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1914 V: The Soldier

by Rupert Brooke

If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.

And think, this heart, all evil shed away,

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The Landing Of The Pilgrim Fathers

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rock-bound coast,
And the woods, against a stormy sky,
Their giant branches tost;

And the heavy night hung dark
The hills and water o'er,
When a band of exiles moored their bark
On the wild New England shore.

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The Fallen Elm

by John Clare

Old elm that murmured in our chimney top
The sweetest anthem autumn ever made
And into mellow whispering calms would drop
When showers fell on thy many coloured shade
And when dark tempests mimic thunder made -
While darkness came as it would strangle light
With the black tempest of a winter night
That rocked thee like a cradle in thy root -
How did I love to hear the winds upbraid
Thy strength without - while all within was mute.

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To The Cuckoo

by William Wordsworth

O BLITHE New-comer! I have heard,
I hear thee and rejoice.
O Cuckoo! Shall I call thee Bird,
Or but a wandering Voice?

While I am lying on the grass
Thy twofold shout I hear,
From hill to hill it seems to pass,
At once far off, and near.

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Saltcoats

by Tash Jane

I bet you have everything
You could ever gloat
All the pain you caused in the process
Well fuck it, I left that sorry pain in Saltcoats

And although I'm deprived of sleep
And feeble feelings in this downbeat
Memory of my hometown, where teachers still pray for me
But does God not know that by now, you were the only light I did need.

Recent Home Poems

For My Authoritarians (1)

by Kea Campbell

I'm constantly waiting for a new set of two,
Numb from this slewed set of screws.
Heart and soul broken like the unspoken emotion, corrosion.
Yet, I rise from the past,
My mind slashed and bashed through the contrast of her bombastic existence.
Somehow, I live with it.
It's not too long until I'm begone,
For my future holds much more when I'm withdrawn.

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Finding home

by Martin Gepp

Building a house in a foreign land has an odd sway
Common fears are again in charge of finding a space
Frequent visits of tears usually try to lead the way
And invasive thoughts dislocate reality from it's place

Time struggles to find it's own dominium
Late nights and deep dreams start a delirium
I suddenly wake up and find equilibrium
Just to find a pattern that is written with my past idioms

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God Or Alien

by Laurence Argyll Simon Noond

Where do we come from,
Why are we here.
Is earth really are home,
Or is it just on loan.

Evolution is the theory,
Its something i would query,
Some say the Big Bang theory,
I find that very dreary.

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Shoo

by Evelyn Judy Buehler

I was a competent, happy housewife, but that was before my husband died,
Leaving me to rear myriad children solo, as the lone star twinkles with pride.

John had left us a prosperous farm, with a lovely home, shaped like a shoe;
And our older children did farm work daily, as they'd ever been wont to do.

My older children were reliable and steadfast, since they were nearly grown;
But, my young ones often got in mischief, and my eldest didn't live at home.

Although I loved my children dearly, they did ofttimes, seem to be in my hair.

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The Hovel.

by Alexandra Davis

A tiny kitchen
A broken gate
A single bed
And a best mate.
Cups of tea
In doughnut-shaped mugs
That same blue blanket
Plenty of hugs.
Uncut grass
Carpet-less floor

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