Monthly Archives: April 2021

Sad Thoughts Just a wearying for them All the sad folk who clutter up our television Getting our attention so very often For just a few contaminated moments That woman murdered by an estranged partner Two children killed by a father who shot himself later A black man kneed to death by a guilty policemanContinue reading “Poetry Continues”

Paper Boy I was a paper boy once Better that than school where I was a dunce “Pay-per, pay-per, World get yourWorld,” I would cry Shouting at people in the hope that they would buy Selling on corners or trams going past Carefully ensuring no step was my last That life was hard and neverContinue reading “More Poems Still”

Listen To The Voices The ancient forest is dying The angry sky is alight All the wild things are crying As wildfire cremates the night A child cries out in the madness “What have you done to my world?” Neocons ignore the sadness With fingers round profits curled The time-honoured farm’s under water As theContinue reading “More Thoughts”