Christopher Dawson

Stark beauty splayed afar before me, fields
Their sodden earth sliced through so new, folded
Plumes of reed quiver their responses
To every gust and calm and squall
Light splintered greys surrounding backdrop
Pin down this flat and mastered land
Each Headland roughly holds the record
Of nature’s bounty of that year
The stubble, stalk, the leaf and hollow
The pools that gather in the...

Thursday 4th November 2010 12:09 pm

No Harm Done

She struggled, fought against her will

She crashed against its tide....

Relentless though those waves were still....

Exposed there was to hide....

....

She knew, as once again she came....

And drew open the drawer....

Her feelings would then be the same....

As were each time before....

....

The blade it smiled, it's knowing glint...

Thursday 28th October 2010 5:32 pm

Wind away...

They said I did what I’d not done
Wind away and leeward blow
Thine hand upon thine father’s gun
Wind away and leeward blow
Guilty of no true defence
Sent me down and locked below
Transported from my village hence
No appeal, so off you go
Kith and kin they find me dead
Wind away and leeward blow
A year for every tear was shed
Torrents of a mother’s woe
A future now the...

Tuesday 26th October 2010 4:11 pm

Spidey!

And still old Spidey glared at me,
took me on eye to eye….
his legs were twitching nervously
as he prepared to die.
A true brave superhero,
valiant to the last…
I’d tear the devil limb from limb,
if he didn’t run so fast.

The hairs stood up along his back,
and mine across my neck,
as I buttoned my fly cautiously
and sank onto the deck....

Tuesday 19th October 2010 6:12 pm

Osterone Test

I understand that crush, I do
But really I’m not good for you
It’s just a phase that girls go through
I really am no good for you

Oh don’t be silly, it’s ok
I only see you once a day
If someone comes I’ll walk away
C’mon it’s only once a day

I like your company, sure I do
Enjoy the time I spend with you
But it’s just wrong by any view...

Monday 18th October 2010 4:53 pm

My Garden Genie

I watched it twist, unfurl and dance
rise proud and cower low
which ever place I stood myself
that smoke seemed keen to go!

Friday 8th October 2010 8:02 pm

The dim little girl from the Secondary Modern

The dim little girl from the Secondary Modern
Destined to stack shelves and get sacked in due course
With a textual lexis and distinction from Orange
A boyfriend, a baby, a bedsit perforce.

The mousey dull stick from the track on the far side
Mocked lightly by fashion, derided by fate
Wore nothing, but nothing to single or statement
Knew little of make-up, was awkward of gait

Then a bl...

Saturday 18th September 2010 9:38 am

2 mins

Who the fuck reads poetry
Poets, prats and grandiloquents
Through sunlit keyholes
National praise afforded
Wine quaffed, so seriously sincere suckers
Those faces, my God those faces
Who the fuck decides, derides
Ambiguity, obscure
And so those cheesy lines mature
Aspire, retire, bonfire, you liar!
Random bollocks, of course, confess
No intellect for our address
Ha ha you plebs, it&rsqu...

Monday 6th September 2010 9:17 pm

A stalker at any other time

Though you never knew I
Was there unheard, unseen
Quietly in the background
Well outside the scene
I sat outside your house at times
It’s what I had to do
Looking to your window light
Just to be with you.

The months, well they grew kinder
Though need for you still real
And sol drawn to your presence
Away from home I’d steal
It made me calm, it made me still
To share that...

Wednesday 1st September 2010 6:45 pm

Court out

The insanity of madness could
With dubious acclaim
Attach itself, should love be true
By any other name
To periods within us all
When drawn into that farce
That reads so oddly once removed
Or times when love has passed
There is no cure, there is no trial
For committers of the crime
So take each sentence, sum it up
Accept and do your time....

Tuesday 17th August 2010 12:22 am

Opportunity

Before she knew or realised
His mark had then been made
Mesmerised and compromised
His words they danced, they swayed
Curious she felt herself
To question all before
She withdrew, she had to do
Her soul cried out for more
So should she steer this trepid course
And dare adventure’s scorn
Or now bestow a closing line
Forever thence to mourn?
To wonder in those moments when
We wond...

