tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60329391285385681422024-03-13T17:01:47.647+00:00The Garretphilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-44805972096008020552013-03-30T23:56:00.000+00:002013-03-30T23:56:19.359+00:00Terminal Case<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Now this really is a
most interesting case<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But I’m sorry to say
we’re losing the race<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">To halt the
infection, it’s spreading too fast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The way things are
going the subject won`t last<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We’re dealing here
with a most virulent strain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As you see the life
signs are all on the wane<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This must be the
worst case that we’ve ever seen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">That’s why we are
keeping it in quarantine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The parasite is quite
a devious one<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">By disguising itself
as a symbion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">It managed to spread
undetected with ease<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">It just wasn’t
recognised as a disease<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But when it was ready
it raised its vile head<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">From then on the
subject was as good as dead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The parasite then
launched a ruthless assault<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On all natural
functions almost without fault<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But it multiplies
with such alarming speed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Devouring its host
with insatiable greed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I’m sorry to say
there’s no cure we can find<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This world has a
terminal case of mankind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-31485608364543203172013-01-16T07:30:00.000+00:002013-01-16T07:42:00.308+00:00Letter to the P.M.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear mister prime
minister<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I am not very old<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But I’m writing you
this letter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Cos it’s time that
you were told<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">My daddy doesn’t like
you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And mummy doesn’t too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Cos daddy lost his
job last month<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And he says it’s cos
of you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Now mummy’s got to
find a job<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">So she can buy us
shoes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And daddy now plays
cards all night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But all he does is
lose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">My mummy isn’t happy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Cos my daddy couldn’t
stay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He borrowed
some-one’s money<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And the police took
him away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And now we haven’t
got a house<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Cos the bank man took
the key<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">So now we all live in
one room <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In a smelly B&B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Now I know why daddy
hates you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And I hate you just
the same<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You didn’t do your
job right<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Thats why you’re the
one I blame<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-60325031948427286162012-12-25T19:36:00.000+00:002012-12-25T19:36:22.900+00:00Christmas Cheer<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">So soon that time is
here again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Of peace and goodwill
to all men<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The passing of
another year<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Church bells ring out
the Christmas Cheer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Green holly hanging
on the doors<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The streets are
filled with Santa Claus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You’ll find him there
in every store<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Surrounded by fine
gifts galore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But this year will
you spare a thought<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">For all the poor
children with nought?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Or will you just
repeat last year<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And lose yourself in
Christmas Cheer?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-46629118232756807082012-12-14T11:46:00.000+00:002012-12-14T11:46:39.172+00:00A Letter to Santa<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by <a href="http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/90886" target="_blank">Caroline Quin</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">©2011</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A poem by Phil Gibson, illustrated by <a href="http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/90886" target="_blank">Caroline Quin</a>, featured in both '<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0051UCC96" target="_blank">Apocalyptic Visions</a>' and '<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006ZD3RCO" target="_blank">Apocalypse and Beyond...</a>'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You can find a plain text version of this poem <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrythegarret.blogspot.co.uk/p/poems_19.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<br />philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-34635624322898758592012-12-13T08:30:00.001+00:002013-01-16T07:52:30.925+00:00A New Catastrophism for a New Era<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">During the 1930s a small group of
Polish poets, associated with Czeslaw Milosz, became known as the Catastrophist
school of poets. Aleksander Fiut explained in World Literature Today –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">"the
inevitable annihilation of the highest values, especially the values essential
to a given cultural system. . . . But it proclaims . . . only the annihilation
of certain values, not values in general, and the destruction of a certain
historical formation, but not of all mankind,"</span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US">Terrence Des Pres, writing in the
Nation, states –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">"political
catastrophe has defined the nature of our . . . [age], and the result—the
collision of personal and public realms—has produced a new kind of writer.
Czeslaw Milosz is the perfect example. In exile from a world which no longer
exists,... , Milosz deals in his poetry with the central issues of our time:
the impact of history upon moral being, the search for ways to survive
spiritual ruin in a ruined world."</span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US">The "central issues" of
the time of the Catastrophist poets were the political and philosophical
upheavals leading up to the </span>outbreak of the Second World War
and the writings of this group of poets ominously foreshadowed the horrors of
that conflict. The world was dealing with the repercussions of the Great
Depression - mass unemployment and social deprivation, the rise of extreme
national political movements and authoritarian governments. The Catastrophist
school of poetry was a reaction to a growing sense of global anxiety and fear
for the future.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The central issues of our age are
many and varied. We seem to be living in an age of crises - economic meldtdown,
over population, climate change, water shortages, food shortages, peak oil and
peak everything else, species extinction - the list just seems to keep
growing...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">During the Cold War we all lived
with the constant threat of nuclear annihilation. The likelihood of the
Mutually Assured Destruction of an all-out thermonuclear exchange may have
subsided but many other potential catastrophes are waiting in the wings. A new
antibiotic resistant superbug released by accident or by design could unleash a
catastrophic pandemic to ravage the world population. Recent erratic
oscillations of the global climate system could precipitate an abrupt climatic
shift into a new northern hemisphere ice </span>age or runaway global warming.
