Carl Halling

poem by Carl Halling

It's happening again, Such unbearable pain, And if my soul is crying As my heart is breaking, then that's fine… I've let so many people down, Lost so many beautiful opportunities I feel so failed and forlorn, But is th... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

This place is always a little lonely At the weekends...no noise and life; I like solitude, But not in places Where's there's recently been A lot of people. Reclusiveness protects you From nostalgia, And you can be as nos... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

Shooting star With a quicksilver mind, You deserve to go so far, Can't someone stop you Before you ruin your soul, With irreversible harm? Drinking all day, ... Read more

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When I was young, I was so carefree, At least that’s how It seems to me, Ain’t it sad How things turn out to be? Full of hope, Full of passionate dreams, A thrilling new world Lay right before me, Ain’... Read more

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Soon, I’ll sleep again, I will feel no pain, For a little time, Peace will be all mine My mind will seek Freedom from the past, I’ll be carefree, Although it will not last, Soon, I’ll sleep again, ... Read more

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I feel a deep, deep sorrow, As life nears its final page, The hardship that comes with age, I simply can’t help but rage, But somehow, there’s a special sorrow, In tears cried for love long gone, In remembrance, ... Read more

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Stevie, we were free, Stevie, you and me, On that golden day, Was it ‘68? The decade’s last few days, The whole wild world was crazed, But where we were was peace, For you and me at least. ... Read more

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Kind faces smiling, Nodding politely at words They don't seem to understand. Show me pictures Showing the richness of A faraway distant land. Multicoloured motor cars, Brown apartments rising high In Puerto Rican skies. Read more

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Perhaps she lives In our dreams alone, She whose face is Illumined By the rays Of the sun, While the dansette plays Some romantic melody, O how I love The one Who lives in my perfect love. It’s so strange, The mor... Read more

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I go back, though Sometimes it’s filled with pain, I go back, ’cos Nothing will be the same, Precious places I first knew, When life and youth And love were new, I flow back, and Memories flow back too. Read more

poem by Carl Halling

Introduction ‘Dispatches from the Trenches of Despair’ was finally completed around late April 2021, marking the end of a period of severe depression extending from around Tuesday the 13th to the end of the month, and ... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

He had no insight into the mysteries Of the gilded sports Of the British social elite, By the time he arrived at his beloved college, Long, long ago in a long-forgotten England, And in later years he came to the opinion That ... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

Yes, there was a time I was obsessed by melancholy, I saw deep sadness, The quality that so tormented My former favoured idols, Poets, painters, Musicians, actors, Creators of every kind, As glamorous and romantic, But it... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

There once was a long vanished England; Of well-spoken presenters Of the BBC Home Service, Light Service, and Children’s Favourites, Of coppers and tanners, and ten bob notes; And jolly shopkeepers, and window cleaners.... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

When he made his first personal appearance in the dirty alley on someone else’s rusty bike, screaming along in a cloud of dust, it rendered us all speechless and motionless. But I was amazed that despite his grey-faced... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

Auto-annihilation is stupid, It breaks hearts, and ruins lives, I rue the day I became entranced By its shadowy charisma; And allowed ethyl alcohol To come close to killing me. Poor Jo-Jo was right To warn her cherished daughte... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

I remember the grey slithers of rain, The jocular driver As I boarded the bus At Temple Meads, And the friendly lady who told me When we had arrived at the city centre. I remember the little pub on King Street, With its quiet m... Read more

poem by Carl Halling

I feel at one with sweethearts Through the years, With the wartime lovers Who went overseas, All the shattered hearts, All the rivers of tears, I feel them all. Verses of love, Lovers who must part, Portraits of love Worn ... Read more

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