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paul sheridan
4h
· 30
listen, you blighter
paul sheridan
4h
listen, you blighter
everyone goes on about their rights
but not so much
their responsibilities
matter and as such I should perhaps keep
this stuff a little lighter ..
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15h
· 21
Untitled
paul sheridan
15h
Untitled
alright I’m the worst poet you’ve
ever read
I mean what do you want
me to say ?
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16h
· 6
and beyond all the bluster
paul sheridan
16h
and beyond all the bluster
a small bird sings
in the wind in the
trees in the wind
a small bird sings
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17h
· 19
rainy day pub lunch
paul sheridan
17h
rainy day pub lunch
drizzle at the
bar grey
as muzzy
print
from your
morning paper
droplets of
ink
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1d
· 82
felled
paul sheridan
1d
felled
hid a poem in a tree in
the woods
but they cut it down
to just a couple of words
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1d
· 48
quite
paul sheridan
1d
quite
quite like the calm appraisal
historians bring to the past
supplying a little distance
to that which is actually vast ..
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1d
hope falls at the first
paul sheridan
1d
hope falls at the first
death’s getting close to
a certainty but I’ve always
put money
on the outsider
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1d
· 31
never mind the music
paul sheridan
1d
never mind the music
what do I want played
at my funeral?
charades
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2d
· 52
let me tell you a secret
paul sheridan
2d
let me tell you a secret
I’d willingly take you
into my confidence
if I had any
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2d
· 28
nonsense verse
paul sheridan
2d
nonsense verse
suggested a picnic
she said good idea
I’ll make the sandwiches
I said no, let them
decide for themselves
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2d
homage to edward lear
paul sheridan
2d
homage to edward lear
only ever known two women whose
feet I found attractive
and one I married -
don’t know what happened to the
other three ..
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2d
· 52
and now don’t last
paul sheridan
2d
and now don’t last
she’s always saying that I live
in the past
well yes, it is the only place I’ve lived
apart from now ..
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3d
· 38
dorothy parker
paul sheridan
3d
dorothy parker
the american poet I most admire
is dorothy parker,
a drinker, a poet, a cynic, a writer
and **** it, I like her!
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3d
or perhaps lose ourselves
paul sheridan
3d
or perhaps lose ourselves
the second hand bookshop has gone
and whilst I may have mislaid the odd
book or two, an whole shopful?
this was the very street
choc a bloc full of tightly pressed covers on
the shelves
wherein sad old men with aching feet
would often find ourselves
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3d
· 54
my immediate response was unkind
paul sheridan
3d
my immediate response was unkind
you were crying and shaking as you tried
to explain you’d spent the night
with somebody else
well, as long as he makes you happy ..
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3d
· 17
but not for long
paul sheridan
3d
but not for long
I’m going away
for a while he
thought she’d
be ok about it ..
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4d
· 23
bloke in the café
paul sheridan
4d
bloke in the café
called the waiter over
for the bill
he said what about coffee
I said thanks
but I don’t even know you ..
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4d
did I just miss something?
paul sheridan
4d
did I just miss something?
seems like everyone’s
angry about something
must have happened ..
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5d
· 79
spent the day in bed
paul sheridan
5d
spent the day in bed
apparently relationships
have to be worked at, we laughed ..
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5d
· 54
I don’t want to argue
paul sheridan
5d
I don’t want to argue
where were you last night?
I can’t recall
and you expect me to believe that?
not at all ..
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5d
· 48
fiction
paul sheridan
5d
fiction
writing a novel
you know what that’s like?
it’s like a story that no one’s
ever written before
yeah, I’m making it up ..
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5d
· 38
a somewhat uncomfortable meal
paul sheridan
5d
a somewhat uncomfortable meal
they remained silent
over dinner, the gravy especially was
best not mentioned again
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5d
· 30
his head in the clouds
paul sheridan
5d
his head in the clouds
and looking at the stars
she asks me what I’m
thinking thank goodness
it’s not raining
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6d
· 44
the 8:20 from Charing Cross
paul sheridan
6d
the 8:20 from Charing Cross
wrote a poem on the train
got a fine
and they made me
wash it off
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6d
· 39
paranoid
paul sheridan
6d
paranoid
so what if I talk to myself
when I’m alone and
how the hell do you know ..
