Old moss doesn’t notice spring
The seating had been chairfully arranged
A garden is a wild place
The final frontier
Though we try to tame it
With glass houses and trowels
It will always be free
Neatened perhaps but stubbornly free
Jul 29, 2023
Jul 29, 2023 at 2:21 AM UTC
A house you can walk all the way around
Is an aspiration
Success summarised as
An absence of ajoining walls
Modern life
Makes people
Want to be
Detached
Long Live the Terraces
Apr 26, 2023
Apr 26, 2023 at 3:21 PM UTC
The snails look down on slugs
As vagabonds and vagrants
They shun them in the garden sheds
Get aggressive on the pavements
The slugs despise the landed gentry
Escargot **** yourselves they cry
But while they’re brabbling and bickering
Sparrows circle in the sky
The slugs slide in vain towards the hedge
And **** the snails to hell
But the snails no longer hear them
Safe inside a silent shell
Apr 20, 2023
Apr 20, 2023 at 4:13 PM UTC
She lived out her entire life in Manchester
Except for a few exotic months
When she fell in love
She followed that love down to Australia
But missed her dear old mum
And came home to take care of her
As far as I know she never saw that love again
And she never stopped taking care of her mum
She’d tell me tales of late night
Trams missed in Blackpool
Sent away on trains amidst the blitz
And later nights out dancing at the Ritz
Sometimes she’d be talking to me
Sometimes my Dad
Sometimes her brother Joe
I wasn’t bothered
She could talk to me for hours
All I’d need do is brew the tea
I loved her
And I’m grateful she loved me
Jan 10, 2023
Jan 10, 2023 at 9:43 AM UTC
Plants tend
To grow towards the sun
But with a stick
You can persuade them
To grow any way you want
People are not so different to plants
We’re all standing up so rigidly
When all we want to do is dance
A revolutionary whisper
Is blowing through the fields
They’re pulling up their roots
They don’t care about the yield
They’re all sending out fresh shoots
Binding seamlessly together
Theres a dance amongst the dandelions
There’s a *** down in the heather
The gardener stands perplexed
Snapped sticks dowsed in morning dew
Then he drops his *** and listens
Now the gardener dances too
Plants tend
To grow towards the sun
But with a stick
You can persuade them
To grow any way you want
People are not so different to plants
We’re all standing up so rigidly
When all we want to do is dance
Aug 12, 2022
Aug 12, 2022 at 9:19 AM UTC
Wet socks on the bed
I came to read my book
I should have left my phone downstairs
I can't help but take a look
A tepid cup of coffee
A midday malaise
The book lies shut, I'm miles away
As I scroll away my days
Wet Coffee on the bed
I'll mop it with the socks
They were wet already
Opportunity knocks
Jun 28, 2022
Jun 28, 2022 at 4:10 AM UTC
Everyone in this city looks tired
There's a policeman in white gloves
A whistle clamped tight between his lips
He's not afraid to use it
He is flapping in my direction
I give him an apologetic grimace
For the many crimes I have
Apparently committed and speed off
Through a crowd of tired tokyoites
Jun 28, 2022
Jun 28, 2022 at 4:06 AM UTC
I said I'd ring
I never did
I hope you don't remember it
You said you'd come, but
You weren't there
Washing someone else's hair
They said they'd wait, but
They were gone
What a ****** carry on
He said that's it
I've had enough, but
He was only acting tough
She seemed to say nothing at all
In saying that
She said it all
Jun 28, 2022
Jun 28, 2022 at 4:01 AM UTC
Those black and screaming leaves have fallen
There’s no more birds in your tree
I’m carrying on but I’m stalling
I didn’t know what you meant to me
I’ll be singing Goodbye forever
I’ll be singing out of key
Three times a day for the rest of my life
I hope you know what you mean to me
Feb 21, 2022
Feb 21, 2022 at 4:40 AM UTC