paul sheridan: Poems

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paul sheridan Aug 17

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when I saw her I fancied her and
thirty odd years later
after we married I still do and
******* woman I still fancy you

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paul sheridan Aug 12

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hungry, he stepped
into the café
sat down and
ordered breakfast

knew he’d no
money to pay for it
and knew full
well that he would

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paul sheridan Aug 10

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love what you wear
me down with

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paul sheridan Jul 12

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my legs ache
it’s a
bit like heartache
although rather harder to
stand

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paul sheridan Jul 15

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says she found me a disappointing
lover
I’ll find my own, thanks

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paul sheridan Jul 28

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picked up the phone
there was nobody there
so I took it

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paul sheridan Aug 13

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you ask what I’m writing
I sulk and say nothing
since you didn’t ask to read it ..

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paul sheridan 15h

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whatever I write
it’s usually at night
with a scotch
most of it botched

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paul sheridan Aug 17

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feeding the ducks in
the park
wherever you want
I hate cars

used to linger

paul sheridan May 20

used to linger

aren’t as many second hand
bookshops on the charing cross road as
there were when I was younger
of course, so were they ..

well one of us is drunk

paul sheridan 7d

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!

we still felt young

paul sheridan Jun 9

we still felt young

we rented a room
so cold we went to bed
with our clothes on,
but not for long

what do you mean it’s not poetry

paul sheridan Aug 6

what do you mean it’s not poetry

the best thing I ever wrote
down your phone number

whatever ..

paul sheridan Jul 8

whatever ..

could tell you were disappointed,
but then,
you tell it so much better ..

what’s the point

paul sheridan Sep 7

what’s the point

perhaps things will turn out
alright yesterday wasn’t so bad
luck with tomorrow has a whole
new nothing to add ..

what the chap said when his wife left

paul sheridan Aug 19

what the chap said when his wife left

the bed still takes up most of the room
but now there’s more room in the bed ..

what the dickens

paul sheridan Jul 24

what the dickens

went to the george, just off
borough high street, an old coaching inn,
you can just drink in the past
in here ..

what the f#ck ..

paul sheridan Jun 7

what the f#ck ..

don’t like restaurants
are full of people
who could have stayed
at home and cooked

when all’s said and done

paul sheridan Jun 4

when all’s said and done

opened a bottle of scotch
“how’s that going to help?”
ever tried drinking this stuff
with the lid on ..

worries about nuclear destruction

paul sheridan Sep 4

worries about nuclear destruction

bought an ice cream
and sat in the park
whilst it melted ..

worth the licence fee

paul sheridan Jul 17

worth the licence fee

in 1979 I watched vera brittain’s testament of
youth on the BBC and bought the book
and read wilfred owen
and discovered horror and beauty and poetry

yeah, I get it, I’m old

paul sheridan Aug 29

yeah, I get it, I’m old

please mind the gap to the platform
as you leave the train
comes over the tannoy
must they frighten me again ..

yeah mate, I know it was getting dark, but it wasn’t an owl

paul sheridan Jul 21

yeah mate, I know it was getting dark, but it wasn’t an owl

saw a chicken up
a tree and
no one
believes me

you never know

paul sheridan Jul 4

you never know

threw it aside
thinking of course
a poem is never

as good as
it might have been,
though ..

your selfies with paris very much in the background are boring

paul sheridan Jul 31

your selfies with paris very much in the background are boring

never found that
travel broadens the
mind, I could

be wrong, but I
prefer to stay home
with a book

you’ve beautiful thighs, but let me finish the book ..

paul sheridan Jun 6

you’ve beautiful thighs, but let me finish the book ..

your underwears me down
with it’s expectation of
fulfilment, but I’m just not in the mood
right now I’m reading

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