John Edward Smallshaw: Poems

#10word safari

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2016

#10word safari

bargain hunting,
as dangerous as
hunting for socks
that match

There should be an odd sock emporium.

#life #and #my #witches #lions #bathrobes

#10word sailboat

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2015

#10word sailboat

On another ride across
the wide seas
that we dream.

#10word Samson

John Edward Smallshaw May 2015

#10word Samson

Delilah
cuts too many
corners,
I
fray
at
the edges.

#10word saved.

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2016

#10word saved.

Falling in love
feels like
forever being
reminded
to
float.

#10word scabs

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2016

#10word scabs

The ***** colony,
aren't we all
lepers
at some time

#spinalonga

#10word screenplay.

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2017

#10word screenplay.

What if
there was only
what if?

what if then?

#10word Scuba

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2017

#10word Scuba

Atlantis,
a place to miss
when
planning a
Summer holiday.

#10word seamless

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2015

#10word seamless

I chase her
but she
catches me,
turning the tables

#10word season

John Edward Smallshaw Jun 2015

#10word season

Summer blue
and you
Summer too,
waiting for the
fall.

#10word seer

John Edward Smallshaw Nov 2015

#10word seer

It's about me
me
me,
she
sees
it is
not.

#10word Sequencing

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2015

#10word Sequencing

You cannot catch
the wind
in a
blue butterfly net.

#10word Shipping.

John Edward Smallshaw May 2016

#10word Shipping.

Three sheets
to the wind
but
the captain's
still sober.

#10word shopping.

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word shopping.

What she wants
is what
I
always
agree to want.

The path to a happy arrangement is to arrange each pathway happily.

#10word sightings

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2016

#10word sightings

If you look long enough
you'll see
your own
shortcomings.

#10word silence

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2020

#10word silence

Telling me nothing
tells me everything
I need to know.

#10word silent

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2017

#10word silent

It sounded like,
'kiss me Hardy'
but Laurel
wouldn't say.

#10word silverscreen

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2015

#10word silverscreen

Hey,
Mae,
why doncha
come up and be me
sometime.

#10word Sir

John Edward Smallshaw Nov 2015

#10word Sir

I kneel
she knights me
I laugh
she delights me.

#10word Sixty

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2017

#10word Sixty

Old fashioned
was
the latest thing
in fashion
years ago.

Sometimes it's good to remember this.

#generational

#10word sleep.

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2017

#10word sleep.

Find me
underneath
the yew tree
resting
in the graveyard,

#10word slinky

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2015

#10word slinky

One step at
a time
bending over
backwards
to
succeed.

#10word smart

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2016

#10word smart

Cutting a dash
does not mean
you take
a
sabre.

#10word Smith.

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2016

#10word Smith.

The ink's flowing,
so in
to writing,

illuminating the
manuscript.

#10word Snow.

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2015

#10word Snow.

Mirror
Mirror
get your act
together
you are
looking
old.

#10word soap

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word soap

Life is like
Coronation street
except for the
commercial breaks.

#10word Sober

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2017

#10word Sober

They're machining time
from the time mine,
digging our graves.

#10word Sold

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2016

#10word Sold

The streets of
London
are littered with
for sale signs

#10word solitary

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2017

#10word solitary

Knock Knock,
go away
there's no one
coming out today

#10word spell

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2019

#10word spell

Witchcraftery,
black cat and
broomstick,
strange
that they follow
me.

#10word spider

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word spider

The web trembles
the family assembles
and
dinner is served.

#10word spinner

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2016

#10word spinner

Centrifugal force,
the force
that keeps us
side by side.

#10word sponge

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word sponge

I am your
rock
and yet
you
soaked
me up.

#10word Spook

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2016

#10word *****

Dreams of death
only to find out
Caspar's
not real.

#10word springs

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2019

#10word springs

We're splitting hairs
while
they're taking us to
the cleaners.

#10word star

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2016

#10word star

auf wiedersehen
young Frankenstein
we'll not see your like
again.

RIP. Gene Wilder.

#10word static

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word static

Treading water
but
you think we
caught the
midnight
tide.

#10word statistics

John Edward Smallshaw Jun 2021

#10word statistics

The government figures,
and that figures if it's
the government.

#10word Sting

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2016

#10word Sting

'cut me some slack
Jack'
said Jill,
who was
American.

#10word Stingray

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word Stingray

Troy,
for an ounce of treasure
a pleasure a
Tempest.

#10word stones.

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2018

#10word stones.

Bridges built
that filter people
over the rivers of
life

#10word storm

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2019

#10word storm

The Government line
like the Siegfried line,
pretty **** useless

#10word strands

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2020

#10word strands

What we don't need
is a virus that goes
viral.

#10word stringer

John Edward Smallshaw May 2015

#10word stringer

A Hung parliament sounds ideal,
shoutout for carpenters and ropemakers.

#10word strokes

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word strokes

Sinking into each
others arms
and
swimming towards
the shore.

#10word Studio

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2016

#10word Studio

Borehamwood
bored them to death.

Dying in the
living room.

#10word submission

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2016

#10word submission

Wrestling winter

I fall as autumn
into her cold
embrace,

#10word sugar

John Edward Smallshaw Nov 2015

#10word sugar

We fail
only to make
success
taste that much
sweeter.

#10word Summer

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2015

#10word Summer

The day the
Sun burst
I
drowned
in
the
deluge.

#10word Sun

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2016

#10word Sun

'The art of war'

Shake hands
and
come out
fighting.

#10word Supper

John Edward Smallshaw May 2016

#10word Supper

The sun sets
my place at
the table is
guaranteed.