
well baby it’s a fond adieu
so stew you faithless bore
you can’t hurt me anymore
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
did you have to choose someone older?
her eyes spoke to his soul
behind her beautiful eyes lay secrets darker and deeper than the sea
~
it took me years to realise
that much to my surprise
I could find paradise in her eyes
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
her beautiful blue eyes enraptured his heart
Dreams of Love Lost
don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened
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adieu
she’s gone
we were forever
how can love be over
it’s hard to control sadness
when will my heart beat again?
she knows I can never love another
crying the longest sad sorrow of adieu
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
better to have loved and lost
than never to have loved at all
