Harry Is A Poet

It's funny, I still see the same things I still know red is not blue The morning bluebirds still sing And yet, somehow, it's twisted While still being old, not new As if my brain itself has misted I can still chat and converse With a throat that's dry As I pretend the reverse Its a flaw so clear, yet so weird That the world through my eyes Could be so easily smeared *** https://harryis...

I'm sorry, can you please repeat for me I swear that I was paying attention The fact is I was temporarily Thinking up a brand new life invention It would be small, light and easy to hold Be cheap enough every person could buy Work in high temperatures and in the cold Keep working until the day that you die So it's robust and tough and versatile Now I hear you ask "what does it do?&quo...

Look at me now, I've got all of my limbs I've got a thin physique, cause I'm kinda slim I've glasses to correct my slighted eyesight Where I live is neither too dark or too bright I've a house to shelter in in bad weather My parents are in love and still together They cared for me when I was feelin' poorly Saved money for the life that I 'ad before me I've had a fon...

You can say things that sound awful smart. I know you can, because you are smart. But all of us get scared and fearful if someone looks at us too closely. The issue is, everything we write can sounds dumb If it's analysed, repeated, turned over and stared at long enough You'll pour your heart into something You''ll create meaning you find profound Yet still, after a long enough tim...

It is not an unheard sadness, for friends to die. To selfishly leave us stranded down this gravity well While themselves going on to pursue the next great adventure(tm). It is uncertain to what extent the departed are aware of the world What consciousness they retain in their corporal remains With this certain knowledge of death's uncertainty, here is a claim I can venture: Funerals aren't...

Holla, Holla, holla at my vegan boy This is not a song to berate irritate or annoy And holla, holla, holla at my vegan girl At the tenacity in giving this philosophy a whirl Alright, let's remove any preconceptions for a bit Life does not come with a morality kit We all decide now how to make our way Where to make our home, how to make our pay One daily decision which we make and repeat Is to...

The preacher he screaches at the tops of his tobacco stained lung "Beware the end of days, whether you are old or young I'm not sure if you have heard my words before But we are all dying and the Earth's at war! Beware the plagues, beware the frogs and especially the locusts Be aware of this sage, take logs and don't lose your focus We walk on a knife's edge, about to fall int...

An ode, my friends, to those ignorant men, My brethren in a most global misdeed. Who show our most prominent flaw when, We fail to notice love someone seeds. We unwittingly reject advances, Unknowingly we stay in solitude. It's not that we fail to take chances, It's not that we try to act like a prude. We are just clueless, and utterly so, Don't believe love is for the likes of us. We...

It stood nobly Only bowing to the wind And so, it was respected Animals were granted access Gracious for the privilege They built secure homes Plants around kept their distance Do not venture too closely Was knowledge all knew Skies flicker Rains come and go The tree stands The proud humans come Knowing nothing Of unspoken forest law *** https://harryisapoet.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-tree-in-forest.h...

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost - The Road not taken   Oh how I long, dear poet of old For that problem of which I was told Two roads in the wood, diverging slowly Seems so wonderful as to render it holy Oh, how simple this life could be! Life, as I learn painfully, is difficult Bridges are burnt and later rebui...

Often we go through life without even a care So let's take a moment, to be self-aware What I do, as I commune poetically Is possible only because of my vocabulary Since birth I've been building my bank of words The meanings and subtleties I've since inferred That my poetry is a sum of me currently Simply because to me life was locally lucky English is my own language, and dominant enou...

You poor little thing, you impossible soul You who hold the most difficult goal That among every human on this decrepit earth Only you have been perfect since birth The rest of us mortals, we pale next to you Engaging in things only you have right to So clearly only thee, blesséd among all Have the final say and ultimate call I've never seen you step over your line Knowing precise the justness...

