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    Side of the Hill: Varied Poems...
    Side of the Hill: Varied Poems...
    Side of the Hill: Varied Poems...
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    Side of the Hill: Varied Poems...

    By Nick Armbrister

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    A new book of varied poetry in several different styles by Nick Armbrister. Subject matter ranges from current affairs, erotic sex, aircraft, natural landscapes, alcohol and much more. There are many moods and views here. Established readers of Nick's work will relate to his pieces and new readers will discover a refreshing new world. Some work is adult in nature. This is his first Smashwords release.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNick's Poetry Books
    Release dateDec 18, 2018
    ISBN9780463347348
    Side of the Hill: Varied Poems...
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    Nick Armbrister

    Hi, this is the publishing writing profile for Nick Armbrister, an author and publisher from Manchester, England. His work includes varied poetry and stories, including short and novel length. Topics include history, erotica, aviation, current affairs and much more. Nick has been writing since 1996 and published in the 'small press' (poetry scene) and in books for many years. He does open mic, attends writing work shops and is always working on a writing project. He has writing online and in real world books. Follow Nick's writing, news updates and more on his varied blogs links. Enjoy his writing, something different and creative. Nick has also worked with several international writers/authors/poets.Nick's other interests are gothic/alternative music, gigs, tattoos, aircraft, reading, outdoors, paganism, hiking and life. He was born in 1971.

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      Book preview

      Side of the Hill - Nick Armbrister

      Side of the Hill – Varied Poems...

      Nick Armbrister

      Nick Armbrister in the pilot’s seat of a Blackjack bomber, Poltava, Ukraine.

      Copyright 2018 Nick Armbrister. All rights reserved.

      Published by Nick Armbrister at Smashwords.

      Only a single poem or paragraph maybe used for reviewing purposes. Credit Nick Armbrister as author.

      Cover photo by Nick Armbrister.

      Other photos by Nick Armbrister.

      Contents

      Dedication

      Poems

      Poems 2

      Poems 3

      About the Author

      Links

      Dedication

      Dedicated to small normal people everywhere...

      Poems

      Colonisation

      The green peas where all in a line in the pod

      Each ready to be eaten after being grown

      Hatched into a world of consumerism

      Cause and effect grow more food

      Make more peas and feed the populace

      It’s not like the peas had a say in this

      Seeds were planted and grown

      After being watered and fed with nutrients

      Days passed into weeks and the food grew

      Just as the world population did

      Our planet tho overpopulated and overused

      Could support over twenty billion people

      Expanding at a frightening rate

      This was no problem and plans were in place

      First we fill up the world

      After that it was bases in space

      And then habitats on the moon

      Followed by Mars and the other planets

      And further on into other galaxies

      Hundreds of billions of humans

      Breeding like rabbits and colonising the stars

      All being fed by green peas

      Peas who had no say in any of this

      They were just planted and eaten

      By the procreating humans...

      Delta Wings

      The blue machine keeps flying overhead

      Buzzing the town and keeping them awake

      No reason why just for the sake of it

      Round and round twice an hour

      Set your watch by him

      But there’s a problem here

      The year is 1872

      And this machine can’t exist

      Only futurists and crackpots believe

      In powered flight in the heavens

      A few men have flown gliders and balloons

      But nothing like this aerial craft

      We have steam trains and horses

      And a few more things planned

      Maybe even an iron horse

      On land and sea

      But never in the air

      This flying machine is impossible

      Metal cannot fly

      Nor buzz our city

      It must be magic or the Devil

      This triangular blue machine

      Blue Lines

      The creature lives under the bed

      A different bed each night

      It has been this way forever

      Random locations and targets

      It could pick you or me

      Or your wife or partner

      It hides under your bed

      While taking in your details

      Building up a profile of you

      Then it strikes and owns you

      After this event you change

      Never the same again

      For the creature takes you

      And absorbs you entirely

      You are just a form or copy

      Going thru the motions

      Slow go horror film in reality

      Life born of the monster

      Who lurks under every bed

      Only one bed at once

      So random it is everywhere

      Produce of our nightmares

      Nothing will ever stop it

      Not even the Devil

      For it comes from elsewhere

      And chooses to dwell here

      Easy pickings of Planet Earth

      Geared

      Photographs being developed right now

      Nothing but a black dawg by the road

      Seen just after the truck driver crash

      Photographs being developed right now

      Of your wife sucking a black man’s cock

      While his two friends patiently film and wait

      Photographs being developed right now

      While the sexy Scottish singer woos her fans

      Who are half her age but love and want her

      Photographs being developed right now

      Of Holy land warzone where Satan rules absolute

      Israeli and Russians bombs being the same

      Photographs being developed right now

      Of me getting my teen years right, oh yes!

      Joining the RAF, having a girl lover, and so content

      Photographs being developed right now

      Of my dad murdering his wife’s lover

      Unloyal child bearing catholic woman

      Photographs being developed right now

      Of computers cataclysmically crashing

      Kicking us back to the Stone Age

      Photographs being developed right now

      Showing Hitler and Stalin after pact signing

      Doing something very unleader like and kinky

      Photographs being developed right now

      Moments before the LPG tanker exploded

      Totally levelling the harbour and coastal city

      Photographs being developed right now

      Of the TV playing nothing but crap

      While we all watch it again and again

      Photographs being developed right now

      Of you and me on film 24/7 no secrets

      Incessantly watched by Big Brother

      Linnetable

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