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...
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...
AI
Artificial Intelligence replacing intelligence real virtual and superficial superseding what we should feel Progress that tells us our...
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...
What is it with leads and cables?
USB’s and laptop leads And mouse and power cables Unplugged and put into a box As careful as I’m able But overnight I think they fight...
What Book Should I Write?
I’ve been thinking about the next book I write to get fame and adulation And I’ve got some ideas that just need refining before they’re...
“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...
A Resume of 2022
January Thirty days have September April June and November All the rest have thirty-one Except January that has Eight hundred and...
I miss you at Christmas
It’s always been such a joyful time You always said it should it be It was magic and you were the magician conjuring kindness and glee...
Forest in Wintertime
Cold frozen time the forest shocked its vitality stolen by a thief silhouettes now standing stark round frozen lake robbed of blush and...
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