BenFranks

Okay, before you read, please take into account I never write poetry and I don't know why, but I suddenly decided to have a bash at it. Here's what I've ...

MILK-Milk is an interesting being,infact I struggle to see what I'm seeingit could be described as intriguing.-Actually, no. It describe Milk in such a wayis plainly a silly what do ...

BREAKFASTI came down for breakieone mornin' in May,and to my surpriseI saw m'kids were out to play.There was Sally with her spadeand li'l Mickey with 'is teddy!Oh how I love ...

You arise from the plundered nation,Your demise looksas if it were a pregnant woman on medication.Yet, your eyes,Deep and brown,Conjure a despair of sensation;Baring little annotation.One,Maybe more;Y

Hair beautifully blackAs a night at sea;Skin, a pearl white,Like the froth of a majestic wave.Your walk so gallant And proud; Your stride so stunning,And your breath so drawing.I love ...

Hair beautifully blackAs a night at sea;Skin, pearl white,Like the froth of a majestic wave.Your walk so gallant And proud; Your stride so stunning,And your breath so drawing.I love the ...

Author's note: This was just a bit of a laugh, it doesn't sound too good but it's quite funny. Oh, and it won't make the tiniest bit of sense if ...

Painful Admittance, 2011,Life:Full of truths,Lies and swindles;Good times and bad.A memory built upon the dietof priceless and countless emotions.Reluctance and denialwaving their heavy hands.Yetas th

A Needle in the HaystackThe hay of a million wordless experiencesPresents itself to your fingertips, As you gradually unpick your way.Its golden streaks obstruct your forfeited perspective,Stealing th

Simple ReasoningLines of fields,Dressed with the frameworks of man,Stretch from land corner to homeThey grow and thriveUpon the ideologies of life’sNaïve and unexplainable existenceYet they’re of

Author's note: Spoiler! : I apologise but this is rather soppy and "typical teen". Get through it best you can. The feeling standsDetermined upon frail limbs;Its casing unshelled,

Author's Note:This poem was adapted from the structure of a William Shakespeare sonnet. I wrote it and published it in my second collection,Falling (2012) (Buy here Amazon USA, or here ...

Author's note: This is a preface to the 2013 poetry collection,Half Open Eyes, the third by yours truly and will be available on Amazon marketplaces or Pie Magazine in August ...

A poem about stuff.

Inspired by W. Wordsworth. 'Ode to a Sleeping Train' (C) BF, 2013.

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