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These rooms are cleaner, tidier now,
Shorn of their clutter, anyhow.
Mum’s flat echoes, to my heavy tread,
as I pace to the beat of an empty drum,
gathering mem’ries of my dear old mum.
I lean across her dining table,
To eat some food, where she last fed.
Her chair is empty, but still bears the scars,
The detritus of her toast and jam.
faint vestiges of mum’s cu...
Tuesday 7th March 2023 9:47 am
The A64 Blues
I got the driving back to Malton,
On the endless A64 blues!
I can’t listen to the radio,
I don’t want to hear the news!
All the dire warnings
And all the tedious queues!
I got the driving back to Malton,
On the endless A64 blues!
Stuck behind some tractors,
And a mobile port-a-loo,
I’ve missed yet another meeting,
This is a right fine how-do-do!
I got the ...
Thursday 23rd February 2023 10:03 am
All Roads Lead to Malton
Ohnoitshimagain!
Hi All
I have produced a second collection of poetry. This time it's my life story in poetry, 'All Roads lead to Malton:
Poetry, to remember.' (it's better than it sounds!)
It's available on Amazon:
All proceeds go to the Teenage Cancer Trust and it's only £6.99.
Thanks go to everyone who bought 'Released on Licence.'
...Sunday 5th February 2023 5:23 pm
Capital Punishment
A bus conductor, based in Texas,
Was sentenced to the electric chair,
For throwing old ladies off the bus.
His aim was notoriety.
His infamy was established, thus.
Now, not all states still have the Chair,
But Texas keeps that 'facility' there,
So, Harry was considered unlucky.
But, then again, not nearly as unlucky,
As the poor old ladies, he threw off the bus!
...
Thursday 19th January 2023 11:40 am
Winter, 1963
It was the dawning of an Ice Age,
The Winter of 1963,
An eerie silence, an uneasy calm,
We were all cut adrift on Malton Road,
No cars were moving in, or out.
We clapped our hands to keep them warm
And wore our coats inside the house.
I fashioned a path through the frozen snow,
A fearless youngster, with nerves of steel,
Digging on, with snow above my head,
...
Monday 16th January 2023 1:41 pm
Comfort me with Green
I need my father and my brother back,
Their sins and crimes I will overlook!
I just need my family nearer to me,
To provide more material for another book.
Let’s drink, once more from the loving cup!
Let’s toast “The Family!” with dry champagne!
(I just hope Wills doesn’t beat me up,
Or throw me out when he starts to reign!)
I do have a beautiful actor-wife,
An...
Sunday 15th January 2023 2:00 pm
The U.K.'s Space Mission
Our Scene is set in Cape Canaveral,
At a Space Convention, held in the U.S. of A.,
The major players were speaking there,
And they all had plenty to say,
Projects exploring outer space,
Daring, audacious, in every way.
Boris Johnson spoke up for the good old U.K.
He was chipper, smug, lively, and bright.
Boris made some rocket noises,
So, he judged the tone just rig...
Wednesday 11th January 2023 11:55 am
The Potato-Head Family
Mister and Missus Potato-Head,
had a lovely young daughter called Jean.
Some beautiful spuds grew in their bed,
but Jean was the finest they’d ever seen,
and now it was time that she was wed!
Jean Potato-Head was to be a fine bride!
Mister Potato-Head took her aside,
she needed an adult potato’s advice,
for in affairs of the heart, she was green.
“You can have...
Saturday 7th January 2023 8:12 pm
A Telegram to Santa Barbara
Harry
We are all very sorry
It must be torture for you
With all that money
And nothing to do
Except moan
Incessantly
About your brother and your pop
Stop
Ps life is shit
We all have to learn to deal with it
Stop
Wills will receive the kingdom
But at least you have some hair
By the way mate you got any cash
Going Spare?
Stop
Please STOP
Stop....
Friday 6th January 2023 9:36 am
Waiting, again
Life is but a waking dream,
Surrounded by a fitful sleep.
We stagger around, to get Life started,
But it’s over, before it’s begun.
Me? I’ve been ambushed by the setting sun.
What, then, shall I say of this day?
That I lived, I loved, I met with friends,
But Mr Godot did not come,
Even though I waited,
Waited until the very end.
Mr Godot: he sees me from ab...
Wednesday 4th January 2023 7:33 pm
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