Hope and Joy with David Larbi: Poetry Posts

My Broken Picture

David Larbi — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:06:15 GMT

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I was adjusting a photo frame on my wall

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Not a big one at all, only something quite small

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When my hand slipped and it fell down, flat on its face

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The crack I heard held me there, frozen in place

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The only…

The Sixth Sense of Good Friends

David Larbi — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:40 GMT

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Something I find rather special between friends

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That we’ve known a long time, or just know very well

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Is how when a friend tells us big news or information

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We realise part of us has been able to tell

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It’s…

Life After the End

David Larbi — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:02:07 GMT

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My life ended as I knew it

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A few months ago, as we speak

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It wasn’t the most important thing in the world

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But was a big change for me

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I spent six years with a good person

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Who I thought I would be with for …

Happy loc-versary to me!

David Larbi — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:11:39 GMT

It’s been exactly a year since my loc journey began

This is a day of great celebration!

I had my own wishes, but could not have predicted

The direction this journey has taken!

Firstly, my hair has grown …

The greatest thing a man can be, is good

David Larbi — Thu, 28 May 2026 09:41:06 GMT

Being a good man to others

Is all that I want to be

I wish only to leave a net positive

For the world to be better because of me

I am grateful to know what that looks like

I have good men upon whom I can …

I’m not constantly happy, and I say that gladly

David Larbi — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:37:07 GMT

I met someone last week, who asked me

“Are you really that happy all the time?

Because I’ve seen you online and I’ll be honest

I thought, “There’s no way that guy isn’t lying!”

It made me laugh, then we …

I have dearly loved visiting Ireland with my mum!🇮🇪☘️

David Larbi — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:54:48 GMT

To have the luck of the Irish

Is to be in Ireland, at all

That is what my mum and I discovered

When Trinity College Dublin called!

Being honoured with the Bram Stoker Award

Was enough by itself to fill an…

You will only see the love that awaits you, when you decide to invite it in

David Larbi — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:48:00 GMT

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You will only see the love that awaits you

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When you decide to invite it in

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That sounds like a big proposition

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It’s more simple than it seems to begin

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When somebody says something kind to you

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Thank them, r…

Relentless consideration, that is my plan!

David Larbi — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:43:59 GMT

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I can usually tell, and I’m usually right

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When I’m going to get into a "polite fight"!

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If there’s a doorway with space for only one to go through

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I’m not taking a step without saying “After you!”

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You can…

Continue to shine - your time will arrive!

David Larbi — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:35:08 GMT

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I’ve brought a lot of socks with me on this book tour

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In fact, probably more than are in my sock drawer!

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That always seems to be the way, every time I go away

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I pack underwear and socks as though I’ll c…

The dishes between, me and my tea!

David Larbi — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:21:16 GMT

The day is nearing a blissful end

All the work and chores are done

On goes the kettle, out come my snacks

This eve will be a good one!

I have just made a cup of tea

That will fulfil my wildest wishes

But w…

I will have no memories, if I do not do things!

David Larbi — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:48:43 GMT

I will have no memories if I do not do things!

A statement so very obvious, it borders on stupid

But truly, it’s a reminder that I sometimes sorely need

As I undertake this journey of being all I can be

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Bedtime Story: Watching the Last Leaf of Autumn, Fall

David Larbi — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:33:10 GMT

People asked for a bedtime story, so today I wrote this!

You can save it to listen to at bedtime, if you wish!

Here is a story I’ve decided to call

“Watching the Last Leaf of Autumn, Fall”

I Am Made of Silk

David Larbi — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 07:52:01 GMT

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I always wanted to be stone

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Or something of that ilk

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When true strength lay in being soft

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In being made of silk

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Hardening my heart would waste

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The music that it sings

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My strength is built up, strand by str…

I Do Not Know, But I Live in Hope

David Larbi — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:08:00 GMT

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What are you supposed to do with a bad day

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The kind that you sit at the end of, drained

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Knowing that doomscrolling likely won’t help

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But being in the mood where you can’t help yourself?

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What are you mean…

Everyone I Love Lives Through So Much That I'm Not There For

David Larbi — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:40:57 GMT

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Everyone I love lives through so much that I‘m not there for

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Most of their thoughts and memories have nought to do with me

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All of our connections come from glimpses, tiny moments

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What enormous depth a h…

I Accept My Need to Need

David Larbi — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:01:32 GMT

I knew how to be rejected,

So I thought; I could deflect it

To forge paths to my desires

That did not require help

To be able to is power

Pouvoir, pouvoir; I’d tower

Over all of it, rewired

To rely on no-on…