Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Poem


 

The Mountains


 

The mountains change colour

As the Sun crosses the sky

The New Moon sits waiting

Like a bright winking eye

To start the night shift

For a world growing dark

'til the Sun rises next morning

To brighten our lives.

Poem

Blueberries


 

Blueberries in my muffins and my pancakes plain

Two of the things that keep me sane

Myers Rum with Cola and Guinness by the pint

Two of the things that keep me tight

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

More poems



 
I'm not sure if I posted some of these before but here they are anyway with 2 new ones

 

 

 

 
A Poem

 


 

They call it the black dog
This depression of mine
It's a pit with no light
This depression of mine
It makes me scared
This depression of mine
It makes me fear happiness
This depression of mine
I wish it would go
This depression of mine

 
In the pub

 
Sitting in the pub
Pint of beer in hand
People all around
Such a happy band

 
Alone in the corner
A strange man to most
Separate from the others
Who make a cheerful host

 
No-one comes to join me
Still I'm all alone
Sitting in the pub
Pint of beer in hand.

 
Meat is murder

 
Some say meat is murder
I eat meat
Am I a murderer?
Or an accomplice?
I don't know
What do I know?
I know I like meat less
As time goes on
I eat less meat
Am I less of a murderer?
Or an accomplice?
I don't know

 
I bought a book

 
I bought a book last week
Writing poetry it was called
So I thought I would write a poem
About a book I bought
Called writing poetry
Here it is
The poem
About a book I bought
Last week

 

 

 

 
If at first

 
If at first you don't succeed they say
Then you must find another way
So gird your loins
And lets away
To live to fight another day.

 
Sleepy

 
I sit in my chair
Feeling sleepy
I jerk awake
I fell off the fence again
It's too soon for bed
I'll wake too early
And sit in my chair
Feeling sleepy

 
Asleep on the train (18 Nov.14)
The sudden drop
I fell off the fence
Pretend I wasn't asleep
I didn't nod off
Hope I didn't drool
The embarrassment
I hope no-one thinks I'm drunk
Best write a poem to stay awake

 

 

 
The Grass is greener

 
The grass is greener on the other side
So the saying goes
Is the grass so green beyond?
No one really knows
Since when they are on that other ground
The grass is greener on the other side.

 
Starry Night (18 Nov.14)
A starry night
The chance of frost
Thinking about the things I've lost
Hoping that life will improve soon
So I can stop feeling low.

 
Greed

 
Greed is good
Get one up on the other guy
Mock the less fortunate
Take
Take
And take
Some more
Share?
No way!
Greed is good
No!

 

 
Alone in a bar

 
Alone in a bar
Surrounded by people
Shouting and laughing they are
But me?
I'm alone in a bar

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

A Limerick

The old fellow called Hall

There was an old fellow called Hall

Who built up his problems quite small

He bundled them up

'til they covered him all

That silly old fellow called Hall


 

Hope

Hope

Where there's life there's hope

The saying goes

How right it is

That good old saw

You never know

When things look up

So keep going on

And weather the storm

Down

Down

Down

You feel so low

No light ahead

Just a constant

Never ending

Dull ache

That will not go

Away


 


 


 


 

Monday, 17 November 2014

Monday poem

Cope

You're trying to cope

Against all the odds

But there's no point in still climbing

When you continue to fall

You must go and seek help

From someone who cares

And forget all the ones

Who abandoned you there.