John Edward Smallshaw: Poems

#10word costume

John Edward Smallshaw Nov 2015

#10word costume

The end
will be
decided
by men
wearing
grey
suits

#10word counter

John Edward Smallshaw Jun 2015

#10word counter

If age is
just a number
I want
number one.

#10word cousin Edward

John Edward Smallshaw Nov 2015

#10word cousin Edward

Lick a
lick a
stick a
stamp,
my friend
flicka.

About 50 years ago my cousin Ed was known as flicka as he could stamp a book of 500 bingo tickets in less than 90 seconds... he disappeared when he was about 16 and has never been heard of since'

#10word creak

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2016

#10word creak

Vintage?

I am almost
English Heritage
almost
but not quite.

#10word creeper

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2015

#10word creeper

Awake
I take
stock
of my situation
and
move on

#10word crisis

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2016

#10word crisis

Deport them?
then what?

Support them and
they've got
hope.

#10word Croesus

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2017

#10word Croesus

If you have to
count it,
it's not worth
it.

#10word crows nest

John Edward Smallshaw Jun 2016

#10word crows nest

Sirens call and
I shall fall
into their deep
embrace.

#10word crumbling.

John Edward Smallshaw May 2016

#10word crumbling.

Atrophy,

a trophy
I carry
to remind
me
of yesterday.

#10word cultural

John Edward Smallshaw May 2016

#10word cultural

Woven in through
the strands
different colours
by
many hands.

#10word day

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2018

#10word day

This could be it all
or absolutely nothing
at all.

#10word day.

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2018

#10word day.

Life
coloured in
with
indelible ink
makes
a lasting impression.

#10word death

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2016

#10word death

Poetry until the end
and the end
is surely
poetry.

#10word deaths

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2017

#10word deaths

...and thus to sink,
ripples are
I think
quite beautiful.

#10word debate

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2015

#10word debate

War's the cause
of many a
young man's
untimely
death?

..and I don't forget the many, many young women either.
#10word fact

#10word deep

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2016

#10word deep

If you are
not an
ocean
do not
make
waves.

#10word descent

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2016

#10word descent

sometimes I fall
into the dark side
of her eyes.

#10word desert

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2016

#10word desert

The river's running dry,
bury your heads in
the sand.

#10word diagnosis

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2015

#10word diagnosis

It was Friday last week too,
looks like
an
epidemic.

#10word diamond

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word diamond

love is
fifty carats
of
sunshine
shining
in
your eyes.

#10word dipper

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2016

#10word dipper

If we knew
what was
going on

we'd get off.

#10word disappointment

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2015

#10word disappointment

I heard they found
a planet
just like ours.

Shame.

#10word disappointment.

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2016

#10word disappointment.

It's only a
burglar,
I wanted it
to be
Batman.

#10word Diva

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2016

#10word Diva

She practises perfect
until I no longer
detect
a flaw.

#10word divorce

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word divorce

We went everywhere
together
and got nowhere,

life goes on.

#10word Dominestos

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word Dominestos

99% of household germs
do not ******
care,
1%
do.

Advertising is krap, keep buying what they offer and what do you become?

#bleach

#10word dream

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2016

#10word dream

It's a virtual
reality
which is
good enough
for me.

#10word drifter

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2017

#10word drifter

Boat people,
barely afloat people
do not
forget about them.

#10word duet

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2016

#10word duet

Kaye and
Belafonte
doing things
their
way, back
in '65

#10word eargasms

John Edward Smallshaw May 2015

#10word eargasms

The Trumpet Voluntary
or the Last Post,
makes
me
full
.

#10word eclipse

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2016

#10word eclipse

I was awakened
only yesterday
and suddenly
I got old.

#10word ending

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2015

#10word ending

Boxing day
is being boxed away
until Boxing day
2016

#10word Equality

John Edward Smallshaw May 2016

#10word Equality

If life is so cheap
why
doesn't everybody
get one?

#10word evidence

John Edward Smallshaw May 2016

#10word evidence

Eyes
twinkled
like a million stars
a
million years ago

#10word expecting visitors?

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2017

#10word expecting visitors?

The cobwebs hide
from
Miss Havisham,
she dines alone
tonight.

#10word explorer

John Edward Smallshaw Nov 2015

#10word explorer

She
made me
do it
I liked
it
she
knew.

#10word expressions

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2016

#10word expressions

Ten word
poetry
is just
me
being
very
very
lazy.

#10word fact

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2016

#10word fact

It did not snow
and
I did not go
skiing.

#10word fact.

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2016

#10word fact.

Rock bottom,
not a
good place
for a
vacation home.

#10word failing

John Edward Smallshaw Jun 2020

#10word failing

Remember
that coping strategy
you gave me?

it doesn't work.

#10word feast.

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2016

#10word feast.

All that I
need
is all that
she
feeds me.

#10word feelings

John Edward Smallshaw May 2015

#10word feelings

We close eyes
when we kiss
to
feel our
heartbeats.

#10word finale

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2015

#10word finale

We too stand
in the
queue
waiting
for the
End.

#10word fix

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2016

#10word fix

If it is
not yet
broken
give it a
kick.

#10word Flake

John Edward Smallshaw Nov 2015

#10word Flake

Snow,
what do you know,
it is nearly
Christmas,
though.

#10word flashbulb

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2015

#10word flashbulb

In retrospect
I see
the
defect was
there
all along.

#10word fluids.

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2016

#10word fluids.

Sometimes
I stay sober
to get over
those other
times.

#10word fly.

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2015

#10word fly.

The last flight and
the blue light
extinguishes
the flame.

#10word frame

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2022

#10word frame

She tosses her hair
casually,
it falls into place
perfectly.

#10word freedom

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 23

#10word freedom

One day
we'll all be released
back into the wild.