Poetry

As the Lights Dim and Die

POETRY: On my mother’s peaceful final hours.

Mar 18 •

Somebody’s Stolen the Moon

POETRY: America darkly metamorphoses, and the Me is looming close

Mar 11 •

The Wedding Poem

Tongue-tied and need to say something at a wedding? Here’s some sparkle to sprinkle on your speech.

Mar 6 •

LOVE-LUST POEM #3: Frustration. Barriers. Desire.

Mar 2 •

On The Struggle Of A Poetry Grump When Confronted With Free Verse That Isn’t

Scuffling with poetry that fails to resonate, blooms and dies. Parched flowers in the dark.

Feb 25 •

LOVE-LUST POEM #2: The heavenly choir. Peacefully blessed. Simple desire in an infinite cosmos.

Feb 14 •

POETRY: Cause and consequences, the concertina of time, human failings.

Feb 11 •

Buzzer’s Call

Mum died. I stay busy, yes-yes I’m OK, OK, I’m fine. But Hamlet broods. Grief grows like ivy – delicate, lingering, and rooted in these three poems. On…

Feb 6 •

LOVE-LUST POEM #1: Rawness. Intensity. Yearning.

Jan 31 •

POETRY: I’ll never be done with my life in the north

Jan 13 •

Five Sheets or Less

POETRY: passion’s fading spark; the end of pornography; littered hinterlands

Dec 23, 2024 •

Some drive-by verse, rattling along mainly as a hook to hang my opinions on AI-bonkers illustrations

Dec 9, 2024 •

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