teenagers (Remove filter)
Where Do You Come From?
Taking my first girlfriend
to the pub at seventeen
Crossing the cobbles
of a gunmetal grey
northern market town
Mitten in glove
warm in our teenage
prototype version of love
A chatterbox pint for me
a tipsy glass of white for her
and we’d find a quiet corner
Invariably, some red-faced
shaven-headed native
furtively eyes my companion
“Where do you come from?”
they’d splutter in th...
Tuesday 19th December 2023 3:07 pm
Song for Laura Lee
Laura Lee, she was my first love
tangled in her parents’ bedsheets
and shadows from the attic window
With my army-surplus shirt
slipping from her shoulders
Laura Lee, she was my first love
my first taste of intimacy
her loving hands upon me
guiding that desire, so deftly
through our discovery and naivety
Laura Lee, she was my first love
our fumbled teenage kisses
quickly blossomed ...
Wednesday 26th August 2020 10:40 am
Recent Comments
7eVen on SWINGING
7 hours ago
John Coopey on LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY I PUT IT TO YOU......
10 hours ago
David RL Moore on Gun in the fridge
10 hours ago
M.C. Newberry on A worthy praising
10 hours ago
M.C. Newberry on Gun in the fridge
11 hours ago
M.C. Newberry on LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY I PUT IT TO YOU......
11 hours ago
John Marks on Radix malorum est cupiditas
11 hours ago
David RL Moore on The Evolution Within
12 hours ago
Stephen Gospage on Radix malorum est cupiditas
14 hours ago
Jon on New Life
15 hours ago