paul sheridan

paul sheridan May 19

don’t you just hate days like this, mate

can’t see a way out at all
     wherever one looks there’s just wall
    and yes, one solitary gate
      whereby they gather to await
    the old fool

paul sheridan May 17

authoritarian times

most people around here
take democracy for
granted they vote for the fascist ..

paul sheridan May 17

nearly closing time

old bloke in the pub says
buy me a pint and I’ll be grateful
for ever mate, neither of us
have got that long ..

paul sheridan May 17

can’t talk now

the pub at lunchtime
is quiet, he says,
I’m eating

paul sheridan May 17

deep underground poetry died, so I came here

this is all knew
I’d find it odd
my dear

paul sheridan May 16

leaves

leaves him alone
in the wood
are all he has ..

paul sheridan May 16

but, look ..

let’s do lunch tomorrow
not sure if I can make it
I’m not asking you to cook