Best of Manchester Poets Volume 2
‘Restless Art’ and ‘Seagull Shaped’ are two bookends of a beautiful Manchester love affair that lasted just as long as it should have done, the latter due to be published in Best of Manchester Poets Volume 2 in December. The former - also about the indecision between two people - was originally called "Red", who provided much of the inspiration for the poem and, indeed, coined its eventual titl...
Sunday 6th November 2011 10:02 pm
poetry from Tudor House, November 2009
Signs
Mother says I eat fast when I’m unhappy,
Like I have got used to there being no time.
She looks for signs like this
Knowing that only after
Will she find out what was wrong,
Pours the wine, loosens tongues,
Serves up all the desserts I have ever loved.
Th...
Sunday 15th November 2009 12:45 am
Evil Winks at the Camera
America opted not to take the nuclear option that was Sarah Palin; in case anybody thinks this poem is no longer relevant, she - at least - thinks that Palin 2012 has a ring about it. Lest we forget, this is called
Evil winks at the camera
I betcha, doggone ya
A hideous malfunction of the American dream
And I don’t want to sound like I’m pr...
Saturday 22nd November 2008 11:16 pm
A Girl Like Faith
It's a modern trend that we are asked to give our opinion on the news - email us! visit the website! vote for your villains and heroes! - but sometimes people forget that the individuals in the news are real, often people who have never asked to be famous and by the misfortune of a tragedy are suddenly up for public consumption, an interpretation - denigration - of character by those who have n...
Friday 12th September 2008 4:26 am
Recent Comments
John Coopey on Eradicating an old flame pain
2 hours ago
Reggie's Ghost on Wild Dogs
5 hours ago
rob1967able on tearing us apart.
5 hours ago
Manish Singh Rajput on Sitting To Write
8 hours ago
Manish Singh Rajput on Peninsula
8 hours ago
Carpe Diem on Breathe
8 hours ago
Tim Higbee on Peninsula
12 hours ago
Auracle on In memoriam...
14 hours ago
Auracle on Fred's dilemma
14 hours ago
Auracle on Another Shadow
15 hours ago