Life happens as it occurs to me. Sometimes, life occurs gently. Then life is blissful almost wistful running through clouds of mist I'll see each memory as it arrives and feel alive and so I'll acknowledge the collage of colours life displays knowing that each and every day is just a collection of seconds yet Each second is my first and life is not trying its worst it's just trying lik...

The man I knew was full of surprises Although I saw through all his disguises He shocked and inspired me every day Allowed me to develop (in my own special way) The man I knew, well, he also knew me We'd share experiences, wherever they'd be We'd share the world, this man and I Or how we laughed in times gone by The man I knew did not come with me though The man I knew could not follow...

A goodbye can be many things. Yet it is just one word This is polysemy. From one word, many meanings Many different responses which can thus be inferred From a simple goodbye emerges many feelings "Goodbye Today" is said with closing eyes An an inevitability in every utterance The routine sadness is mere inevitability As it's said with mechanical competence The goodbye to a hero, tha...

This is today. You're experiencing it live. Front row tickets. Now what will you see.... This is today, Not yesterday, that's done and over with No replay, so let's make it different. I saw it first hand I say, yesterday, is old news. This it today, Not tomorrow, we're not ready yet We come gracefully towards it soon. But for now Let's have some grounding in the present This is...

I pledge to listen more this coming year. What if I agree with someone on an issue? I will listen carefully to how we agree, in the hope that they can further my understanding and nuance, and find more wonder in what I already enjoy. What if someone is passionate about something I am not? I will listen to understand their passion, either to further it in them, or to elicit it in myself. Just maybe...

What is that boy, you've created something new? Well that's fantastic, I'm so proud of you With that last statement being so nearly true To create is dangerous boy, did no one say? You can't just make something then go on your way You're invested now stay, see what I have to say To create is risky, get out of this game If you don't you'll feel naught but shame For tryin...

I am a Christian, but I am not an evangelist. See, I do believe, I find beauty in the bounty of creation, and without hesitation (or even much provocation) I can say why I find it amazing we exist. It's had an impact on my life, minimised my strife, is important for if I ever seek out a wife, and that my faith is never something I have missed. But that's exactly it, it's been ever pres...

It's one of the nicest things I've got to do Be a friend to someone a little like you You know the situation, go somewhere new Scared about what you're going to go through Not sure if people are friends or rival On your toes from point of arrival You're being judged, it feels the whole while I'll be the friendly face and smile It's not much effort, I swear that here To real...

An animal on the street is must curious Because usually you find them furious Cars honking at them from both ways Doesn't help to alleviate delays Equine was the creature that I saw Four legs stood on tarmac floor Giving no sign of trying to move Happily painted in paved road grooves I'd been stood a while at the scene Just wondering what it could mean Key to this scene is that I waited Le...

I've never had wings. I've never felt the wind. Yet for what I have known. I may well have flown. One time, when I was five, I ran really fast. Everyone around gaped and gasped as I galloped past I leapt onto the bench in front of me and pushed down Nor the lack of height nor the impact could make me frown Age twelve, older, wiser, I did slightly better All I simply did was to pen my predi...

I'm ignorant, I'm ignorant, I don't have all the facts I'm ignorant, I'm ignorant, there are points of view I lack I'm ignorant, I'm ignorant, but I'm trying to pick up the slack 'Cause I'm ignorance, and that ignorance, is being but under attack There are so many things that I know I don't know And I have to say that sometimes it really does show That t...

In art, no one has a blank canvas. ... At the start of all art, you have to be reverential Because at heart every start is purely potential We could unfold any world with that blank page Because the world is whirled onto every stage So why then, why? Do we have styles and trends Because my oh my, don't you even pretend That you don't have topics and tropes that you prefer Have themes and s...

To say I'm an old school cur is a rule of thumb, But I love things that whirr, and things that hum. A machine with too many gears and too many parts, Is something I revere in my heart of hearts. It's not at all suspect, in fact it's quite clear When that thing there hits this thing here One part goes clonk so that another goes clink Which leads to a bonk so I don't have to think. M...