Poetry Blog by Trevor Alexander
Tags from last 12 months
Oxford Comma
The mint is rousing incandescent ire
to prompt a famous writer’s Twitter shout,
with grammar nazis fuelling the fire,
because an Oxford comma’s been left out.
They’ve struck a coin to honour Brexit day
and that’s what all the brouhaha’s about;
‘cause many of these angry people say
the Oxford comma shouldn’t be left out.
There’s just as many say there is no need,
...Thursday 30th January 2020 12:03 am
January
January is a bummer,
New Year’s done and no more Chrimbo;
still a long time until summer,
leaves us floating here in limbo.
Weather’s awful, really draining,
fog and drizzle never stopping;
had my fill of entertaining,
can’t afford to go out shopping.
TV isn’t what it could be;
all the movies dull and boring.
Even action thrillers leave me
lying on the so...
Monday 20th January 2020 12:22 am
Accusation
A thousand native species dead
beneath the skies of flickering red;
their tears of anger and frustration
flood over us in accusation.
Wednesday 15th January 2020 8:31 pm
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