Mark Andrew Heathcote is an adult learning difficulties support worker. His poems have been published in various journals, magazines, and anthologies, both online and in print. He is from Manchester and resides in the UK. Mark is the author of In Perpetuity and & Back on Earth, two books of poems published by Creative Talents Unleashed.
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When I see the green and red
Of the furnace flames aglow,
And a white dove is rising in the skies.
And those sleek, slender, starving Black-
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Little brother, little sister
Protagonists of disaster
When our fists are raised in anger.
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Wrens - warble
Turkeys - gobble
Rooster - cock-a-doodle-doo
Calves - bleat
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If I could soar above all my inherent problems
And fly like an eagle, where should I nest
Every place I would seek to rest has problems
The wind is either too strong or too light
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He wraps his hands around her throat.
A candle about to die
Black feathers in hand practically smote
A dagger's stabbing, bloody goodbye.
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