Once there was a weary traveller…
‘’I’ve told you to put your uniform in the wash!’’
Who pined for rest and comfort
The night was drawing, CRASH- ‘’ Oh, here give me that’’
The night was drawing in so fast
And there seemed no place to slumber
‘’I’ve told you a million times go to bed’’
A good night’s sleep was their only need
But fate would have other ideas…
‘’Mum, the cat got out aga...
What a notion
To finish a poem
With such a line
That is just fine
And not only that
But it’s meaning is flat
Stretching this metaphor wide
So it fits round the side
And to the end to make sense
How can we shut what must be an omen
It’s very clear that the implement is broken
I cannot conceive that this would be spoken
“He shut the door wide open” Aha!...
Have you ever been close to something so disproportionate in size to you, so mammoth and looming, that your entire body has turned to jelly and a sense of impending doom has settled into your bones? Think gigantic, towering, impossibly fluffy, spotted all over, life sized and like giraffe.
Now let’s couple that with the searing fluorescence of light strips and screens over and around head. Surro...
“Can I return these please?”, she inquires,
As book after book appears from a tote bag
“How much to use the photocopier?”, he asks,
As he brandishes old newspapers and a 50p
“Please may I book a carrel, for 4pm?” they request
As they fidget with the straps of a too heavy rucksack
I overheard these words in the library as I sat Whispered demands & casual courtesy
Obliged by its custodians just ...
To think of you lying there
As blows came raining down on your beautiful head
As feet trampled that space where gorgeous laughter emerged
As a crowd decried your being unnatural and unwelcome
I am filled with a sorrow so deep no light can touch it
To think of you still standing here
As you laid claim to that hurt and made them guilty
As you gave truth a face and never looked away even when y...
