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37 · Jul 20
Hide and seek
Mark Bell Jul 20
I needed you
You threw me aside,
Every night without you
Tears I cried,
I lay there not knowing
What to do,
You left me mother
I was only two.
In my teens my
Thoughts did grow
Did I really want to know
Who was my mother
Who tossed me aside
I had no more tears
I wished to cry.
But alas I had to know
The thoughts in my head
They would not go,
For five years I searched the land
No information was coming to hand
What sort of woman
Could abandon a child
This Made me who I am
A little bit wild,
So with my adopted names
I shall not pursue this
Cruellest of games.
Mark Bell Jan 11
Friendly people
Everywhere,
About in the cities
Without a care.
Pavement walkers
Drinking coffee beans
While
Red light girls are
Trying to be seen,
Friendly people
All different shapes
All types of genders
Going on dates,
Shops along
the bustling street
Open selling
there tasty wares
Happy  people
Eating
smiling
Everywhere.

Wide boys everywhere
These people will con
You if you’re unaware.
They will take  your money
Take your phone
Swipe the ice cream from
Your tasty cone,
They don’t drink coffee
They just  steal
from shops
Ducking and diving
Evading the cops,
There’s unhappy people
Everywhere
They roam the streets
These people do not care.
36 · Dec 2024
Robin the scam hood
Mark Bell Dec 2024
Is there anybody out
There
Wants to part with there
Money.
I don’t care what amount
I’ll set you up,
Put it in my bank account
I really do love you
Like a bee making honey
I need your loving
But mostly your money.
Did you know they
Took the word gullible
Out of the dictionary book,
Something you might
have overlooked,
Is there anybody out
Out there
Could I be a honey
To say l love you
And thieve your money.
Take from the gullible
Give to the poor
I think not.
36 · Nov 2024
The evil quill
Mark Bell Nov 2024
The poetry writer
With an evil quill
Disguised as poems
These writings did ****
Readers were tempted
Into there impending demise
Into the reading you hear the cries
The pages of this book
We’re bound by dread
The horror would come
The more you read,
By the end the writings
you died with a smile
Reading this ******* was it worthwhile?
The poetry writer
With an evil quill
Took to writing like
Flour in the mills
The more people read
The more it would ****
So don’t be tempted
Go on give it a go
Open the book let the evil flow
36 · Dec 2024
Wonderful mornings
Mark Bell Dec 2024
Cotton wool bombs
Razor blade rain
Showers
In my head
Going insane.
Catch 22
With nothing
To do
Barbed wire feet
Not a ******* clue.
Ten thousand volts
Flow through
My veins
Wake up every
Morning
It’s the  *******
same
Going mad
Gone insane.
36 · Jan 10
Getting better
Mark Bell Jan 10
Dreamt of a happy
Christmas
It never came
We all went down
Sick
****** shame.
Vaccinations
What a load of shat
Hot honey and
A lemon drink
And a cuddle
from the cat.
New year come and went
Bank balance didn’t
Take a dent.
Me and the cat were
Nearly back to square one
So all you people in poetry
Land have a good year
And lots of fun.
35 · Dec 2024
Meow
Mark Bell Dec 2024
There’s a cat
Wearing trilby hat
Look at that
Fancy  cat
Wearing a
Smart trilby hat.

Look at that,
A well dressed cat
A dapper suit
***** red boots
Fancy that
A well dressed cat.

Look at that cat
A lovely gait
Dark sunglasses
My best mate.
35 · Jul 29
Sweet
Mark Bell Jul 29
Black bird and the worm
Became the best of friends
They lived a long life
And a story with no end.
Mark Bell Aug 5
Nothing prepared me for
What was to come,
I met a woman, lovely
So full of fun.
We walked and talked
For many an hour
The day was a blanket
Of sun and showers.
Into the evening
We drank and danced
We played roulette
And took a chance,
We walked home and
Went straight to bed
Stripped of and naked
My heart skipped a beat as
Freda became Fred.
35 · Jan 17
Crazy love
Mark Bell Jan 17
Im walking
With my women
She’s holding
My hand.
Im Feeling
Ten foot tall
She’s looking
Rather grand.
Couple of
Gay lovers
Been out
for the day,
Now it’s falling
Evening time
We’re going
To dance the
Night away.
After
doing all
Those
Nice
things
above,
We are
Going
undercover
To make
crazy
Love.
35 · Dec 2024
Shot
Mark Bell Dec 2024
The ******
Waits upon
The hill
Biding his
Time to
Make the ****
Oh so boring
Then the thrill.
Take the shot
Oh what skill
When it’s time
To make the
**** breathe
Then fire.

