Monthly Archives: September 2013

A Fox On My Box

26/09/2013Childhoodanotherliverpoolpoet

I looked out of my bedroom window

And what did I see?

A pair of eyes looking back at me

The fox I’m sure just smiled below.

I waved and grinned to show my love

And what did I see?

A fox cub so pleased to feel so free

While I looked down from just above.

When I looked down again there was no fox

And what did I see?

A hound came sniffing so angrily

Round and round our cardboard box.

At last the hound went on its way

And what did I see?

My little fox sits on the box in glee

Making her special to me today.

Reaching Fifty? Bitter Sweet

26/09/2013What Passes for Humouranotherliverpoolpoet

Reaching fifty? Oh, what a bore!

Stunners glancing at the floor

Seeing me wrinkly and so mature

Devalued by my roaring snore

No longer flashing up a score

A frumpy grump and what’s more

Returning laden from the corner store

Unpacking Domestos, not Allure

Finding joy in a household chore

The mirror reflects a mother-in-law

Rush for the bedroom make-up drawer

Hot tears well up as they have before.

Now stop it, stop it, just don’t get bitter

Foundation first, but where’s the glitter?

The Dead Don’t Count

15/09/2013World War 1 - 100 Years Onanotherliverpoolpoet

The piled up sandstone names
Carved there, glaring
Aghast at how their sacrifice
Is wasted, profligately.

Their sandstone voices shunned
Their calls unheard
Barking condemnation
At the shallow makers
Of national policy
Who, unmindful of them
Steer our country towards
Rocks of madness.

And yet with honeyed words
And sleeky mouthings
Our politicians
Duck, bow and bob
Their creaking, glassy shoes
Immaculate
Twinned with gloating suits
Parading opulence.

Polished faces feign reverence
Of our youthful dead
For sly policy, lies and betrayal
Nullify past sacrifice and love.