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John Trainor

John Trainor

Deidres Lament

Watch you go,
Cold as snow,
Salt and blood.
 
Graved in stone,
Old friends gone,
Tears on cheeks.
 
Gone before,
Waiting for,
Patient task.
 
Into light,
No more fight,
Last breath passed,
 
Peace at last!

(2012)

#AndDeathGrief

Other works by John Trainor...
Song for Luke

Eyes of blue, I saw them in a pho… Look at me I’m the one who sired… Walk on by. Walk on by. Baby face, like looking in a mirro…
Virus 2020

I will not ask for help. This virus has abandoned me high a… I locked down early. As a health professional I did no… Though I waited.
Journey to England 2020

Oh I waited for you once in a whi… Kicking my blue sandalled toes aga… Regardless of the scuff. You were busy. I was an accessory.
Hey u Guys!

Guys in Edinburgh Tried writing a poem pissed But sadly I missed
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Freedom of speech!

Political correctness has gone mad… I’ll scream. And shout. And mak… I’ll plan a march from town to tow… I’ll write a poem to express my th… We’ll ask a name to design a shirt…
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She’s Gone?

She will stroke you in your dreams… She will expect you to know that o… She will journey on in a state we… She will hold within the love you… And never.
Hunting for fire dragons in the park

Crisp cold crunch of boots through… Silent, skeletal trees, hiding lit… Yet, you must watch for movement i… For fire dragons can sleep in stea… Still.
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Eight Lettered Scrabble

Don’t go yet! We have barely found the consonant… I love you You love me Four plus four!
Not Long

I am not long for this place, I am short, Of patience, Of temper with fools, Of money,
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Maspalomas Pride 2015

I don’t do drugs, I don’t do sex. I don’t like hugs, I don’t like pecs. I don’t do dunes or nudey beach.
One Last Try

I didn’t set out to hurt you, I w… I’ll probably always love you anyh… You said that you’d never leave me… Then in the space of one weekend y… I know you’ve got someone else now…
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A thought for the grammar police

I wanted to drink it, I drank it, It’s drunk. I wanted to sink it, I sank it,
Why did I say goodbye?

I choose to explain, Before I leave you, Again. That the warmth, Of your heart,
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Suicide

You shouldn’t have to live because… It’s not that I don’t love you or… It’s just that sometimes the pain… We live in a society where suicide… Failure.
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HeartBroken

When you can’t do this, What do you do? You do that! My heart is broken. And I can’t do this.



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