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Concrete and Narrow
Concrete boots
On a narrow path
Deviation is not forbidden
But definitely not forgiven
Straitjacket
Straight line
At a pinch we'll turn our head
Glance at a difference
Peer at something, with difficulty
At a crossroads we're lost
A particle tossed in the wind
A molecule crushed
The monster's mouth
Dines ...
Wednesday 10th December 2025 12:55 pm
Dockery Plantation Blues
Dockery Plantation Blues
In a Mississippi graveyard,
as the midnight hour crawls,
sits a young boy and his guitar
wailing tunes at the moon.
He prays his fingers faster
as they dance across the frets,
weeping at his inability
to speak in tongues from the strings.
He is lost in a fugue
of chaotic chords and strumming,
as the Delta Blues pour muddy,
like the churning brown river,
fr...
Thursday 26th March 2015 7:48 pm
Crossroads - my National Poetry Day piece
I feel like I'm at a crossroads,
a path I do not know.
The future's looking complex as a vortex
as I continue to grow.
Do I wait in frantic futility
brazenly biting my lip and learning humility?
I see you stuck in Stockholm
waiting for the day that you finally come home.
Destined for greatness
yet thwarted by gravity and quicksand
...
Friday 5th October 2012 8:29 pm

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