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7d
· 47
obviously ..
paul sheridan
7d
obviously ..
she used to complain
that she never knew
what he was thinking
he said I hear what
you’re saying, but isn’t
that rather the point?
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7d
· 45
at her door
paul sheridan
7d
at her door
turned up at her door
with a bottle of gin
so what is that for ?
oh, it’s just a way in ..
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7d
· 39
morning after
paul sheridan
7d
morning after
she says last night was a bad
idea
well in that case thank goodness
it’s over
he says
and yet, she says, you’re still here ..
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Jun 21
· 54
the café
paul sheridan
Jun 21
the café
don’t like coffee much
prefer tea
and yet people are always saying
we should meet up for coffee
and I profoundly disagree ..
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Jun 21
· 182
it was over dinner
paul sheridan
Jun 21
it was over dinner
“I’ve had enough,” you
said, pushing away your plate,
but looking at me ..
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Jun 20
· 47
….
paul sheridan
Jun 20
….
his phone rings
she says why don’t you answer it
he says it hasn’t said
anything yet ..
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Jun 19
· 34
just notes
paul sheridan
Jun 19
just notes
see my poems as
just notes on the poems
I would like
to write but don’t
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Jun 18
· 53
mother, are you sure ..
paul sheridan
Jun 18
mother, are you sure ..
if there’s a nuclear war
does it matter if I don’t
wash my hands before
I come down for lunch?
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Jun 18
· 52
not his best pub chat up line
paul sheridan
Jun 18
not his best pub chat up line
I think we may have met
in a previous life
oh but I couldn’t be this
unlucky twice ..
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Jun 18
· 37
instead of yourself
paul sheridan
Jun 18
instead of yourself
for once, think of somebody else
so he did
she didn’t like it
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Jun 17
· 31
the usual story
paul sheridan
Jun 17
the usual story
they used to love each
other things happened ..
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Jun 17
· 79
everything’s been said before ..
paul sheridan
Jun 17
everything’s been said before ..
went into the second hand bookshop
I said hi, what’s new?
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Jun 17
· 43
early morning poem
paul sheridan
Jun 17
early morning poem
angrily get out of bed
saying you’ve had enough!
which for me was a first
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Jun 17
· 45
the old bloke in the pub likes to keep things to himself
paul sheridan
Jun 17
the old bloke in the pub likes to keep things to himself
poured myself a drink
what about me?
you can pour me the
next one ..
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Jun 16
· 40
stepping carefully
paul sheridan
Jun 16
stepping carefully
used to walk around
the city at night
with nothing on my feet
except myself
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Jun 16
· 17
sick to death
paul sheridan
Jun 16
sick to death
city becomes us ill
and buildings rise and fall
in laboured breath
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Jun 16
his loves
paul sheridan
Jun 16
his loves
dylan thomas died from the drink
but that’s not what you think of
when you read his poems you think of caitlin,
swansea and soho and yeah, ok, pubs ..
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Jun 15
· 32
a city
paul sheridan
Jun 15
a city
is the mousetrap still running
at the theatre, is there a donkey sanctuary
in st pauls
is there still the thames, the thames!
is this then how poetry
goes
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Jun 15
· 70
old bloke in the pub says
paul sheridan
Jun 15
old bloke in the pub says
that you keep on giving me
your opinion suggests you don’t want
it, either
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Jun 14
· 57
alone in the pub
paul sheridan
Jun 14
alone in the pub
wanted
to cry
but there’s people looking
worse off
than I
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Jun 14
· 51
tells his imaginary friend to get lost
paul sheridan
Jun 14
tells his imaginary friend to get lost
want to
play
by myself
today
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Jun 14
· 64
out of touch
paul sheridan
Jun 14
out of touch
how long
has it
been
up to much
lately?
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Jun 14
over
paul sheridan
Jun 14
over
she knew it was over
he hadn’t been home for days
why don’t you go home
she says ..
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Jun 14
· 48
thinking out loud
paul sheridan
Jun 14
thinking out loud
suppose if I ever came
up with a really
memorable poem I wouldn’t
have to write it down
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Jun 14
· 74
it’s a no ..
paul sheridan
Jun 14
it’s a no ..
got a couple of tickets for
the theatre if you’d
like to go? yes I would, actually.
goodbye
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