Archive for 'Poems'
We will win – a poem
Posted by John, October 30th, 2018 - under Poems, Poetry.
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We will win The walk labours while the talk continues, Not the marathon man But a trier, caught between the finish and the end To try more steps, some day When the body permits Or to remember the rays And the steps of yesterdays Modern man and woman make miracles Of medicines that […]
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Whose broken is this? and other poems
Posted by John, September 27th, 2018 - under Poems, Whose broken is this?.
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My next book of poetry, ‘Whose broken is this? and other poems’ will be available very soon. I go into hospital on Friday lunchtime for a femoral intramedullary nail. So in my more lucid moments after that I will post details of availability, how you can buy signed copies, price etc etc. John
The lifeboat – a poem
Posted by John, September 15th, 2018 - under Poems, Poetry.
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I am become a tablet A pill to kill the enemy within Out damn spot rages nightly And every day Where hope abandons hope And grows again A gain that walks better today But not so well tomorrow Tottering between pain and moving Out damn sorrow and take with you The filth that spews […]
The barbed wire deepens – a poem
Posted by John, September 6th, 2018 - under John Passant, Poems.
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The barbed wire deepens Twisting the torn, Skin born of other things, Of fear, 0Of hate, Abuse mailed in bullets, While geese step their way Round the bodies Of our living, and their dead The night darkens day, Infiltrates the future Where spies gather us For their uses Sluices on the waterway Of life […]
Signed copies of my first book of poetry
Posted by John, September 1st, 2018 - under Poems, Poetry, Songs for the band unformed.
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In all the excitement about the contract for my second book of poetry arriving recently, I forgot to mention that you can still buy signed copies of my first book, Songs for the Band Unformed. Here is a link to do that through Independent Australia.
‘Whose broken is this?’
Posted by John, August 15th, 2018 - under Poems, Poetry, Whose broken is this?.
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The proofs for my second book of poetry turned up today. I am going through them now. There is not very much to change at all. ‘Whose broken is this?’ will hopefully be available in a few months.
Three in the morning thanks the pen – a poem
Posted by John, July 3rd, 2018 - under Poems.
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Chocolate and tea at 3 In the morning Does not help Facebook news Does not help Maybe the sleep that cannot be Might But the mind is tight From yesterday’s struggles Bureaucracy wins All the time Over heart, and mind The two things it does not have But I do I do, A […]
Our world is coming
Posted by John, June 2nd, 2018 - under Poems.
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Our world is coming I am a socialist of the heart The heart? My heart I have read Marx and Engels Lenin and Trotsky And Luxemburg And those who follow in their footsteps Their slow, winding steps, To the Cliff of revolution Away and to From and to Always to Never reaching to Sometimes close […]
Conversation With A Tax Collector About Poetry
Posted by John, May 18th, 2018 - under Poems, Tax.
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Conversation With A Tax Collector About Poetry – Vladimir Mayakovsky [1926]
Review: John Passant’s Songs for the Band Unformed
Posted by John, May 6th, 2018 - under John Passant, Poems, Sara Moss, Songs for the band unformed.
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In Independent Australia Sara Moss reviews IA contributor John Passant’s book of poetry, Songs for the Band Unformed, a passionate reflection on politics and love.