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Unnamed Malefactor Begone dull foolAnd take your pretence with youYouWho thrust yourselfInto the lives of other foolsWho vote for youLike ants attracted to sugarGet thee henceOut of my lifeAnd the existence of othersFor you are an evil spiritDerived from the dark side of thingsWhere lies flourishAnd truth is hushed upBy entrepreneurs of greedYes,I hear youTellingContinue reading “Sound Of A Humble Voice”

A Love Affair Once I fell in loveIt was a strange feelingUnknown beforeChanged me so much it’s hard to explainI was suddenly strongUndaunted by the world’s previous hostilityI noticed beautiful thingsOnce unseenBy an embryo in adult clothingEven the sun seemed friendly on a hot dayRain was funAs you shared an umbrellaThe moon was a lovers’Continue reading “The Way Of Things”

Political Gimmickry Have you noticedHow words flow from a politician’s tongueLike melting ice cream:An endless stream of non sequitursDisguisedAs meaningful discourseSprinkled with emotional clichés such asFreedomOur way of lifeTrue friendsThe nation will triumphTime immemorialOr history will make it so?That is the way they do things these daysPoliticallyThese loquacious figurinesCarefully avoidingVerbal evidence of their misdemeanoursAs theyContinue reading “Towards A Better World”

Privatisation It is a planMade with élanTo let the greedyTake from the needySo a get rich clique rulesBy selling cheaply our jewelsAs life goes on at a furious paceCompletely at the mercy of the market placeIt is a schemeWith a sinister themeTo sell what is treasured as oursLike a commonplace bunch of flowersSo that peopleContinue reading “You Decide On A Title”

Heaven When I am deadWhere will you find me?Look for meIn a rainbow after a stormIn a morning mistIn a bird’s wings as it masters the airIn the petals of a flower in an old man’s gardenIn a sunrise over a silent seaIn a moonbeam filtering through tall treesIn the first star after sunsetIn aContinue reading “A Rose Or Two To Smell”

Vote For Me Now I declareYou have the chanceTo get me into powerSo listen wellHere is my stanceMy plan at this witching hourI’m dedicatedAnd very well ableTo make our country greatSo hurry nowAnd vote for the fableEre rivals shut the gateNow I am oneOf this world’s attackersAnd I will fulfil your dreamsI get things doneWithContinue reading “Lessons From The Superannuated”

It’s a funny place an old man’s night It’s a funny place an old man’s nightFunny peculiar I meanHere you hang, tangled in all the might-have-beensThings that now can never be doneRapt yet in ended conversationsSmothered in kisses now trapped in dustTogether with the lips that gave themYou bang your head against your recollectionsOf yourContinue reading “Yet More Thoughts”

Quod erat demonstrandum Ode to a media personage Look at youYou cunning deceiverArtful falsifierSharp-witted monstrosity of the airwavesChoosing to questionSomeoneWhose answers you already knowQuestions flow from your lipsLike drivelFrom the mouth of a circus monkeyTrained to make purposive mistakesAnd so the show goes onAs you post the trashFor the sake of your own political agendaDealingNotContinue reading “Wayward Thoughts”

Enemies SoYou want to build weaponsMore powerfulThan we could ever dream ofVast devices linked to fissionPerfect in every wayBut O so costlyNot millions but billions is the predictionSo someone must be inspired to payThough what is the point in a peaceful world?Of course, yesEnemies are neededSo devise them, contrive themThen stir the witches’ brewWith theContinue reading “What Do YOU Think?”

POEMS OF TROUBLED TIMES Preface These poems were all written in May 2019. The poems are about people and the weather. The ideas each contains may be different but there is that common thread. Young people in particular these days seem to be passionate about global warming. Recent examples of this emotion in young demonstratorsContinue reading “And The Rivers Rose”