Drinking In
Cos I cannot now buy a round I got gin n tonic in the lounge Beer in bedroom, Scotch in hall I’m ready for my own pub crawl
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Maybe We’ll Rise
Maybe we’ll rise become part of a cloud in the blue and float over a mountain Become a tear but not one shed in sorrow more raindrop then...
Lockdown - Suddenly it stopped
Suddenly it stopped. Is it time to pause and think? And consider where we’re going? Now it seems we’re on the brink. Brought to virtual...
Rising before Dawn
I love the early morning Rising just ‘fore dawn Quiet bar the birds that sing Still bar the morning’s yawn Not yet sunrise I visualise...
Love
Only humans fall in love, Only humans laugh and cry And if I understand this Is it any wonder why What really makes us happy Is a love...
KEEP DANCING
Keep dancing when the bands gone home And sing when there’s no score Keep friends in mind when you’re alone And never lock your door Roll...
The Valley in Winter
Babbling neath the sunken mist Twixt stiffened fern and barren read shadowed by the valleys side and so denied the daytime sheen defiant...
Sir Tom in lockdown
He got up one day and looked outside Thought of the NHS Donned his tie and jacket and Pinned his medals to his chest Went out into the...
Love those wheat and cornfields that you drive past this time of year
Lemon-light evenings Patchworks of buff Speckled and bordered by green Fields that were waving Before they were cropped Now tied up...
Witches
No wonder I question our ethics And the teachings the powers contrive When they tell us to fear the witches And not those who burned them...
Camping in Spain
My mate who's camping in Spain Says there is just no defence From the sun in the day that's insane Or the heat in the night that's in tents
I like being a river
I like being a river so much to do and see a lake’s too still and the sea too wide and where all I see is me I like being a river...
A Poem for the Coronation
Are we raising a glass to the privileged affirming distinction of class endorsing division determined by wealth looking forward by...
A Clairvoyant Poem
The clairvoyant shop That I went to visit For enlightenment and guidance to glean Had a sign on the door Saying be back at four Due...
Modern Superfood Salads
Fashionable Superfood Salads All the rage amongst twenties and teens Quinoa and kale and sunflower seeds All in a dish that also has...
Impressions of Madeira day one.
I can’t believe how lush it is here It’s a rock atop of the ocean With the sun beating down through a breeze warm and gentle keeping the...
For World Poetry Day
World poetry day today So I thought I’d take the time Whilst on this train to London To write a little rhyme And whilst I really should...
A Weeks Reprieve from the January Weather
Among day the cloud came amongst us Choose day it chose to rain Whens day I asked when the sun would come out But on Furs day I wrapped...
A Writer's Wish For Burns Night
For all ye folk wi quil an oater dream ye al o’ prose an fame wi books a sale seye two a tenner thyne thoughts txit ends that seye thy...
“Hate asking this but apparently, it’s the thing to do if you’re a writer"
No, I’m not on Love Island Though they said my legs weren’t that bad But my pecs, my age and overall shape Didn’t make me a hunk of a lad...
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