When you ride the surging passion And are engulfed within the roar When you urge the team to fashion One more victory, then you soar. Then you soar towards the heavens You soar among the stars Goals may not come in sevens But we dream of ‘spectaculars’. Such passion overwhelms you […]
There once was a leopard called Flick Trained to perform an unusual trick He could stand on his tail Downing pints of real ale And sway there until he was sick.
The patterned leopard, sweaty at the Clinic Waits with lolling tongue as dry as chalk Spotted fur drenched as he tries to mimic The bravest cat who ever walked the walk. Twitchy whiskers betray one lumpy, jumpy cat As crawling minutes tick and deadly seconds tock Awaits a call to pad towards the Physio’s mat […]
Lying weakly draped on our grand settee Where the hell is that leopard taking me? That leopard who with the sharpest claws Held high the World in his spotted paws. Growling, croaking, so overcome by germs Groaning at nurse to bring this ‘flu’ to terms Battling to hold leopard’s sickly paws aloft Insisting this feline […]
Leopard, leopard, leaping, leaping Snarling, gasping, forehand reaping Catching thigh on sharp table corner Sore limbs scream for Physio Lorna Backhand speeding, super-swerving Rivals’ mouths glint quite unnerving As points stack up against us two Leopard snarls in this human zoo. No longer a leopard of seventeen Many […]
I call on our PM to stop it Before I troop out there and cop it. 2013 Still commenting on one of our campaigns, this time Afghanistan. Please note: in the British Army of the 19th Century, a detachment of men would be chosen to make an attack which all knew to be suicidal, thereby making […]
That beautiful face Flawless Sweet yet out of grace Lawless. A mind deformed Empty of regret. Evil unreformed The Devil truly met. Flashing fury Mayhem bloody. The nurse just gory Another study. So this is He The Devil disguised. The victim’s plea Unrecognised. Mischance and Beautiful Devil are a pair of poems describing the […]
What mischance, what mis-wiring of a human mind can bring Such devastation, such vengeful passion on another’s head? The Devil cloaked in beauty that could make the angels sing Wreaked terror unprovoked, and cast the bird of evil on the wing. (Mischance and Beautiful Devil are a pair of poems describing the same event. […]
The tale of a brilliant and plucky Liverpool boy defying the play of Titans O ‘twas a most remarkable and memorable golfing game To astound our host of most adoring admirers we stood tall When three brave souls whose hearts are mainly free of blame Manly struck and strove to welly hence the lightning ball. […]
A coruscating, flashing 3-wood by the ancient Master Tore this mighty hole to absolute defeat and shreds While his puny partner toyed with unravelling disaster Imperious the stride as on the green the Master treads. A tiny cough to clear that icy brain before the rolling stroke Like honey caressing the silky green to seal […]
On the day they let a Scoose marauder in The auld boys sat there chunnerin’, makin’ a din Why now do we stoop to admit a Scooser When wha’ we need is a fine young mouser? Ne’er worry thy ancient heids aboot it He’s nae a challenge, he is nae fit Tae break oor records […]
Balls, plucked from the hat Decide how the hand of Fate Would crash amongst us Red and Blue sent where Some lived while some would die. Intertwined, our scarves twist Catch, unfurl and separate Blue to the Villa, Red march On Hillsborough, hooked On fierce pins of Destiny. Same streets, houses, pubs Same mates, shops, […]
LAMENT OF THE YEARS That we might taste justice and emerge cleansed from the lies of vipers Twelve Poems Eight lines in each Ninety-six lines Dawn of the Day Suck You In And Spit You Out Wrath of the Dead Lament of the Living Cold Hearth, Cold Bedroom Seek and Ye Shall be Ignored […]
I turned aside a beggar at our Pisa taxi rank But later thought my repelling horror stank As he tutted, swore and shuffled slow away One chance encounter not to make our day. I shuddered that he saw me and approached Targeted when I was otherwise engrossed Challenged as arbiter of this beggar’s fate I […]
Forty-five minutes and we’re all done Baked and frazzled like some currant bun. That man Kelly, he’s to blame His indiscretions a bloody shame. He’s done it now, the suspected suicide Nodding to the altar of another’s pride. The political Magician, a-gleam with revelation Certain in his piety as he dupes a doubting nation. […]
Thank you for loving me long after the hour When milk turns sour. Thank you for the love you gift me every day Long after kids come in from play.
Pray you, out here, somewhere, I have forgot me Where may I find my precious, unlived, mislaid life? When last I knew I sniped behind some plum tree Billy-fear-not immune from this so clamorous strife. Well, Billy Boy, our politicians a-dream with swanky glory Have spent your life and gleam, unhindered by your puny fury. […]
As I sent many to the Wars I had a thought that gave me pause What if the lies that sprang from me Would cling liked dried, coagulated blood On other mouths, on other faces Faces which, if they but could Would wipe my lies from memory. 2007
Ah! You still here? It can’t be just the pleasant beer. But as I was saying Before those press boys came a-baying. I’m sort of just a regular guy With all that that then can imply. Those Tories were a heinous crowd In whom the country can’t be proud. Our fortunes they had truly wasted […]
The case against poor David Kelly In retrospect looks rather smelly. 2007
I may be tacky round the edges But I have given golden pledges Your sons and daughters lie safe with me Lie safe, that is, in some cemetery. 2007
We must consider, in this august Committee Designing headstones, more’s the pity. Fit for splintered girls and headless boys Who fought and died for one man’s ploys. World War headstones won’t suffice As they would cost too high a price. All that carving and all that pride Surely unnecessary, on the other side. Something simpler, […]
Have you noticed, Cheryl sweet How Time slips under others’ feet Yet we are still prevailed upon To slip Hobbs and Per Una on. To flash Chanel and fling the Bling Our silken hose, our golden string Our winning ways, our fabled charm Still keep us safe and free from harm. Yet many a scented […]
Lie you so softly in those sensuous sheets As dazed in sleep you disconnected stir Then mutter nothings sending me in pleats As nostrils twitch at faint changes in the air. Electrifying thrills of shapes beneath the folds And all akimbo sadly sheltered from my view An arm still braceleted appears and so unfolds More […]
My smiling mind shouts ‘Yes please’ Flying fast across the seven seas For Laura She’s deep inside my beating heart Waiting for this love to start For Laura The bonds that bind me to this girl Throw me in a whizzing whirl For Laura My head and toes and heart are light As fancy spins […]