Martin Wardley
Today
Today was not my unbirthday But still I think I’ll have tea I’ll ponder the number of years Which amass to greater than three I’ll sit...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 26, 20221 min read
Poorly state of wit (A walk)
I’ve been looking under rocks Scraping barrels, watching clocks I’ve been been slouching In dark corners While withering my stock What...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 19, 20221 min read
Its not about
It’s not about gender It’s not about class It’s not about sexual orientation It’s not about nationality It’s not about creed It’s not...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 11, 20221 min read
What would she change?
Does she have a year, a month? Or does she have a day? And if she knew What would she change? Would she dress in lurid purple? Paint her...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 7, 20221 min read
The fold of the artist
A perfect fold To ward off the rain The wind and the cold Magical imagery Beautiful symmetry Effortless construct Neat-nipped and tucked...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Into the clouds
A steep incline A weighty pack A heavy load A fading track Traceless steps of feet and hope Into the clouds I go A heavy rain A sodden...
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Martin Wardley
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Immigrants
We’re Africans, Saxons Celts and we’re Romans We’re Indians, Pakistanis We’re Norse and we’re Normans We’re Eastern European Antipodean,...
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Martin Wardley
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Victory?
Does victory lie in numbers Or achievement lie is lies When held to account by history Is there anywhere to hide? 27th July 2022
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Martin Wardley
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Indignation piqued
I cannot sit and listen To the fiction and fabrication A seemingly ubiquitous condition To pique my jaded indignation 27th July 2022
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Martin Wardley
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Change?
Like the pale skin of a football team And questions of grass-roots inclusion How can the disadvantaged at birth Infiltrate this insipid...
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Martin Wardley
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Ovation?
A standing ovation A gaudy applause By those who called To see you gone Sniffs of grand hypocrisy But who am I to know what’s right Or...
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Martin Wardley
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Long hot summer
It’s too damned hot to argue Too sticky to contradict Too oppressive now to disagree Thus destined to this destiny 27th July 2022
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Martin Wardley
Jul 20, 20221 min read
Shoreline
Dancing on the shoreline Reflecting on a time line This life line brings me here Overcome by joy and drenched in tears Stepping over...
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Martin Wardley
Jun 29, 20221 min read
What the fuck is going on?
Yesterday I had no words No way to describe the incredulity The banality Nothing would form Nothing would come close Nothing that would...
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Martin Wardley
Jun 22, 20221 min read
The man
I’m the man The man who makes mistakes The man who regardless ate the cake The man who disrespects the woman The man who violates the man...
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Martin Wardley
Jun 8, 20222 min read
What now?
Sitting with acknowledged privilege, here on this lounger Floundering while gazing out over a turquoise Aegean Sea Trying to process What...
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Martin Wardley
May 18, 20221 min read
This morning
This morning I awoke and smelt the coffee I saw the sun and once more smelt the rain This morning I found promise in my breakfast I...
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Martin Wardley
May 4, 20221 min read
Cruel cliche
He tries to make ends meet He tries to salvage pride He tries to stay afloat He tries to stay alive He wears another layer He eats what...
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Martin Wardley
Apr 27, 20221 min read
Sobriety?
The calming, steady hand of sobriety For days and weeks and months Holds and comforts Soothes and cools Dilutes the cruel Guiding the...
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Martin Wardley
Apr 21, 20221 min read
The Dale
The bronzen dale lay bathed Lit gold by the late-day sun Wonderfully, Gloriously swathed While the light warns of night-time to come The...
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