Change of venue for The Poetry Train
Just a note to all that may be interested that I have changed the venue for The Poetry Train open mic event in Wolverhampton. It will now be held at the Britannia Hotel in Lichfield St Wolverhampton on the last Wednesday of each month. for more info please go to the gig guide. Thanks.
Monday 11th April 2011 1:48 pm
A couple of poems for Haiti
HAITI
Tears of dust
Fall from façades
That hang, for a moment,
On the bones of architecture.
The degrading rubble wears the scent of decay.
Today- the buildings died!
But more...
Because within the random crypts
Are encased the fragments of life.
Family trees have been amputated
And the amputees weep for their lost limbs.
IT’S BE...
Tuesday 2nd February 2010 1:59 pm
Under the Machine
UNDER THE MACHINE
In Childhood
In awe
Of the power
The form
The possibilities
The reach
The complex beauty of creation.
Invention
That lengthens our stride
-Inwardly, outwardly-
Enhancing life
Turning cogs
Thrusting rods
Limitless boundaries of exploration.
Connecting
Village to village
City to city
Country to country
World to world,
Mind to mind,
Cyber pathways of neural conn...
Thursday 22nd October 2009 2:32 pm
A point of contention, I'm sure...
"Oh how I wish I could laugh out loud in the silent confusion!". The one thing I despair about in the poetry world is that everyone wants to repaint your picture rather than accept that it is your picture in your style and with your colours. If you like the picture, then that's great, if you don't, well that's fine too, but please don't try to touch up my work, rather paint your own. I offer it ...
Wednesday 21st October 2009 1:52 pm
Scars...again...
SCARS
Crudely
Dissected,
A body
Dispersed
In allegoric
Confusion.
Illusion of intent,
Bound in bales of deceit.
Repeated act
Of global harmony
Extracts the tongue;
A serial conspiracy
To silence the voice
Of choice.
Product refinement?
Product alignment!
The consignment
Dispatched
By male order:
Discrete delivery
To the Frankenstiens
Of slavery.
Tuesday 20th October 2009 8:29 pm
COFFEE CUPS AND PLATES
COFFEE CUPS AND PLATES
Sticky rings of coffee
Punctuate the flat
Like lost moments,
Sharing their space
With ash and singed paint.
Mugs are drowning in cold dishwater
And plates lie dying
With memories of meals
Painted on their glaze.
Artefacts of a life
Decorate the walls,
Small portals to nostalgia
Flavouring the mind with a taste of history.
Yesterday’s stale loaf
With a sever...
Tuesday 20th October 2009 4:51 pm
Reluctant Sculpture
Here's one I wrote a couple of years ago, but have resurrected in light of the recent unveiling of the sculpture in rememberance of 7/7....
THE RELUCTANT SCULPTURE
Torn edges sparkle like wet sap in the summer sun,
Sequined edges to the red and blue fabric of the sculpture.
The pure symmetry of its’ form has been dispersed in abstract torture
Casting off its’ purpose with helpless distr...
Thursday 16th July 2009 4:53 pm
SCARS
SCARS
Crudely
Dissected,
A body
Dispersed
In allegoric
Confusion.
Illusion of intent,
Bound in bales of deceit.
Repeated act
Of global harmony
Extracts the tongue;
A serial conspiracy
To silence the voice
Of choice.
Product refinement?
Product alignment!
The consignment
Dispatched
By male order:
Discrete delivery
To the Frankenstiens
Of slavery.
Wednesday 15th July 2009 8:35 pm
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