ivor or ivor.e hogg Poems

Some people say I am perverse
because I choose to write in verse.
The kind of stories I compose.
They think I ought to write in prose.
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A calm exterior can conceal
The passions which exist below,
most human beings seldom show.
The depth and strength of what they feel
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To make the grade in Biggleswade.
Teatime is taken seriously.
The cake you serve must be home made
and rather plain not too fancy.
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I can’t define with certainty
what is or is not poetry
There are so many schools of thought
but I recall what I was taught.
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The morning mist lifts and reveals.
A scattered colony of seals
Their breeding place beside the sea
protected by the enemy.
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I am conscious and aware.
How can this be?
I see my body lying there
but I am free.
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Greed 1


Those who consume more than they need.
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It seems from mankind’s history,
that there is and will always be.
Some new compelling reason why.
Men are prepared to fight and die
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A marble floor that’s silken smooth
and walls of carven cedar wood.
What does such ostentation prove?
I do not know but feel I should.
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Free lunch: there’s no such thing!
There is a price for every thing,
although at first it may seen free.
There’s strings attached you do not see.
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