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16 October 2014
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Peter Mitchell

My name is Peter Mitchell, born Ashford, Middlesex in 1978. At the age of 16 I came to live in N. Ireland, Currently residing in Belfast. I write poems whenever inspiration hits me although in truth it seems they write themselves. I love to write when I can. I enjoy the poems of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Browning and Seamus Heaney. I also find the lyrics of the Arctic monkeys and Reverend and the Makers amongst others help to ignite my passion for writing.

War by Peter Mitchell

A head can be useful
But also a chore
A burden to bear
Ideas to share

Ideas can be lovely
Also a wrench
Torture or pleasure
In uneven measure

Measure your fortune
Dispense with your woes
That’s easier said
Than done as it goes

As when darkness has you
In the palm of its hand
A head can be useless
The mind cannot plan

For a future that’s torture
Life has no answer
Sleep seems much better
When you’re under attack

There is no intruder
Or external invader
God loves you so
So much that he’s made ya

Made ya pathetic
Unable to deal
With feeling these feelings
These feelings you feel

But love will come back
It’s as simple as that
Nothing is bad
But it passes, with time.


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