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

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Tag: writing

Naked Ambition – Written August 2017 (Aged 42)

when does –
naked ambition
put back on its clothes
when is it comfortable
to pose?

creative writing, poems, poetry, writer, writing

The Garden Has a Tall Tree – Written August 2017 (Aged 42)

i suspect
there is no room in your life
for the likes of me
the bike is in the shed
and the garden has a tall tree

creative writing, poems, poetry, writer, writing

Friendship Fool – Written July 2017 (Aged 42)

now, now you show the world
that you cannot do enough for them
but for me you could do very little
i think you have made up the life you live

creative writing, poems, poetry, writer, writing

A Neutral Colour – Written July 2017 (Aged 42)

make sure you have folded your dreams
and put them back,
in the airing cupboard

creative writing, poems, poetry, writer, writing

So Good, So Far? – Written July 2017 (Aged 42)

i think the realisation
that it is an, ‘unholy mess’,
and that people, like fruit to a tree,
hang onto flaws

creative writing, poems, poetry, writer, writing

When Your Story Has Not Been Told – Written July 2017 (Aged 42)

when your story
has never been truly told
or, told in such a way
that artistic licence
has much more to say

creative writing, poems, poetry, writing

Love Has Not Gone – Written Wednesday 12th December 2012 (Aged 37)

i try to straighten
my metaphorical tie
i try to stop churning up inside
moments,
they arrive and they do not let go

creative writing, poems, poetry, writer, writing

I Just Want to Love You – Written Wednesday 12th December 2012 (Aged 37)

it is just our love
set it free from the vice
life is complicated enough
and short of commercial advice

creative writing, poems, poetry, writer, writing

A Pain Like This – Written Wednesday 12th December 2012 (Aged 37)

i am asked questions
but i no longer have answers
those carefree days
may require a poetic licence
but i do not remember a pain like this

creative writing, poems, poetry, writer, writing

Grief is Not One Mountain (But a Range) – Written November 2012 (Aged 37)

i struggle with aspects
grief is not one mountain
but a range
and it is that,
that makes it difficult and stange

creative writing, poems, poetry, writer, writing

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