He holds my fingers steady Whilst the electric file rotates Stripping away the evidence of The person I chose to be last month The glittering gold ends The glamourous red The film star look for locked up nights In blankets, staring at the TV And blocking out the cold. The days are stretching still PotentiallyContinue reading “Nails”
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Our crew
August fades still we meet Mob-handed at the corner of a wide-eyed street Adjacent to the park it’s where we gather as a crew Me and he, him, her and you And a few others; all the best of mates Here for a giggle, staying out too late It’s Friday night and we’re in ourContinue reading “Our crew”
The Hiatus
Where have I been for the past few months? Why no posts or poems? Had I abandoned this lovely new platform which I had been extremely proud of when I set it all up last summer? The answers: For the most part, like so many of us, I hadn’t really been anywhere. This sorry factContinue reading “The Hiatus”
Rodrigo the seagull
The rains, they have passed over It’s now time to get out and about To leave the safety of my perch In the branches of the trees near the roundabout I fly out to the island Where the cars flow around us in streams Once there, I get into my stance to begin my dailyContinue reading “Rodrigo the seagull”
Poetry for Dullards 