paul sheridan: Poems

20h · 32

after school

paul sheridan 20h

after school

beans on toast
with brown sauce
and a cup of tea
what more could you want ..

nineteen seventy

20h · 679

the night she knew she’d got me

paul sheridan 20h

the night she knew she’d got me

a staff night out
her in a little black dress
you could have made a bit of an effort
I said

20h · 21

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paul sheridan 20h

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fingernails need cutting
remarks are always annoying
I’ll get around to it

21h · 22

..

paul sheridan 21h

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got off the bus
and stepped in front of
a tortoise

I said, please,
go ahead,
there’s no rush ..

1d · 23

drifter

paul sheridan 1d

drifter

the wind is stronger than me
I’m a weakling
blown about in the air
without an inkling of where this is going
to take longer than I thought
for such an unimportant poem

2d · 33

I know it was in new york but

paul sheridan 2d

I know it was in new york but

the united nations just sat there
and took it
as trump talked
*******, I thought someone should have laughed

2d · 23

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paul sheridan 2d

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thought I’d become a writer when
I grew up
but I didn’t

2d · 34

I was a pretentious little sod

paul sheridan 2d

I was a pretentious little sod

reading yeats
during my breaks
at work

of course they laughed at me!

2d · 25

well one of us is drunk

paul sheridan 2d

well one of us is drunk

your blouse is wet
where you spilt your wine
I offered to

get you
another faux pas -
I meant another wine!

2d · 30

life’s a mere puddle

paul sheridan 2d

life’s a mere puddle

wasn’t there for long,
it seeped into the soil
and then, it was gone

2d · 45

the art of hurrying off

paul sheridan 2d

the art of hurrying off

want to go for a drink?
yes, I do, rather,
so please excuse me ..

3d · 25

the beats

paul sheridan 3d

the beats

tried reading kerouac
but I couldn’t
likewise ginsberg

but I liked reading
ferlinghetti, corso and o’hara
particularly ..

3d · 184

irene adler

paul sheridan 3d

irene adler

holmes knew every alleyway,
every insalubrious inn,
every criminal mastermind,

all the best clubs in london
and yet, he didn’t know her
but oh, she knew him ..

4d · 29

apart from growing old

paul sheridan 4d

apart from growing old

started drinking and smoking in
the nineteen seventies
carried on reading books and look,
I haven’t changed that much

5d · 24

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paul sheridan 5d

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still, at sixty seven
set out to look my best in case anyone’s
looking out of interest
they’re definitely not

6d · 31

reincarnation

paul sheridan 6d

reincarnation

couldn’t imagine coming back
without you

6d · 1.1k

not just a romantic

paul sheridan 6d

not just a romantic

keats was a poet and a
boxer and a doctor and a lover
and terminally ill, mate
you couldn’t write it

6d · 36

metaphorically speaking

paul sheridan 6d

metaphorically speaking

writing is like
going to the dentist
it hurts shortly after
you open your mouth

7d · 22

I haven’t either, but he said he had ..

paul sheridan 7d

I haven’t either, but he said he had ..

has trump cancelled that bit
in the bible about the good samaritan yet
I doubt that he’s read it

7d · 28

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paul sheridan 7d

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strangers are better than
people you know
too much about them

Sep 15 · 27

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paul sheridan Sep 15

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I wonder what others think as I stumble
and panic
crossing the street

reaching out for something
to grab hold of late it’s
total strangers

and it’s not a great way to meet ..

Sep 15 · 508

to a busker in town

paul sheridan Sep 15

to a busker in town

mate, I’d give you money
right now
if only you’d put that guitar down ..

Sep 15 · 50

the peculiar crimes unit

paul sheridan Sep 15

the peculiar crimes unit

the bryant and may novels by
christopher fowler were the best ever
portraits of london this century
would have ******* without him

Sep 14 · 44

that’s not oratory

paul sheridan Sep 14

that’s not oratory

there’s that tone of voice
that hard cold stare
that says you’ve no choice
you’re a loser ..

Sep 13 · 46

it’s between me and my wife

paul sheridan Sep 13

it’s between me and my wife

tend not to write ****** verse
not that I’ve anything against
the innocent fumbling to find the right words,
but why on earth
would I tell someone else ..

Sep 13 · 60

need all poetry be profound?

paul sheridan Sep 13

need all poetry be profound?

you need to go deep, see
deep sea!
ha! you can’t get much deeper
than that ..

Sep 12 · 54

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paul sheridan Sep 12

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if you’re over sixty you’re history
so how are things going for you
at the present?

Sep 12 · 51

find this century strange

paul sheridan Sep 12

find this century strange

only writing this stuff online
because I haven’t a typewriter
and my handwriting is
awful how quickly things change ..

Sep 11 · 42

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paul sheridan Sep 11

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loved to have had the opportunity
to have dorothy parker and stevie smith
around for tea and whisky
and jam on toast I’m in awe of them both

Sep 11 · 58

mr w.h.

paul sheridan Sep 11

mr w.h.

always wanted to be ordinary
of course, ordinarily, audenarily
I could never be a poet such as
he was just extraordinary ..

Sep 11 · 3.2k

poem for my wife

paul sheridan Sep 11

poem for my wife

don’t always
understand you
incomprehensible
beautiful
woman, you ..

Sep 11 · 50

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paul sheridan Sep 11

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my phone rang
the only person who rings me these days
is my wife
and she was sitting next to me
so I ignored it and carried
on
with what
is left of my life

Sep 10 · 34

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paul sheridan Sep 10

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the only people who read newspapers now
are on trains or in cafés, or over sixty
in the pub sitting alone doing the crossword
puzzle really, how they make any money

Sep 10 · 49

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paul sheridan Sep 10

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typewriters were great
the clack clack clack of fingers
hitting keys that opened
doors to my thoughts

Sep 8 · 160

a polite refusal

paul sheridan Sep 8

a polite refusal

invited me ‘round for tea
I said thank you
but I have some at home ..