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James Garratt – A life lived and recorded in ink since 1992

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Tag: creative – writing

My Future (Originally Untitled) – Friday 25th April 2008

my future
has moved from the trenches
into no mans land
from frying pan
but not necessarily
into a fire

creative - writing, free verse, poems, poetry, writer, writing

Different People (Different Lives) – (Originally Untitled and Unfinished) – April 2008

different people with different lives
you have to deal,
with that blame and guilt inside

creative - writing, free verse, poems, poetry, unfinished writing, writer, writing

Take, Take, Take (Originally Untitled) – Tuesday 22nd April 2008

something tells me –
that your happiness is fake
you look –
like someone who has never found the brake

creative - writing, free verse, poems, poetry, writer, writing

Leap On My Words (Untitled and Unfinished Piece) – Tuesday 22nd April 2008

i watch you leap on my words
like a lion on its prey

creative - writing, free verse, poems, poetry, unfinished writing, writer, writing

Tinderbox – Tuesday 22nd April 2008

well, they will never know
to explain would be,
an impossible feat
i think my words
just made them feel cheap

creative - writing, free verse, poems, poetry, writer, writing

Breakdown – Sunday 8th December 1996

you are beyond repair
your world is not my world
and i can live with that
but i know i am not broken down

creative - writing, free verse, poems, poetry, writer, writing

Gaming – Friday 29th November 1996

you saw my moves
before i had moved
you gave me a little chance
when i thought i had everything to lose

creative - writing, free verse, poems, poetry, writer, writing

Time Tells – November 1996

a futuristic place for me
that holds all realism
in visions we live
yet in reality we give

creative - writing, free verse, poems, poetry, writer, writing

Parts of Us – Wednesday 25th September 2019

parts of all of us
limp through the race
parts of me feel over used
parts of all of us
feel so confused

creative - writing, free, free verse, poems, poetry, writer, writing

How Can People be so Cruel (Originally Untitled and Unfinished) – November 1996

How Can People be so Cruel that was never real how can people be so cruel wrapped up in jealousy … More

creative - writing, freedom of speech, poems, poetry, writer, writing

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