Poetry Blog by Tommy Carroll
His
Yesterday I stood
Staring at the moon
Hoping His Royal Majesty
Hurrys up and gets well soon.
Sunday 11th April 2021 12:20 pm
Sleeping
We've each got different partners now
and we're having a real nice time
we both agreed to separate
Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme
We both were once so in love
now we just stay in touch
we cherish the time we once had
as we don't see each other much.
I once saw her on the bus
once chatted on the phone
we've sent each other a couple of texts
at work, on the bus, and at home.
...
Thursday 8th April 2021 11:40 pm
Windy Blowings
Very many sadness
Very many loss
Very many leavings
That weigh a heavy cross
If all the very manys
Had weight the weight of floss
Then all the windy blowings
Would blow away the dross.
Words and image
Thomas H Carroll esq
Friday 26th March 2021 10:52 pm
Idealism: Philosophy made simple
To the IDEALIST it's all in the mind
So the next time in company you find
Your in a BAR with the former
And fancy beer and a Korma
Let THEM pay the bill all the time.
Words and foto T Carroll
Tuesday 2nd March 2021 9:38 pm
Under 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
re-edit
Friday 12th February 2021 8:19 pm
Spoke
Aphasia...
IS STORMING THROUGH...
LIKE THE WASTED
TRAIN LINE TANGLE
and is caused by developmental issues or damage to the anterior regions of the brain...
OF THE WORD SPATE
THAT THE CONFETTI FICATION OF MEANING
HAS ALL ABOUT ME THE POINTLESS EFFORT
OF MY TONGUE
...and the lost direction of that wasted search
MY TSUNAMI CHIMES
ITS DIZZY BRAIN CELL PATTERN
LIKE RINGING BENDS OF THINKING
Tuesday 9th February 2021 9:31 pm
Recuperation
Like that bend in the argument
Like that wait
Like that recovering
From it
And we looked sideways at each other
then there was recovery
and that touch smiled
away each and every point
that we had both planned.
words and image Tommy Carroll
Tuesday 26th January 2021 8:29 pm
Fighting the hidden enemy
When microbes
copulate with
politicians and Law
it spawns a virus
with which
to lock up the poor
whether
home becomes Jail
or
sickened by a spore
It's the
cell or the ward
for you that's
in store.
Words and image by Tommy Carroll
Thursday 14th January 2021 5:48 pm
Planning her Escape
He said-
''Hey see this? and that?
-he pointed at the washing-
then get it sorted.''
She said-
''where's the money for the windows?''
The window cleaner avoided eye contact.
She said-
''there's no tea!''
He sat quietly.
She walked into the kitchen
- touched a swelling eye-
and planned her escape.
Words and foto Tommy Carroll
Monday 11th January 2021 10:45 pm
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