Bullet travels
Makes no sound
Split seconds
Target found,
Body
extinguished
Hits the ground.
When you feel your
Bones do crackle then
You’ve been targeted
By the jackal.
35 · Dec 2024
So they never come ashore
Mark Bell Dec 2024
Birthday came
Birthday went
No messages
Of love
We’re ever sent.
Father was rotten
Mother a crow
Ignoring  Lilly
They would not
Watch her grow.
Lilly had a heart
Of gold
Mother father so
Awfully cold.
Lily had a white dress
Forever turning red
Wishing every day
Her parents
would be dead.
When Lilly became a mother
A father whom they adore
She suppressed those memories
So they never come ashore.
35 · Nov 2024
Me and you
Mark Bell Nov 2024
If I was a woman
And you were a man
The label don’t matter
It’s what’s in the can
Look at you my Walter Mitty
Is the label that makes you pretty
Who really cares what we think or do
In the end it’s just me and you.
34 · Dec 2024
Learn don’t hate
Mark Bell Dec 2024
Albatross and the polar bear
Wearing pyjamas
They didn’t care.
The owl and the ***** cat
Pair of gay lovers
Never no problem
They loved each other
Hyenas and the red neck
Giraffe
Best of pals created some
Laughs.
Pride of lions drinking
At the dog and duck
Cleaner was miffed
Had to clean up the muck.
Peter the
Panda  playing darts
With his pal the gnu
Threw three darts
Hit one hundred
and eighty two.
Human and the human
No need to fight
See all these animals
Get on alright
34 · Jan 16
Party time
Mark Bell Jan 16
Went to a party
On a cruise,
Lovely
Ladies
And a mountain
Of *****.
All inclusive
Nothing to lose
******* dressed
Ladies
Bathing in *****.
Tickets on sale
For next year
Not taking
my woman
Nor me
own
Beer
Can’t wait
For next years
***** Cruise
Already getting
Withdrawal blues.
34 · Dec 2024
I was lost
Mark Bell Dec 2024
Icicles dancing
In my fire
Lost one’s zest
Lost all desire
I’ll cry no
More.

Heartbeat
Without
No love
All the stars
Have gone
Above
I’ll cry
No more.

My eyes
Became lies
Not seeing
Right
Days shone
But saw no
Light
I’ll cry no more.

My bed is cold
No one to hold
Down the river
Im getting old
I’ll cry no more.

I’m thinking
As I walk
To the pearly gates
I’ll cry no more.
Mark Bell Jan 5
Im a three
Legged chicken
Living on a farm
Hoping this year
I won’t come
To any harm.
I like my extra leg,
Keeping my
Feathers intact,
Im not fit
for the table
Me and the
Farmer
we had
A little chat.
I said to the farmer
I’ll take
the job
Of  Molly
the cat
With this extra
Leg
I could catch all
Those rats.
We Three
legged chickens
Your on to a winner
Let me tell
you Mr farmer
We’re not made
For Sunday dinner.
33 · Dec 2024
Rainy days
Mark Bell Dec 2024
My dad made an ark
He made it out of wood
All this rain we’re having
He did the best he could.
Me family were astounded
Creatures came from there
So utterly dumbfounded
The came in ****** pairs.
Dad made a place
For all animals on the ark
We had no lighting so they
Had to **** in the dark.
One animal kingdom
Lost to the sea
All that poo was getting
To me.
40 days  
40 nights the waters started
To recede with a sigh of relief
All the animals were pleased.
When all the animals left
Two by two
That left me family and a couple
Of crew
That night we ate and we did pray
Guess what happened
It rained next day.
33 · Nov 2024
My sweet lady
Mark Bell Nov 2024
Blue river runs softly
Through my mind
Eradicating dark thoughts
That have been unkind
Blue river runs sweetly
Through my eyes
Eradicating images whom
Have been unkind
Blue river runs kindly
Inside my tears
Conquering despair
And all my fears
Blue river has hope
She gave me life
I took her hand and
She became my wife
32 · Nov 2024
Try it it might work
Mark Bell Nov 2024
No religion
No flags
Just humans
In body bags
Nakedness
Give it a shout
Can’t fight a war
With your tackle
Hanging out.
Russian Ukrainian
Arab or Jew
Give it a try
What more
Can you do.
The Germans had
There Stalingrad
The French there
Waterloo
No religion
No flags
It’s all to glaringly
True.
Religion away of life
A flag means you belong
Uniforms are for
The followers
That’s where it all go’s
Wrong.
31 · Dec 2024
You and me
Mark Bell Dec 2024
Setting sail
Upon the sea
Two young
Lovers
You and me

