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Category: Poetry

  • Creative Writing

Flight

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun February 28 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2018 Swallows fly freelySoaring high in summer skiesEarthbound fox watches

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  • Creative Writing

Mystical

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun February 28 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 The mystical chord is missingCongregation of the heartsCohesion of resistanceThe friction…

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  • Creative Writing

Abide

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 27 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Here I abideAmidst the cratersOf too much cultural shellingHere there residesResidual…

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  • Creative Writing

Missing

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 27 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Never ending beachThe crashing waves repeatingPermanence missing

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  • Creative Writing

Holding Hands

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 26 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Tiny, warm, fragileFingers tightly holding mineTreasured memories

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  • Creative Writing

Swift

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 26 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Swifts swoop and dazzleAerobatics in the skyStill, we watch in…

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  • Creative Writing

Still

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu February 25 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Stood before a wallDreaming of the road beyondStill before a wall

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  • Creative Writing

Vanish

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu February 25 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 You must rememberWhen waking from reveriesAll your dreams vanish

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  • Creative Writing

A Spring of Dreams – Trench

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed February 24 2021Sun January 31 2021

Trench By Scott Bailey © 2013 Dancing with my wife,last week the telegraph came:Coughs ring…

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  • Creative Writing

A Spring of Dreams – Lantern

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue February 23 2021Sun January 31 2021

Lantern By Scott Bailey © 2013 Old light from the pastIs still illuminationWisdom echoes far

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  • Creative Writing

Straight Path

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon February 22 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 The Romans had it rightWith their roadsOur roads wanderAnd windAvoiding…

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  • Creative Writing

Chains

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon February 22 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Chains are other peopleCages social moresThrow them to the floorBend barsSoar

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  • Creative Writing

Dark Path

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun February 21 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 (Musette Poem) SadnessNever endingMadness Will weLearn to tread lightGreed free…

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  • Daily Prompt

Blues Bars

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 20 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey 2015 It sits right downSits all the way downThen flies above the…

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  • Creative Writing

The Lord of the Trees

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 20 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2006 I am Herne the Hunter, Lord of the Trees,and you are…

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  • Creative Writing

Over the Top

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 19 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2006 The general’s orders are loudOver the shattering shellsThrough the mustard gas…

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  • Creative Writing

Farewell

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 19 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2006 I sit upon my bed alone.Thinking thoughts of you.My heart sinks…

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  • Creative Writing

Cold Morning

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu February 18 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Golden sunlight fillsThe air where the songbirds spillTheir song while…

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  • Creative Writing

The Night

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu February 18 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 The music of the night!The night of the wolves callingThe…

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  • Creative Writing

A Deep Green Canopy

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed February 17 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 A deep green canopyBack-dropped by a swathe of goldCornSwaying in the…

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  • Creative Writing

A Spring of Dreams – Sparks

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed February 17 2021Sun January 31 2021

Sparks By Scott Bailey © 2013 A sad shadow fallsCasting gloom over our dreams:Sparks dispel…

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Mankind Limited
  • Creative Writing

Meet the Characters – Marc

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue February 16 2021Sun January 31 2021

Mankind Limited Marc Marc is a model citizen, devoted to the ideals of modern society.…

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  • Creative Writing

Following a Hearse

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue February 16 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 The traffic slowedWe were all following a hearseTodayIn respectful frustrationI…

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  • Creative Writing

Ages

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon February 15 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 1999 In a crumbling house, we gathered,sat around the ancient fire.Logs…

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  • Creative Writing

Dimming Lights

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon February 15 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Lights in grey matterNever reaching the dayPlans uncommittedAs the chance…

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  • Creative Writing

Soul

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun February 14 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 A soul fullOf tear-stained dreamsAs substantialAs vapourAt the mercyOf whispering…

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Tip of the Flame
  • Creative Writing

The Tip of the Flame

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 13 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 The glint in the dark From the deep of the…

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  • Creative Writing

Homecoming (Tyburn)

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 13 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 FlyingSoaringRoastingRoaringMajestic wings spread like thunder cloudsThe dragon has come home…

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  • Creative Writing

Feather Crown

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 12 2021Sun January 31 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2006 Shake!Awake!Shake!Awake!The sun.Is up!Rise up!Rise up!Open eyes!BeneathBlue skies.Cast offSleep’s reins.See!The plains.No sleep!Breath…

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  • Creative Writing

Goodbye

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 12 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2006 It’s not fair. He started it, I didn’t. He called me…

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  • Creative Writing

Being

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu February 11 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Those ones and those zeroesPaint glorious picturesOn our screensIn our mindsThat…

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  • Creative Writing

Dare

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu February 11 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2016 I don’t dare to dreamReality is too harshTo just brush…

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  • Creative Writing

Tithe

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed February 10 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 This is my titheThe part of my lifeThat I give to…

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  • Creative Writing

Conquered

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue February 9 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Shining silver lineWhirling axes high on the hillThe pride and strengthOf…

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  • Creative Writing

Little Stone Church

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue February 9 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Little stone churchNestled on a hillOverlooking the seaWatching over the harbour…

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  • Creative Writing

Little Corner

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon February 8 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 A little corner A little corner That is my world…

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  • Daily Prompt

On the Edge

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun February 7 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Stand tall on the boardA breeze teases the skin; diveSlapped by…

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  • Creative Writing

Iris

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun February 7 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey The dark wide iris Sparkling bright now, mists over As it watches…

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  • Creative Writing

A Spring of Dreams – Cross

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat February 6 2021Sat January 30 2021

Senryu: Cross By Scott Bailey © 2013 Fleeing from killersThe child runs desperatelyTo fill out…

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  • Creative Writing

The Tree of the Dead

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 5 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Stark black against cold grey skies Black lightning frozen in time…

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  • Creative Writing

Seas

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Fri February 5 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 IdeasDreamsDecisionsGoalsAll swept awayIn the rolling seasOf other’sPerceivedRealities

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  • Creative Writing

Green Eyed Monster

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Thu February 4 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Dear Mr HulkI too am greenA different greenNot angerJealouslyI wonderWhich…

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  • Creative Writing

Tradition

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed February 3 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey 2015 Tradition is the echo of oppression The long shadow of old…

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  • Creative Writing

Broken Shell

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Wed February 3 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Broken shellEvidence of new life or life cut shortA new hungry…

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  • Creative Writing

Hole

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Tue February 2 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 A hole in the groundStill black water reflectingMeteors above

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  • Creative Writing

The Universe

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon February 1 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Special, general Einstein’s relativity Beauty and balance http://www.scottandrewbailey.uk

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  • Creative Writing

Hunter

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Mon February 1 2021Sat January 30 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Amber brown bristlesFletched trueSightedOn the smooth straight shaftKnockedCreak of woodAnd…

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  • Creative Writing

A Spring of Dreams – Nation

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun January 31 2021Fri January 29 2021

By Scott Bailey © 2013 Kerching! Kerchang! Pow!Our economy picks up!Soul still desolate.  

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  • Creative Writing

Leaves

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sun January 31 2021Tue December 29 2020

By Scott Bailey © 2015 I find myselfReading a bookA real bookA technical book for…

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  • Creative Writing

Hole

  • by Scott Andrew Bailey
  • Posted on Sat January 30 2021Tue December 29 2020

By Scott Bailey © 2015 A hole in the groundStill black water reflectingMeteors above

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