UG99 black stem rust striking major wheat producing regions, extinction of the
honey bee through Colony Collapse Disorder or the general increase in extreme
weather events could cause a dramatic drop-off in global food production
leading to mass starvation, famine and general chaos and anarchy. The current
plateau of oil production could at any time begin the inexorable slide down the
back slope of Hubbert’s Peak leading to an ever increasing shortfall between
supply and demand in turn leading to global recession and poverty, falling food
production and famine and increasing political unrest and resource wars. Then
of course there are Nature’s wild cards - Mt Everest sized asteroids like the
one that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, super volcanoes like Mt Toba
which took out 90% of the human population 70,000 years ago, Coronal Mass
Ejections from our sun like the 1859 event which scientists believe was
powerful enough to wipe out our satellite network and fry the global
electricity grid plunging the world into a darkness from which we may never
recover.</div>
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We are in a new era of Catastrophism.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">‘The End of the World As We Know
It’ does not have to mean the end of us as a species. We are living in a house
of cards. If you take out a card, whether that be the oil card, the food card,
the </span>electricity card or the economy
card, the result is likely to be the same. The whole precarious construct will
come crashing down around us and the survivors will wake to a very different
world.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The planet does NOT need saving,
it has taken care of itself for billions of years and will continue to long
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<span lang="EN-US">What we need to save is us...
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<span lang="EN-US">The only question is; do we
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I would just like to say a big thank you to every-one who supported my <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrythegarret.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/special-promotion-weekend.html">FreeBook Promotion</a> over the weekend to celebrate the release of my new book, '<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/phil-gibson/apocalypse-and-beyond/paperback/product-20560510.html" target="_blank">Apocalypse and Beyond...</a>' in paperback edition from <a href="http://lulu.com/">Lulu.com</a>. Considering it was kind of on the spur of the moment I think it all went quite well, although I think I learned a few valuable lessons for when I repeat it in the New Year.<br />
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A special mention needs to be made for my twitter followers who added their support, in particular those who spread the word by retweeting or otherwise bringing the event to the attention of their followers;<br />
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Any-one who missed the promotion will have a second chance at a free copy of the book in the New Year when I intend to run another similar event. In the meantime my books are still available in Kindle format from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phil-Gibson/e/B005F7WGBO/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and as paperbacks from <a href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/PhilGibson" target="_blank">Lulu</a>. Also, 'Apocalypse and Beyond...' is enrolled in the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000659983" target="_blank">Kindle Owners Lending Library</a> which means Amazon Prime Members can download a copy for FREE for upto a month at any time.<br />
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<br />philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-21073412753843981602012-12-09T03:43:00.000+00:002012-12-09T03:43:54.397+00:00Waiting<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">To shed this skin
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philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-70567198935250885832012-12-07T13:41:00.000+00:002012-12-08T23:34:17.033+00:00Special promotion weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-23401184735525567092012-12-02T02:54:00.000+00:002012-12-03T09:05:56.739+00:00Introducing the Soapbox...<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"</span><i style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If I may put forward a slice of personal philosophy, I feel that man has ruled this world as a stumbling demented child-king long enough!"</i></span></blockquote>
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<i style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">- </i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Vincent Price Monologue (Welcome to my Nightmare by Alice Cooper)</span></blockquote>
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As I stated in my earlier post, the <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrysoapbox.blogspot.co.uk/">Soapbox</a> is to be just that, a soapbox from which I can air my personal opinions. I have strong opinions on a number of subjects and I am increasingly finding myself in need of an opportunity to vent. For any-one who has been following my blog and reading my poetry, the general slant of my views should be fairly apparent from reading poems such as <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrythegarret.blogspot.com/2011/06/painful-truth.html" target="_blank">A Painful Truth</a>, <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrythegarret.blogspot.com/2011/10/mice-or-men-you-may-call-this-life-rat.html" target="_blank">Mice or Men</a> or <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrythegarret.blogspot.com/2011/06/morbidity-poem-from-my-1st-book.html" target="_blank">Morbidity</a>.<br />
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Over the years many people have commented on the morbid nature of my poetry. I have been criticised for having a bleak outlook and my poetry has been described as a 'work of darkness with occassional patches of gloomy shadows'. My response was in the form of a poem - 'Morbid, Who Me?' I will post this poem next as I think it states my case quite succinctly.<br />
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<br />philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-77471192656403329212012-12-01T18:40:00.000+00:002012-12-03T09:06:11.334+00:00Morbid, Who Me?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">the children are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">locked up and go
insane.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">They dug up all<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">the flowers, shot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">the birds out of the
sky,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I cannot write<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">of beauty as<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I watch that beauty
die.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-35865271614248091362012-12-01T17:54:00.002+00:002012-12-03T09:04:34.501+00:00Renovations<br />
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Over the past week I have been renovating The Garret. Although I have managed this without taking the site down completely I am aware this may have caused some disruption to access so apologies to any-one experiencing any difficulties accessing certain pages.<br />
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In an effort to improve the functionality of the site I have tidied up the navigation and improved and updated the <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrybooks.blogspot.co.uk/">Books</a> page. You will notice two new tabs have appeared to replace some of the superfluous ones. The <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrybookstore.blogspot.co.uk/">Bookstore</a> is a fully functioning portal to browse and/or purchase my books and those that have inspired and informed me over the years.<br />
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The <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrysoapbox.blogspot.co.uk/">Soapbox</a> is intended to be an extended 'ED OP' page, a place for me to express my view of current events. Any-one reading the content should be aware that any opinions expressed are entirely my own and I make no apology for them.<br />
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Go explore...<br />
