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Demonic Possession 666: poem/lyrics. Satan's game is never ending. Inspired by the infamous film released back in the '70s that I saw for the first time in the late '90s The Exorcist.

Back When Kings Led: A time in history when Kings had to be on the battlefield and do their share of the fighting and possibly dying.

This poem is a mixture, based around the fictional video game series and the real assassins founded by Hassan-e Sabbāh in 1090 and other embellishments.

Exploring excellence in teaching, technology and leadership.

This song/poem lyrics was written sometime ago, but has only now been published for the first time on Amazon. The theme of this song lyrics is about the dangers for all of us (esp children) on the roads with cars/vehicles and their misuse.

Pencil of Light can be found in the book of Poems titled: Many Un/Splendid Things. The theme is about coming out of deep depression.

CENSORS is a short poem about the subject of Censorship. Is it truly effective, and who are the Censors.

This is the newest version of 'The Shortest Day' which is bridged with new bridging verses to give it a different outlook and flavor to the poetry. It is not as compact and tight as the original but it has its own dynamics I actually prefer the bridged version, what do you think?

A Loving Sonnet of Passion :: Poem about Karolina Describes this exquisite girls musical presence with her violin. Her youth, yet musical ability astounds. Her passion for her instrument and what it can convey to others, shines through.

Nuclear war was ever present and we had only just left the cold war behind which was the impending threat. Spontaneous emission is captured within the title as a war that could be triggered by spontaneous events. It is a slight poking of fun at the end, where perhaps there isn't much fun if actual nuclear war was to ever happen.

The wonders of nature, beyond our goldfish bowl. The Cosmos unfolded into a glass onion, perturbed by NOTHING at all!

Pillars of Creation: Is a poem based around the rekindling of interest in them from the the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995.

GAZA Today: Would You Turn Your Back. Everyone knows what Gaza is. A strip of land in the Middle East, being vociferously fought over. I don't want to get into the Politics of it, but at least a brush with it is unavoidable if you attempt any kind of dialogue or description of the occurrences that are happening there — truly awful. This poem is a short one, and keeps to the suffering of its people, and not delving too much into sides of the Political spectrum. I think the suffering in a modern day scenario with instant and graphic footage of this one-sided war is horrific.

Welcome to The United States of Amnesia, a podcast exploring the lessons we’ve forgotten, misunderstood, or never learned. As the saying goes, history repeats itself. Mark Twain allegedly refined this: “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.” Yet over time, history, politics, and religion have been distorted by bias, oversimplification, and myth. Check out our website to learn more: www.usofamnesia.com. Misunderstanding the past means misreading the present and misstepping into the future. This podcast aims to cut through the fog, reconnecting past and present to help us think ...

A poem about the cubist painter of the last Century (20th). He was a surrealist artist, and in his earlier works painted in the neoclassical. Born in Spain, he escaped Franco's regime by being in exile in France. Some of his cubist art may have been influenced by his knowledge of the atrocities committed during the Spanish Civil war, especially in his Masterpiece Guernica. A lot of his Art is treasured Worldwide, and many of his paintings fetch huge sums at auction.

A poem about the current state of Political health in the UK today. It brushes over the issue of free speech that we should all enjoy under a Democratic system.

This Poem is about the art of cold swimming, and it is an art. You need eventually to be able to breath properly, and pace yourself in cold water, timing is all important, observing the seasons as to how much your 'own' body may take. We're all built differently, some of us have seal skin ;) others paper. But we can all enter cold water for our own purification and enjoyment and that feeling of being blessed. I have made this the 3rd edition and not the 1st because it went through its 3rd stage in writing. There maybe updates to follow - watch this space.

About the intrinsic use of computer code down to Binary base level.

Poem about the dreamy chance that a Professor could takeover a Political theatre and become a World leader, with greater knowledge at his/her disposal.

It's a poem about the first few months of a child's life, when it encounters the Winter snows for the first time in its new life. The initial joy of Winter which we all share as Adults—snowballs, snowmen, the sheer beauty of a Winters day across a landscape. But as the young child starts to experience a little more....