Budgetbeaters Breakout

(a poem about some supermarket tolleys that are literally ed up of being pushed around)

searchlights scan
from supermarkets
six trollys have gone AWOL

they made the break
at five past eight
sick of Pepto Bismol

six tollys
they have gone to ground
upturned by the garden hedge
they've got to know some mattresses
who've been living on the edge

I Wait By The Car

she

wakes without warning
tugging she
curtains
just enough to cut the dust

i check the post

she searches for something
something to slurp
last night's curry
depleated, reheated;
devoured in bed

i butter some toast

she

shuffles off to the bathroom
splashes about
toothbrush on full
mirrored on tiptoe
draining the dam

i feed the cat

she

searches seeks out something
something to wear
steps into a dress
ties a scarf in her hair
then
changes her mind regardless of time!

i wait by the car

Spellbound

she casts her spell

where e’er she goes

a light dusting of my coat

it makes me scratch

and itch all day

and no known antidote!

Remember The Woods

we used to run amok

about the woods

screaming “Watch out, Gerrys!”

no time for woodland creatures

bluebells, bracken or berries

building our dens

from the things that we found

pinecone grenades

hurled down from the  mound

all charging out with pointed sticks

bloodcurdling war crys of DIE!

but......

as mother always used to say

“it’s all fun and games

till someone loses an eye!”

Bar des Arts - Guildford

Thank you to Janice and Donall for inviting me to perform at your "Pop Up Lurve Poetry" night. Well worth the trip, hope to see you again soon =;-)

Las Vegas Poets.org

Great to do two spots in Las Vegas. First an open mic @ The Beat Cafe Downtown Vegas and the second  a slam at the beautifully sleazy Double Down Saloon. Very enjoyable meeting and performing with American poets & making some new friends to boot.....not literally.

Focus

they said
Monroe and Miller
could never work out
but their lifestyles 
were
at least a rhyme

she all sexual
and he intellectual
oft to focus
upon his time

they said
Monroe and Miller
could never be
you see
she loved a Manhattan
but he
an iced tea (nice tea)