ivor or ivor.e hogg Poems

The death knell sounds sonorously.
The mourners dressed decorously
have come to say their last farewell.
Invited by the tolling bell.
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I remember, I remember
Every year in November.
The night I saw a young boy die.
Every year I wonder why..
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Steal away quietly meditate
You can spare time enough. For a while
silently hide away. Contemplate
who you are, what you are thoroughly.
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Grey stone walls wherein confined.
A prisoner can meditate
upon the life he left behind
and curse the vagaries of fate.
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All things bright and beautiful
all creatures great and small.
If you are rich and powerful.
Then you can have them all.
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The lack of enforced discipline.
Is where our troubles all begin.
The evidence is plain to see.
Things are not as they ought to be
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The arguments range far and wide.
Opinions held stubbornly
will be adhered to by each side
Because we do not want to see.
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Today might be the day you die.
So seize each opportunity
That’s offered you and don’t ask why
But grasp each moment eagerly.
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The thunder growls and threatens war.
Storm clouds parade in massed array
and fierce blue bolts of lightning soar
To try and drive the clouds away.
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Sometimes the words that writers use
have different meanings and values.
For words don’t always mean the same
and common words don’t play the game.
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