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philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-7394127247076133472012-11-27T01:01:00.002+00:002012-12-01T18:42:03.082+00:00One Question, Lord<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lord, I know I’ve
never prayed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And I really don’t
know how<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But I feel there is a
question<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">That I have to ask
you now<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The bible says you
made this earth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">From the void in just
six days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Then displayed your
love of beauty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In a myriad different
ways<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You started off
creating time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">By dividing day from
night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And set the eternal
cycles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">With the darkness and
the light<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On the next day of
creation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Your great wisdom you
did show<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dividing vapours up
above<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">From the waters down
below<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On the third day you
continued<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Separating land and
sea<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And set the plants to
grow there-in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In a vast abundancy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On the fourth day you
decided<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On a focus for the
light<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You made the sun to
watch the day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And the moon to rule
the night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On the fifth day you
created<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Fish to swim the
lakes and seas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And birds to fly upon
the wind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And nest within the
trees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On the last day you
excelled yourself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Making beasts to roam
the land<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Be they crawling on
their bellies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Or upon their legs to
stand<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Now, I know you will
not like this<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But there’s something
I must say<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I think you made a
big mistake<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On that sixth and
final day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s a shame you were
not happy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">With the beauty of
this land<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">For you blew it all
completely<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">When you formed from
clay a man<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On that day you made
a monster<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Filled with anger,
greed and hate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And he set about
destroying<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">All the work you’d
done to date<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He is killing off
your creatures<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">At a truly
frightening speed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And the only reason
for it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Is his never ending
greed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He pollutes your seas
and rivers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And he doesn’t seem
to care<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">That the life-style
he is living<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Is now poisoning the
air<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In his task he is
relentless<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Destroying all things
in his way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He can now reverse your
process<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Of creation in a day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">If things carry on
much longer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">It won’t matter
anymore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">That the world is
slowly dying<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He’ll destroy it in a
war<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">So Lord, I now
beseech you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Will you listen to my
cry?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I only have one
question<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And that question
Lord is... </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> ...Why?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-21913202190370914472012-11-11T14:05:00.001+00:002012-11-11T14:07:56.115+00:00Poppy Petals<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lonely dripping
scarlet tears<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Spread their stain
across the years<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Silent rivulets of
blood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Go unnoticed in the
mud<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Blood stained crosses
stand in rows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As the single bugle
blows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Poppy petals in the
breeze<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hide the unseen
agonies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">By the rusty barbed
wire fence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Water fills the empty
trench<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Where so much young
blood was spilt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And yet the guilty
feel no guilt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-27374093106108965962012-01-11T19:40:00.000+00:002012-01-19T16:38:54.213+00:00Renewal<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is this pain within my head?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Am I alive or am I dead?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Why am I lost in endless night?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is that blinding golden light?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Who is that distant silhouette?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Recalled from memories I forget</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It pulls me from my waking dream</span></div>
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<br /></div>philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-81039880347263878362012-01-05T15:11:00.000+00:002012-01-19T16:47:49.716+00:00God Save the Children<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">God save the children</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">From the troubles of this life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">God save the children</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">When the world mistreats them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">God save the children</span></div>
