Category Archives: Poems

My Tank Park Salute

This was written at Creative Writing Society – the task was to write a poem using 100 words of 1 syllable based on a memory. The title is taken from a Billy Bragg song. Where did you go? Why did … Continue reading

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To Have Comfort Where Home Has Died

I. The City was Razed ‘Something called’ or ‘told and let be’ You’d probably say. And let it be that something showed a way to have comfort where home has died. The city was razed. Burned and crumbled and still … Continue reading

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Doug and His Money

This is a silly little tale which was put together to meet the requirements of one of the daily challenges! This is a tale of a man called Doug, who decided one day to get money, But he had an … Continue reading

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While We Were (T)here

  A plaza full of people plentifully packed into a marquee marinated in condensation sensationally streaming downward. The breath, the very words spoken by all these miraculous people gushing, rushing and pushing down into the earth. No longer can this … Continue reading

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Untitled Poem

This is a poem which I wrote for the – now infamous – poetry workshop last year!  The wind raged. The rain held off. You’d left, we stayed, you were still there. Sadness lead to tears, tears lead to hugs, … Continue reading

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He Fell Into Your Biggest Blue Sea & Silent Reactions

The full sized image is on my tumblr. I know I said about not being overly sentimental in the last social, but this is poetry – not prose! Should have specified about that rule instead of seeming contradictory… These are … Continue reading

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The Spyro: Year of the Dragon Haiku

This isn’t mine, it’s taken from the Playstation Game ‘Spyro: Year of the Dragon’ and is how I’ve always remembered how Haiku work (because 5-7-5 eluded me for a long time…) You are brave dragon Much braver than I by … Continue reading

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The Note Valley

This is a nonsense poem I wrote from a word cloud at last week’s (14/11/12) social! Freedom went to market To buy God’s together pie. He saw an American injustice, Floating through the sky. Faith was wearing dream boots, And … Continue reading

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