John Edward Smallshaw: Poems

#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.

#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 Jun 2018

#10word ten

The probability distribution
is probably handled
by some improbable
factor.

#10word ten

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2018

#10word ten

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

#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 there

John Edward Smallshaw May 10

#10word there

On the Island of Yesterday
not yet grey or foreboding.

#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 Oct 2017

#10word thought.

Do you ever wonder sometimes
why you are wondering why?

#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 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 2024

#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 May 2015

#10word tragedy

The living and the dead
two steps behind
always ahead.

#10word tragedy

John Edward Smallshaw Feb 2016

#10word tragedy

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

#10word transport

John Edward Smallshaw Mar 10

#10word transport

to when we all thought
that this life
was infinite

#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