Poetry Blog by Trevor Alexander
Tags from last 12 months
Wounds
Beloved husband
they scribed on the stone,
and it may be true.
There were days when
we bickered and
picked at the scabs
of our lives,
exposed raw wounds
and bled together.
But together, we
salved the hurts, healed
and cared for each other,
so there was the love
at the heart of it.
Thursday 8th April 2021 3:24 pm
Moon
What is your allure,
attracts poets and lovers
to worship in your light?
At best insipid
in full of day,
anonymous, sun-warmed,
then at evening’s fall
become a beacon
to passion’s progress,
a shining symbol
that sweeps the darkness
with cold, unearthly light.
Tuesday 6th April 2021 5:27 pm
Jabs
Lickety-splickety
Science has set us free
With such simplicity
Only two jabs
Pfizer came up with it
Pharmacologically
Overseas holidays
Now up for grabs
Thursday 1st April 2021 5:09 pm
Container Ships
The world still needs container ships
to travel down the shipping highways.
but when they make these trading trips
it’s better not to try it sideways.
Monday 29th March 2021 8:39 pm
Container Ships
The world still needs container ships
to travel down the shipping highways.
But when they make these trading trips
it’s better not to try it sideways.
Sunday 28th March 2021 3:49 pm
Lockdown Hair
I’m fed up now, believe you me,
it’s getting so I cannot see;
it seems to grow at such a speed,
my shaggy lockdown hair.
I know we have to isolate,
and though I squint to compensate,
a barber’s what I really need
to cut my lockdown hair.
It’s grown so long it’s in my eyes
and in the slightest wind it flies,
yet though I try to pay no heed;
I hate my lockd...
Tuesday 23rd March 2021 4:38 pm
Bill the Bard
This is a tale about a guy named Bill
who wrote a lot of sonnets years ago.
I read a few when I had time to kill,
through winter days when sheltering from snow.
It’s no surprise a lot of them are good;
the iambs really complement the rhyme.
I browse them sometimes when I’m in the mood
and marvel, ‘cause the writing is sublime.
There’s only one thing I don’t compre...
Wednesday 17th March 2021 11:02 pm
Limbo
Have you ever had that feeling that you’re living life in limbo,
that nothing much has happened since you finished work for Chrimbo?
The world has passed you by while everybody’s stuck in lockdown,
and waiting till these artificial barriers are knocked down.
Have you ever had that feeling that you’re living life in limbo,
while your aged mother’s watching, standing there with a...
Friday 5th March 2021 9:48 pm
Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan, politician
Gave us his inspiring vision
Now if not for the NHS
We’d all be in a blooming mess
Wednesday 10th February 2021 5:34 pm
Captain Tom Moore
Captain Tom Moore
Didn’t wait for the cure
He went and raised millions
To help save civilians.
Tuesday 9th February 2021 1:21 am
Haggis
If I am correctly concluding
Today Caledonions are brooding
‘Cause there’s no party peeps
Getting tatties and neeps
With much-vaunted sheep’s offal pudding
Monday 25th January 2021 6:34 pm
First Jab
At last I have hope of salvation
I’ve now had my first vaccination
So I’ll wait in the queue
Till the second one’s due
While planning a Spanish vacation
Thursday 21st January 2021 12:48 pm
Chillax
Well the world news of late has been crap
With disasters all over the map
Why can’t we call pax
And simply chillax
With a nice drop of something on tap
Saturday 16th January 2021 4:44 pm
Time Between Jabs
They’ve extended the time between jabs
Though it’s never been tested in labs
So I guess it’s a guess
We must hope for success
And immunity’s still up for grabs
Thursday 14th January 2021 5:28 pm
Insurrection
In his own mind he cannot be a loser,
this is his city, his country, his fief;
those who say different must all be accused of
a plot to support an electoral thief.
His firm belief is that history beckons,
claiming there’s fraud but providing no proof;
tells his adherents to come with their weapons,
march on the Capitol, show their reproof.
Who knows who listened a...
Saturday 9th January 2021 1:11 pm
Glade
The forest glade all swathed in white
masked only by our misty breath.
That pristine floor now blemished by
the foreign footprints that we leave;
and now amid that perfect scene
the booming silence echoes.
Monday 4th January 2021 2:23 pm
This Year
We almost whispered it this year,
the Happy New Year mantra,
for no one wanted to jinx it,
contaminate it with the year that’s gone.
And there’s no wild promises this year,
just a smattering of dry Januarys
and promissory diets
but with no great conviction.
And who would have confidence in this year
after the one that has battered our boundaries
and dented t...
Sunday 3rd January 2021 12:23 pm
Covid Crap
I hate the way we have to live today
in fact sometimes it simply makes me fume;
I wish this Covid crap would go away.
When even children can’t go out to play
and must resort to games in their own room;
I hate the way we have to live today.
When distancing requires that we must stay
at home, and only get to meet by Zoom.
I wish this Covid crap would go away.
...
Friday 1st January 2021 1:18 pm
Recent Comments
Kevin T.S. Tan on Container Ships (Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:50 pm)
Stephen Gospage on Lockdown Hair (Sat, 27 Mar 2021 05:23 pm)
John Coopey on Lockdown Hair (Wed, 24 Mar 2021 09:45 am)
jennifer Malden on Bill the Bard (Sun, 21 Mar 2021 07:51 pm)
M.C. Newberry on Bill the Bard (Thu, 18 Mar 2021 03:34 pm)
Stephen Gospage on Limbo (Sun, 7 Mar 2021 04:46 pm)
jennifer Malden on Limbo (Sat, 6 Mar 2021 05:20 pm)
Tim Ellis on Limbo (Fri, 5 Mar 2021 09:50 pm)
John Coopey on Aneurin Bevan (Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:29 pm)
Stephen Gospage on Aneurin Bevan (Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:23 pm)