Martin Wardley
A wild night
Canvas straining at the demands of the battering gale Nerves taught, fraught and fighting the urge for flight The shocking wind, mocking...
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Martin Wardley
Sep 22, 20211 min read
Before
Before the recognition of pain Before the false perception of the teeming rain Before the keen pursuit of misuse Before the first and...
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Martin Wardley
Sep 8, 20211 min read
A change
There is a thinly veiled change pervading the in-coming air A slight and lazy chill resting in the breast of a gentle breeze A Dawn...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 25, 20211 min read
Unfettered Conviction
Give me reprieve from the constant Give me a break from the boredom Give me respite from the trite and the dry Give me a path to a...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 18, 20211 min read
In time
Memories meander Recollections conflict Stories embellish While tales are dismissed Truths are diluted Opinions distorted Lies are denied...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 18, 20211 min read
The aspect
Through chains the sniff of freedom holds an air so deliciously sweet And a gift through deprivation raises tears of brief relief While...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 18, 20211 min read
Buried
All those feelings Of elation Expectation And such Are buried in a pit Of melancholic Painful sludge Buried where the eye cannot detect...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 18, 20211 min read
This Journey
This journey Of considerable magnitude Hampers the spirit And vexes the flailing mind But broken into elements Of sizeable proportions...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 18, 20211 min read
Repetition, repetition
Simply words would oft suffice But he churns out through a hefty tome What warrants a synopsis Is laboured, pious, overblown He takes a...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 18, 20211 min read
Breakfast activities (at Timothy’s)
A whining warble winces on the airwaves My two fried eggs are slightly under-cooked The menu sighs in misspelt carelessness While the...
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Martin Wardley
Aug 18, 20211 min read
Just when I had learned
Just when I had learned Everything there was to learn I learned this was mere vanity And just when I had learned And all had been...
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Martin Wardley
Jun 17, 20211 min read
Only one
There were always two of you But now when we converse I am the one to chose And until my days are few There will only be one Of you And I...
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Martin Wardley
Jun 14, 20211 min read
The swift
The scream of the swift heralds May Oblivious to the year underway And ignorant to that which had passed With all of the pain and the...
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Martin Wardley
Jun 14, 20211 min read
What faith?
What faith now for the faithful? Beneath their watching Gods While the murder of the innocents Stands proud of testing dialogue 22nd May...
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Martin Wardley
Jun 2, 20211 min read
For a song
They’ve smoothed out all your edges And dampened all your differences Polished all your character While Irradiating nuances And you let...
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Martin Wardley
May 26, 20211 min read
Fault
She’s been listening to this bile throughout her life These nasty, vitriolic bitter lies Blackmail of the soul and more besides A...
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Martin Wardley
May 12, 20211 min read
Breaking down the problem
A shadow of the daunting undertaking looms immense With a power resting largely in a duped imagination To quell all resolve and to test...
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Martin Wardley
May 5, 20211 min read
Stolen, misinterpreted loneliness
There is a peace in solitude A calm which seeps Through this secluded interlude A serenity which creeps There is an energy in isolation A...
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Martin Wardley
Apr 29, 20211 min read
Perfect Game
It’s a perfect game he talks While seldom does he walk the walk A cacophony of words But deeds are whispers barely heard All victories...
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Martin Wardley
Apr 21, 20211 min read
If I reveal
If I reveal it Will they steal? If I pour out all my joy And all my sorrow Will they borrow? If I commit to word and print and page Will...
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