Friday 30th July 2010 5:27 pm

Christian Act

snatched away that Christ of ours
how dare they hold his name
the four by two, the horn ed beast
mired in the finance game
do not degrade the grace of God
you evil, bitter brood
now pay the price, and darkly skulk
your pratices pursued
children of the Satan go
and wear the golden sign
too many centuries have passed
long now you've had your time
hide the beards, confine...

Monday 8th February 2010 5:33 pm

Sundae Afternoon

round and peachy poised as though
awaiting judgement at a show
alabaster statuesque
her arms lay spread across the desk
gentle tremor evident
to hold position as she bent
agreeable participant
she blushed as gushed a little pant
all that had been long awaited
in an instant had her sated
sound reverberated though
a wanton soul now truly knew
the satisfaction which she took
in taking b...

Sunday 7th February 2010 2:52 pm

Regale Regalia

Regalia Hogweed, notable dunce
came up with a great idea for once.
If fish were flat, and houses went round,
and causes were lost before they'd been found,
then why O why should she carry the can
for the troubles and bubbles that others began.
Enough is enough, she stamped on her shoe,
a girl's got to do what a girl's go to do,
no longer shall I let them offer my name...

Thursday 4th February 2010 7:30 pm

Hidden Joy

say gailey twist and then unfurl
as all about the daisies whirl
there speckled shaddows filter through
the lively light of morning dew
and all that dance as hear the tune
shall claim to be a part of June
alive alive the warming sun
where life and love parade as one
drift off with them go dream a while
reflect the joy of Summer's smile....

Thursday 4th February 2010 7:05 pm

G'day Fromelles

no one knew the valliance shown
save those alongside, likewise mown
they shared the day, that living hell
bodies forever where they fell
ripped apart, thud thud thud, then
sucked and swallowed by the mud
as there the fearfull also claimed
cowards, too mortally maimed
a yard of ground for each poor sod
known only now unto their God...

Wednesday 3rd February 2010 1:13 pm

On your knees

On your knees before me
Head bowed, filled with shame
My presence is absorbing
As I softly speak your name

Gentle, but with firm command
My voice so resonates
You attend to every breath I take
Your heart pounds as it waits

So enclosed and so aware
Confined within this time
I’m wrapped around you totally
You feel so much, you’re mine

Anticipation so excites
Inflames y...

Tuesday 19th January 2010 5:30 pm

Denial

Black cast the sky an ugly mood
As she faltered down the lane
That evening, that last byway
She would ever use again
As round her wrapped the weather's hand
And steered her with control
Her only mind and focus was
On what would soon console
A smile in homely sanctuary
That inviting, friendly place
The comfort and relief then found
Within a warm embrace
And with these thoughts...

Monday 18th January 2010 7:20 pm

Time to stand still

Tock tock ,
broken clock,
hanging the wall…
don’t know why he leaves you there,
I’ve no idea at all.
In fact, looking round this room right now
it seems that time’s stood still,
he’s never changed a thing in here,
and I hope he never will.
Tock tock ,
broken clock,
hanging the wall…
don’t know why he left you there,
I...

Monday 18th January 2010 6:47 pm

Joy to watch

I joy to watch the ragged crow
Who soars betweens the gusts as though
He cares not where, he minds not when
He tacks upon his course again
As so assured and so aware
He glides amongst the autumn there
He cries his lofty, chilled lament
With dark suggestion, free intent
So independent with disdain
He glances back to me again
And off as pointless as he came
Without procedure, without aim...

Saturday 9th January 2010 8:43 pm

Castle Keep

There stands defiant before you
the cold stone castle keep.
The moss and lichen drying
the bitter tears it weeps.
Green and grey blend in between
the rocks so manfully hewn.
As north wind chases though its heart
playing a haunting tune.
And all around a shroud encased
the shadow nightfall brings.
It wraps its hands around this face,
the foot beneath its wings.
And stan...