Fascism-lovers,

those slow-boiled frogs keep smiling:

oops a daisy; splat!

Le Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh,

dé Sathairn, an seachtú lá déag, Mhí Eanáir,

An Bhliain Dhá Mhíle is Fiche a sé

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Rent a Gob Fartage, please quit ballooning, we have had enough,

Of your complaining that your bank’s given you the old ho-heave,                                                                                        

So why don’t you (in short sharp jerky movements) just bloody well bugger right off,

Your best ever promise was, if Brexit was a failure, the UK you would leave,

So sod r...

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The last time that I wrote in or spoke French was about ten years ago. This is the first time I’ve ever written a poem in French; so I hope that this blog post will not be, like Brexit, a Titanic débâcle. Any corrections or advice will be welcome.

La dernière fois que j'ai écrit ou que j’ai parlé le français, était il y a une dizaine d’années. Et c’est la toute première fois que j’ai écrit un p...

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COMEDY HITLER

Comedy Hitler?
Freddie Starr? Charlie Chaplin?
No - Nigel Farage

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Drinking in my local

last dullday afternoon

soft drizzle outside

nothing much happening

usual 21st c. sense of ennui

when the door burst open

and a woman danced in

spinning wheeling pirouetting 

across the floor 

up on to a table

scattering drinkers before her

eyes flashing devilment and untamed fire

the shimmer of her dress was scarlet, 

silver, pu...

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