John Edward Smallshaw: Poems

#10word auto

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2016

#10word auto

Some old people
and classic cars
hold
the old values.

#10word ballet

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2017

#10word ballet

Two
tutu's
do not make
four
tutu's
simple maths
init?

#tired #bedtime #rambling

#10word banjo

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2015

#10word banjo

My finger plucks
a tune from a
blue Monday
morning.

#10word bank

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2016

#10word bank

Proof we exist
in the loving hearts
that miss
us.

#10word bewitched

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2015

#10word bewitched

Samantha
blinked twice
and worked magic
I wish
I could.

#10word Bible

John Edward Smallshaw May 2015

#10word Bible

Tasting her lips and
touching heaven.
Angels
in her eyes.

#10word biker

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2015

#10word biker

Strip me down
and build
a
Kawasaki
from my
bones.

#10word bird.

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2017

#10word bird.

They pour
a dawn chorus
to fill
up my glass.

#10word black and white

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2022

#10word black and white

a
fantasy,
you and me
waves crashing
on the shore

In the olde days
babies were made this way
according to Hollywood

#10word blanks

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2017

#10word blanks

That was us
when we were
invisible,
we still
are.

#10word blend

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word blend

Friday morning
never hurts as
much
as Sunday night
does.

#10word blessing

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2016

#10word blessing

In an unoccupied state
I wait for
the last
rites.

#10word blizzards

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2016

#10word blizzards

My mood depends
on
if and when
the darkness
descends.

#10word blizzards

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2015

#10word blizzards

The pine needles
fall,
I fall too
pining
for you.

#10Word blub

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2015

#10Word blub

I want to cry
when I make
a spellig
mistake.

#10word blunder

John Edward Smallshaw Nov 2021

#10word blunder

I wonder what the chances are.

We do, don't we?

#10word booster

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2015

#10word booster

I give myself
a ten for
when
I
need
inspiration

#10word Bo-Peep

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2015

#10word Bo-Peep

Like lambs to the slaughter
and
I thought we were
invincible.

#war

#10word boss

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2017

#10word boss

She bayonets me
with a look
that says,
keep quiet.

#10word bounce

John Edward Smallshaw Jun 2015

#10word bounce

When you
fall in love
there is
no
safety net.

#foreverfalling

#10word bowl

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2016

#10word bowl

I won a goldfish
at the Fayre,
is that fair?

#10word break

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2016

#10word break

The comfort zone
becomes your prison,

time
to bust out.

#10word Brexit.

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2019

#10word Brexit.

Another deadline
headline
it's about time
they
sorted it out.

#10word Buster

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2016

#10word Buster

Life,
the set of rules,
the algorithm
that fools
everyone.

#10word Bye.

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2017

#10word Bye.

So long or not so long
the memory of Summer.

#10word call me crazy

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2017

#10word call me crazy

where can I get
metric spanners
for a
quantum mechanic?

#10word Changes

John Edward Smallshaw Nov 2016

#10word Changes

This is just transition
from
a condition to another
condition.

#10word cheers

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word cheers

The best vintage
red wine,
her lips
drinking in mine.

#10word chicken

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2018

#10word chicken

Fried in
North Acton
but
they still call it
Kentucky?

#10word childhood

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2016

#10word childhood

It was only yesterday
or was it sixty years ago?

#10word Chinese

John Edward Smallshaw May 2017

#10word Chinese

Whatya gonna, when you're gonna
do what ya gotta do?

#10word chop.

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2015

#10word chop.

Cutting remarks are
generally made
by people
with
blunt scissors

#10word Christmas

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2016

#10word Christmas

When you unwrap your present,
you find your past
present

#10word Closer

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2018

#10word Closer

The last man
standing
will be on
Facebook
posting
selfies.

#10word Closet

John Edward Smallshaw May 2016

#10word Closet

This is not
the Louis
that Superman
had
in mind.

#10word Clouds

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word Clouds

I puff them
up,
they burst
and
rain on me.

#10word cluedo

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2016

#10word cluedo

Mr Homeless
on the street
by
a
lack of interest.

#10word Cluedo

John Edward Smallshaw May 2016

#10word Cluedo

In the
library
with a sharpened
quill
by
Will
Shakespeare

#10word Coded

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2016

#10word Coded

DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid?
or could it
mean
DO NOT ALTER.

#10word collections.

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2017

#10word collections.

To
counteract the abstract
I mount fractals
in
stamp albums.

#10word colouring Sunday

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word colouring Sunday

I go into the blue again
wondering who again,
why?

#10word conditioner

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word conditioner

Retweet
repeat
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repeat
repeat
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repeat
Retweet.

Parrot fashion.

#10word conditioner

John Edward Smallshaw May 2020

#10word conditioner

When it hits the fan
time to get another fan.

#10word confession

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word confession

The new bible.

Connection lost
please contact
your
service
provider.

#10word conquered

John Edward Smallshaw Jun 2016

#10word conquered

She attempts
to tempt me
with
lumpy gravy,

love triumphs.

#10word constant

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2016

#10word constant

The Coriolis effect
for those days
when you're on
the move

Sadly this is #11words, just an extra one in a long line of failures

#10word constant

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2022

#10word constant

Does the Sun
know the wonder
of its own rising?

#10word constant

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2015

#10word constant

Still loving her
when she's not
there,
Still loving her.

#10word cool

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2015

#10word cool

She disarmed me
with a smile
and
I surrendered
gracefully.

#10word Cosmos

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word Cosmos

Do you turn the pages
when you read the stars?