Poems

There is no festival for literally everyone, which is a shame. Christmas does pretty well; its popularity extends beyond the two billion people...

Around the world tonight, The stars are all above us. Me in darkness, others in light, But the stars are all above us. People eating, drinking, sleeping, Around the...

For Jude We're back, where we began, Or near enough, cosmologically speaking. A time, to mark occasion, Has arrived, if we're chronology-keeping. Once more, into those breeches, We squeeze ourselves,...

There is a place I want to go, So please indulge this harmless fantasy That I want to share with you. I'm not sure if it exists...

A man pours himself into a glass. A man stands in the dark. He switches on the light to the corridor, and is silhouetted...

Sugar fallsRelief comes Time strainsSkies lighten Wonder pallsPassion drums Heart drainsEyes brighten Virtues sleepHeroes wake Lies slickenWise listen Statues weepRivals brake Clouds thickenTeeth glisten Hollow risesGaggles rest Space endsWaves applaud Evil sizesComrades jest Truth offendsHopes...

I need a nap. Failing that, a powernap. Failing that, a coffee. Failing that, a smoke. Failing that, some sugar....

In the kitchen, Surrounded with the spice and flavour of cooking, I rattle my pots, Beat my eggs, And pummel my dough. The kids run all about, Slamming the doors, Shouting...

The killing happened on Monday. The grief poured out on Tuesday. The rage built on Wednesday. The tension rose on Thursday. The rain poured down on Friday. The mob...

With three, a hand of bridge, With two, a ménage à trois, With ten, a football team, and with twenty-one, a game. With eleven, a jury, With four,...

This is a poem about being thirty-nine years of age. To attain the age of thirty-nine Should, all things considered, be very fine, As was Neil Armstrong,...

Sun on skin Butter on toast Sport on telly Arriving on cue Ham on rye Eye on you Some things are good together Out with friends Service with smile Tea with milk Room with...