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<br /></div>philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-82555733392500998062011-12-28T19:15:00.000+00:002012-01-19T16:47:31.365+00:00Paper Dreams<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dead flowers grow across my bed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Ten fingers crossed by hand that bled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Glass tigers gamble in the stream</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The unicorn rides through a dream</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Blue thunder clouds roll cross the sky</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Beneath the watchful wizard`s eye</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The bottled gold, unwanted stands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Untouched by mortal human hands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">And silent standing all around</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Toxic tubes rise from the ground</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The light above will soon grow dim</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The dolphin smiled, the angel cried</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Certificates for those who died</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In crystal castles on the hill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">They’re blind to all the blood they spill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In pidgeon holes, in shadowed rows</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">And china lemmings on the edge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Stand in line to take the pledge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The infant smiling on the dead</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The Devil bearing words unsaid</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dreams of stars and falling down</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Picture formed in empty air</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Fades above the empty chair</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">White coat drifting through the door</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Floating two feet from the floor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">A fleeting pain beneath the skull</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">And once again the world grows dull</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The face behind the glass looks on</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Until this paper dream is gone..</span></div>
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<br />philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-88493012325386324012011-10-31T22:51:00.000+00:002012-01-19T16:39:21.947+00:00Nemesis<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Looming shadows drawing near</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Darkness borne on wings of fear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Foot-steps echo close behind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Conjured spectres plague your mind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Lurking in the endless night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Stalking you as you take flight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">As your nerve breaks start to run</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Race of Death has now begun</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Icy breath, spine-chilling touch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Blood runs cold, cadaver’s clutch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You’re hanging in a rigid noose</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Your chest is tight, your heart expands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You’re clawing at those vice-like hands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You know your heart can’t take the strain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You’re blinded by its bursting pain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You feel your soul is fading fast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Your life’s events are flashing past</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">There is no need to struggle now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You can’t escape your Nemesis</span></div>philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-75332253412505913682011-10-25T23:35:00.000+01:002012-01-19T16:47:15.424+00:00Mice or Men?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Whether we are mice or men?</span></div>
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<br /></div>philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-17187097026078237982011-08-24T21:31:00.002+01:002011-08-24T21:42:23.860+01:00A Painful Video...<u></u><br />
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<center>A Painful Truth (from Apocalyptic Visions)</center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><center><span style="font-size: large;">>>>>> WARNING <<<<<</span></center><center> </center><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Contains some disturbing imagery so do not watch if you are</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of a nervous disposition or easily upset by images of death<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">>>>>> +++++++ <<<<<</span><br />
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</div>philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-79998034325280608982011-08-23T23:14:00.000+01:002012-01-19T16:40:21.186+00:00Pulvis et Umbra Sumus<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;">
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<br />philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-34124680500614969982011-08-09T03:40:00.002+01:002012-01-19T16:46:46.815+00:00Savage in a Suit...? (More like Savage in a Hoodie!)Here is a poem I wrote many years ago in the early 90's exploring how easy it is for so-called 'civilised' society to slip into savagery. After watching the news all evening and following #londonriots on Twitter I think I should rename this piece 'Savage in a Hoodie' instead, although these mongrels are not fighting for survival, they are 'fighting' for Nikes and plasma tv's! <br />
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Some people consider my poems to be too dark, morbid even. Maybe they are but I only tell it as I see it. I see nothing to be gained by sugar coating the truth, even when it is <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrythegarret.blogspot.com/2011/06/painful-truth.html">a painful truth</a>. When you add it all up; the financial crisis, the food crisis, the climate crisis, the water crisis, the energy crisis, <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrythegarret.blogspot.com/2011/07/prosperity-calls.html">the resource crisis</a>, the population crisis - is the world not a dark and <a href="http://philgibsonpoetrythegarret.blogspot.com/2011/06/morbidity-poem-from-my-1st-book.html">morbid</a> place? Still, no need to get depressed about it. I'm still an optimist, even though I know awful things are going to happen...<br />
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Some-times it really sucks to be right...<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Savage in a Suit</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In your so finely groomed veneer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">We’re just a couple of meals away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">From anarchy, so experts say</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">So I’ll try to enlighten you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The basic instinct in us all</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The Establishment exists no more</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The things you take for granted now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Two eyes born out of innocence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In a torment of confusion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Against this world of pain</span></div>
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Apocalyptic Visions Beyond the Mask<br />
<br/><br/>philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423540526890370900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032939128538568142.post-5634003624678242662011-07-29T18:50:00.000+01:002011-07-29T18:50:29.234+01:00Free ebooks now available<center><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/76977" title="A Glimpse Beyond..."><img border="0" height="266" src="http://philgibsonpoetry.co.uk/Images/glimpse%20cover(small).jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/76958" title="A Prelude to Apocalypse"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://philgibsonpoetry.co.uk/Images/prelude%20cover(thumbnail).jpg" width="200" /></a></center><br/><br />
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