ivor or ivor.e hogg Poems

Although it took me many years.
I did discover finally
that all my hopes and all my fears
combined together made me, me.
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An artefact of machined steel
found buried in a deep coal seam.
The experts say it can’t be real
it does not fit with their world scheme.
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Her eyes are like unto the sea
their colour changing constantly
Their beauty has ensorcelled me.
Try as I might I can’t break free.
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Arthur Hugh Clough
1819-1869
a glosa
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Be still and listen for the sound,
the voice of God speaks quietly.
Although the silence is profound
It cannot blank out completely.
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The copyright belongs to me.
Which I can prove quite easily
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Ofttimes enwrapt in reverie
I have a distant memory
but I cannot be sure it’s true
Of my mother who I barely knew.
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When you are old and grey and full of sleep
And nodding by the fireside. Take down this book
and slowly read and dream of the soft look.
Your eyes once had and of their shadows deep
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I’ve killed before and will again.
I kill for justice not for gain

So many criminals go free
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I have returned to carry out,
the task I had to leave undone.
You will soon that Jacks about.
I’m Jack the Rippers great grandson.
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