Poems

It’s us versus them And I’m them; I don’t know us And I’m weak And I’m bad And I’m down And I’m one I’m speaking No-one else is listening The chorus Comes towards us Breaking […]

I bought you a river but it was dry I bought you an escort but he was shy I bought you the truth but you made it a lie Why don’t you please tell me […]

Is there a chance? Such a beautiful creature must be saved. Such grace, such form. So unique. Ignore the killing, all species do such. See nature’s perfection, how well it evolved to fit its environment. […]

Nothing’s eternal, except eternity itself. Goodbye old friends, I wish you were here. Gone to your rest, but I don’t envy you. Memory is sorrow; I want to see you again. Your eyes filled with […]

As the calendar catapults us And we contemplate the new new year’s resolutions that propose to make us into version 2.0 of what we are Version new Version something else Version improved They escalate The […]

You ask me what I think? Then I’ll tell you what I think. It’s them in charge what’s all to blame. They each one bloody stink. Have you seen the papers? And the awful things […]

(a poem about the US Presidential election, with a humble nod to e e cummings) anyone lived in a pretty big country (where the people were one, as no-one would agree) winter spring summer and […]

And when the night passes over, Windows shuttered, curtains drawn, And we’re all in the great shadow of the world, There’s still a glimmer of light In the corner of your eye. At 4am, there’s […]

It’s ten in the morning The cat is pregnant The pubs are shut The car won’t start My husband’s a slut It’s ten in the evening My TV ain’t working My boss is a monkey […]

I fought the firmest embrace And lost. No brethren left to share my burden, The yoke’s mark rests on my back alone. Released from an overlong cell, So afraid to leave, The sun dazzles. The […]