Christopher Tye Poems

Defeated

Defeated just once so far,
Empty heart and broken spirit,
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Taste

Tasted life's glory in full,
Appetite to live life to the full,
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Thesaurus

Thesaurus what a word for a book,
Hundreds of possibilities for words,
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Pauper

Pauper peasants at the mercy of God,
A rich man's greed robbing them of hope,
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Mighty

Mighty storms looming on the horizon,
Invisible power of nature on the move,
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Damnation

Damnation of mankind's greed,
Always after more and more of everything,
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Sunrise

Sunlight breaking over the misty horizon,
Utopian visions as the sunrises over this land,
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Botanical

Botanists at Botany Bay,
Observing structure and classification,
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Hope (Cap Verse)

Humanity hoping for a better world,
Dreaming of a world of fairness,
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A Poet's Notebook (Cap Verse)

Old and battered from decades of use,
Each page a mass of words and ink blots,
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