Ancient mariner
Poetry entwined,
Upon the sea
We’re  sailing blind.
I think now
I must digress
We were
Totally involved
In happiness.

Bride and groom
We ebbed and flowed
Wallowed in love
Passion and fire
Acting out our
Carnal desires.

End of the voyage
Everyone drank
What a laugh
The happy boat sank.
The ancient  mariner
Was at a lost
He sank the ship
Instead of killing
Thee albatross.
31 · Dec 2024
Innings coming to a close
Mark Bell Dec 2024
Shoes are soulless
Void of pace
My time nearly up
In this human race.
For many a year
I’ve
Been hiding
behind a
fruitless face,
Can’t keep up
There’s no
more chase,
My next stop
the cemetery
and
this
will
Be
My final
resting
Place.
30 · Nov 2024
Two winds
Mark Bell Nov 2024
Walking cobbled streets
In thee old part of town
A beautiful lady passed
Wearing red flowing gown
Street lights did flicker
They seemed to be in awe
Looking a million dollars
She was top box office draw
She second glanced me
Sent my heart a good rate
Then she suddenly stopped
And asked me for a date
Confused and bemused
I was not going to say no
From that moment onward
Two winds would blow.
28 · Dec 2024
Red balloon
Mark Bell Dec 2024
Stark raving lunatic
Nutty ****** loon
I travelled to the
Bottom of the sea
On a big red ballon

Stark raving lunatic
Nutty ****** loon
Drove my one wheeled
Car and left it on the moon

Stark raving lunatic
Nutty ****** loon
Playing all the wrong notes
To a sweet lovely tune

Im not sure
why I write
These  creative rhymes
Maybe Im just simple
And wasting my time

I used to eat my dinner
With a rubber fork and spoon
And every so often
a day out
With my red ballon.
28 · Dec 2024
Mornings
Mark Bell Dec 2024
Morning has broken
It’s raining again
I’m dancing in puddles
With a glint in my eye.

Morning has broken
The sun comes out
Dries up the puddles
There’s no fun in that.

Morning has broken
The day moves on
Pavements have all
Gone dry
Love walking with world
Nobody asking why.

Morning has broken
Day fades into night
No more puddles
Till the morning light
Everything linked like
The ball and chain
When I wake up
It I’ll be raining again.
20 · 3d
Blind love
I am blind
I cannot see
My imagination
Do's it for me.
Come to me
Let me feel
Your skin,
Don’t let the
Wheelchair
Cloud you within.
The eyes and chair
Are just my cover
Use your imagination
And be my lover.
It do's not need
To be complex
Out of my wheelchair
We can have ***.
I need you to love me
I need to feel free
Being with you
My imagination
Can see.
19 · Aug 8
It’s the way
Mark Bell Aug 8
Cupboards are bare
Refugees die
War and hatred
Make children cry.
Playgrounds are closed
Books are not read
Eyes of the children are
Full of dread.
Schools become hospitals
Propaganda will rule
People hate people
The child becomes fuel.
The flame of hatred
Is still alight today
It’s always been
This stupid way.
0 · 2d
Sacrifice
I walk over the skulls
On the killing fields
The wolf as eaten
His human yield.
I have twenty four hours
To slay this foe
To stop the killings
And all the black woe.
The moon rises to
End the darkest of days
The wolf is close
Tonight I must slay,
When eats me I shall not cry
I’ve poisoned myself
Like me it will slowly die.
I sacrificed myself
So others shall live
I take it’s life
Mine I shall give.
Mark Bell Jul 30
Some people
Like to gamble
You will
Generally lose
Some people
Like to love
Some people
Like the *****
When all is done
You will lose.
When angels sing
The door bells ring
You will lose
From the beginning
Of time
Life and death
Should be a crime
The sun don’t shine
Please don’t whine
When you lose.

— The End —