John Edward Smallshaw: Poems

#10word suspension

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2016

#10word suspension

We are
molecules
forming jewels
in a crown
of gold.

#10word sword

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2016

#10word sword

double edged
two faced
vitriol based
think before you speak.

#10word tablets

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2016

#10word tablets

Did Noah sail
the Ark of
the Covenant
to Axum?

#10word tail

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2015

#10word tail

She exudes confidence.

He can
only follow in
her footsteps.

#10word Tarot

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2015

#10word Tarot

Every time
you look at me,
I see
the future.

#10word teacher.

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2016

#10word teacher.

I am a traveller
on the road
going
your way.

#10word tease

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2015

#10word tease

I see in her
a Siberia,
waiting
to thaw out.

#10word teensy

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2018

#10word teensy

Ploughing through the
quantum field
to finish with
furrowed brows.

#10word telegram

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2020

#10word telegram

First,
they'll distance you
then
they'll come for you,
stop.

#10word temporary solution.

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2017

#10word temporary solution.

getting drunk
erases the memory
of why you're
getting drunk.

#life

#10word ten

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2018

#10word ten

If you **** me
with kindness
will
I like it?

#10word ten

John Edward Smallshaw Jun 2018

#10word ten

The probability distribution
is probably handled
by some improbable
factor.

#10word terrors

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2016

#10word terrors

Frankenstein
won this time,

that's the nuts
and bolts

init?

#10word thanks but no thanks.

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word thanks but no thanks.

Saying Grace,
but
you still have
to eat your
greens?

#10word theatre

John Edward Smallshaw Nov 2015

#10word theatre

Does anyone care
what happens
out there?
Well
does anyone?

#10word thin-film interference

John Edward Smallshaw May 2016

#10word thin-film interference

Impossible
to climb through
the windows in
a soap bubble

#10word thirst

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2015

#10word thirst

I meet her
and think
she's sweeter
than
Coca Cola

#10word thought

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2016

#10word thought

Finite's fine,
just
wish there was time
to be infinite.

#10word thought

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word thought

Love
knows no boundaries,
you can't fence in
an ache

#10word thought.

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2017

#10word thought.

I suppose
but
she always
knows.

When thoughts are cut short

#10word thought.

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2017

#10word thought.

Do you ever wonder sometimes
why you are wondering why?

#10word Thought

John Edward Smallshaw May 2016

#10word Thought

Unrealistic demands
should be met
with the contempt
they deserve.

#10word Thoughts from Norman

John Edward Smallshaw Jun 2018

#10word Thoughts from Norman

It's the establishment
that's bent
we're all in good shape.

#10word Thoughts in the dark

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2018

#10word Thoughts in the dark

and when you smile

the room lifts
and I soar.

#10word thrill

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 18

#10word thrill

Sometimes
what will be
is
what will She
do next.

#10word tickle.

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2015

#10word tickle.

Pick a chuckle
any chuckle
and
have
a good
laugh.

#10word timer

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word timer

The clock hastened
and yet
time stood still
for me.

First impressions .

#10Word toffs

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10Word toffs

The upper crust.

The top of the pie
or just
flaky?

#10word tombstone

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2015

#10word tombstone

Born
Bred
Lived
Dead.

Here lay the
dreams of
yesterday

#10word tomorrow

John Edward Smallshaw Sep 2017

#10word tomorrow

I saw it before it even knew it was coming

#10word torch

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2015

#10word torch

Positive and negative,
the battery life
by
which we live.

#10word tornado

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2015

#10word tornado

The biggest mistake
to make
is priming
a loose
cannon.

#10word tour

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2015

#10word tour

Some people
will
rob you blind.
I see them
coming.

10word tracer

John Edward Smallshaw May 2015

10word tracer

Why pay the ferryman?
he thinks
she walks on water.

#10word traffic

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2020

#10word traffic

Beep Beep,
when you think it's
the roadrunner,

it isn't

#10word tragedy

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word tragedy

I died
in many places,
but
mostly in
my heart.

#10word tragedy

John Edward Smallshaw May 2015

#10word tragedy

The living and the dead
two steps behind
always ahead.

#10word travel

John Edward Smallshaw Aug 2018

#10word travel

Northbound
on a Greyhound
because
I can't afford
the train.

#10word trends

John Edward Smallshaw Dec 2016

#10word trends

You and me
make destiny
sit up and
take notice.

#10word trick

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2020

#10word trick

Osmosis
that well known Egyptian
passes through all the time.

#10wordtriumph

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 2015

#10wordtriumph

Stop writing on walls
write your words
on my
heart.

#10word triumph

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word triumph

Making a date
to meet in
Jerusalem
on
Palm Sunday.

#10word triumphs

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2015

#10word triumphs

Success is the
beating
of failure
against all the
odds.

#10word troll

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2015

#10word troll

The human and the condition,
shifting perspectives and
changing position.

#10word true or false

John Edward Smallshaw Jul 2016

#10word true or false

Isosceles
was
named after a
dinosaur?

of course the obvious truth is that this post is only six words. haha

#10word truths

John Edward Smallshaw Oct 2017

#10word truths

Yes
I love you
and you
know that
don't you?

#10word truths.

John Edward Smallshaw Jan 2015

#10word truths.

She has the ability to
humble or to
make me.

10word truths

John Edward Smallshaw May 2015

10word truths

There is only one reason
and that reason
is you.

#10word Truths

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2015

#10word Truths

White lies are
the grey elephants
that run through
rooms.

#10word turntable

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 2016

#10word turntable

Instantly
exciting me,
moreover
inviting me
to see
her collection