Poetry Blog by Tommy Carroll
Tags from last 12 months
Broken Masonry
Not for me another love
like choking fear
It will not budge
I dare not blink
for it now seems
by choosing drink
I dwell in dreams
I grind to bits
my words and teeth
when searching through
my history:
to lift above
what lay beneath
all that broken masonry.
...
words and foto T Carrolly
Wednesday 16th September 2020 7:57 pm
A drink in an Irish bar 2nd visit
{While walking down Connolly's chosen drag}
I chew my thinking
{Wasting sad lost time}
and with drink
point fingers that with
hidden levity choose
{my tomorrow's eating}
the wet poisin
with aplomb.
{bless the 12 who also drank}
photo and words T H Carroll
Saturday 1st August 2020 7:14 pm
A drink in an Irish bar
I chew my thinking
and with drink
point fingers that with
hidden levity choose
the wet poisin
with aplomb.
photo and words T H Carroll
Saturday 1st August 2020 7:13 pm
Lost
It's the only
thing that i'm
looking for
that I've found
that I've once again
lost.
words and foto T Carroll
Tuesday 28th July 2020 10:56 pm
Persephone's Wonderings
The hour is slim!
the time to entwine
with her and
with advantage inhale
the heavy offering
from between the jaws
of her open thighs.
Persephone's tasty flesh
renders her cleft
of wet truth-
she can slake this thirst
can assuage my ache
when enthralled against
the serpent earth
with legs knotted
we lay tangled
in ancient ruin.
words...
Tuesday 14th July 2020 12:04 am
Lock-up
Ankles crossed and
toes waving I
sigh at the clouded
light that creeps
across the kitchen,
through its windowed
permission,
its walls ignored
my jailed stare.
Tomorrow will
welcome frustrating
sunshine.
I look at my stilled toes.
Words and image Tommy Carroll
Monday 29th June 2020 10:48 pm
Watching Stillness
I watched and waited
for this falling light.
How the warmth of
friends
held her spoken
grip.
How the push and shove
just came and went.
How I miss her
and her name
amongst friends.
The morning's ache
against
a worried sky
and long for gaze
betray this shuttered eye.
I wake again...
Words and foto Tommy Carroll
Friday 19th June 2020 12:25 pm
Brexit: just as it ever was
The complainers complaint
is a constant refrain
"Woe is me -points-
they're all to blame!
I'm squeezed in the middle
by those with no name
pity me not them
they're all to blame!
why don't they just send 'em
all off to jail?
give to me not to them
coz they want the same,
give to me not to them
coz they're all to blame
them paki's and blacks
them poles and the lame
the unemplo...
Friday 21st February 2020 2:59 pm
Her Ancient Ruin
The hour is slim!
the time to entwine
with her and
with advantage inhale
the heavy offering
from between the jaws
of her open thighs.
Persephone's tasty flesh
renders her cleft
of wet truth-
she can slake this thirst-
can assuage my ache
when enthralled against
the serpent earth,
with legs knotted,
we lay tangled
in ancient ruin.
words a...
Friday 7th February 2020 3:42 am
t h e. dismissal.
Jan folded the letter
running a finger
along its crease.
She looked up-
somebody was
explaining functionality:
She stared at the
new argument written
on the white board
then returned to the letter
the fold:
another plane pressing
and creasing
vertices missing
corners peaking...
She sighing.
His orientation with her
...Tuesday 21st January 2020 3:03 pm
BREXIT:. A learners guide
Brexit:
A learners guide
Two rabbits in a field
and one says
"Ha you're wearing odd socks!"
The other rabbit didn't reply
as it was counting backwads
from 100.
* *readers feel free to substitute "rabbits" with Economists, polititians or media'
Words and images Tommy Carroll
Thursday 16th January 2020 6:34 pm
Recent Comments
Paul Sayer on Lost (Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:03 am)
Paul Sayer on Persephone's Wonderings (Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:13 am)
Paul Sayer on Watching Stillness (Fri, 19 Jun 2020 06:14 pm)
M.C. Newberry on Brexit: just as it ever was (Sat, 22 Feb 2020 03:10 pm)
Brian Maryon on Brexit: just as it ever was (Fri, 21 Feb 2020 04:19 pm)
Brian Maryon on BREXIT:. A learners guide (Thu, 16 Jan 2020 07:50 pm)
Paul Sayer on Invitus et al (Tue, 31 Dec 2019 06:58 pm)
Tommy Carroll on Invitus et al (Tue, 31 Dec 2019 05:09 pm)
Brian Maryon on Invitus et al (Tue, 31 Dec 2019 05:04 pm)
Martin Elder on t h i n k i n g s i d e w a y s (Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:19 pm)