Year: 2022

A Poem A Day #260: Doors

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“Doors” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Eternal Boy’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet

A Poem A Day #259: Imago

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“Imago” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Eternal Boy’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet

My Poem “Screen Heroes”

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When I was a child,
whenever I watched someone
doing something in a TV show or a movie
I always immediately began to imagine
myself as if I were who I saw
and I wanted to be them in real life...
I remember watching Kevin Costner
as Robin Hood and immediately afterwards
I wanted to pick up a bow and arrow,
to live in Sherwood Forest,
and to be just like the "Prince of Thieves"...
I remember watching "Star Wars"
when Obi-wan Kenobi is telling
Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker
that the Force will be with him
and hoping that throughout my life
the Force would also be with me...
I remember watching Harrison Ford
as Indiana Jones and afterwards
feeling drawn to becoming
an archaeologist who uncovered and revealed
the stories and the mysteries of history...
I remember watching Marty McFly
traveling in the Deloreon time machine
and leaving a fiery trail after it reached 88mph
and wanting to be a time traveler just like him and go "Back to the Future"...
I remember watching William Shatner
as Captain James T. Kirk travelling
at warp speed on the starship Enterprise
in "Star Trek" and wanting to also take a voyage
to the final frontier and across the galaxy...
I remember seeing Christopher Reeve
as Superman and immediately believing
that it was possible for a man to fly...
I remember watching multiple actors
play James Bond and wanting to be
by their side as they drove at full speed
in their Aston Martin through the streets
of some exciting and interesting city...
I remember being a child
and being a captivated, enthralled,
motivated, inspired, at the same time
hearing the call to adventure
and wish fulfillment by so many
of my life-long screen heroes.

A Poem A Day #258: New Beginnings

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“New Beginnings” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Eternal Boy’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet

A Poem A Day #257: The Phoenix

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“The Phoenix” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Eternal Boy’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet

A Poem A Day #256: Fast

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“Fast” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Eternal Boy’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet

My Poem “Puzzle Pieces”

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Every day I see puzzle pieces strewn around me -
which is fine because I have
always loved a good mystery...
every day my interest is peaked
with fascination by questions -
those I perceive and read
emanating from people, places,
experiences, circumstances,
and situations, like a nectar to a bee...
every day I find myself following
the breadcrumbs left behind
by everyone who may not wish
to have the truth about something
laid bare for all to see...
every day I take a leap and I allow
my instincts to drive the thoughts
of my mind at full speed...
every day I look and I always see something
that intrigues me and invigorates my curiosity...
every day I unlock internal doors to inner places,
like a locksmith of multiple keys -
but sometimes when I do
I find myself in rooms filled with
the things of people that sometimes
feel out of place and out of context,
like a mismatch of fragments
that you sometimes find interlaced within a dream...
every day I decode one decrypted message,
and the next I see a gap within a tapestry
and I have to find out what and where
to find the missing puzzle pieces.

A Poem A Day #255: Something Special

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“Something Special” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Eternal Boy’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet

A Poem A Day #254: Morning

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“Morning” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Eternal Boy’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet

A Poem A Day #253: For the Love of Music

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“For the Love of Music” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Eternal Boy’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet