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Category Archives: Poetry
You Really Got a Hold On Me
I don’t like you, but I love youSeems that I’m always thinking of youOh, oh, ohYou treat me badly, I love you madly You’ve really got a hold on me (you’ve really got a hold on me)You’ve really got a … Continue reading
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Love Poem
I see my future in your eyesMy destiny unfolding blissfullyWalks through mist clad South DownsSnow crunching beneath our bootsOur new born baby smelling sweetlyEyes shut with a loving smileMy destiny is in your eyesThere is nothing elseMy world is your … Continue reading
Film Review: A complete Unknown (2025) ~ (Timothee Chamalet)
A Complete Unknown is the worst Dylan biopic I’ve seen.1 It’s a Memory Lane sing-a -long. And the plot/narrative? Negligible. Quite how Dylan’s story can be emptied into a series of brooding scenes is beyond me. Elle Fanning (Sylvie Russo)2 … Continue reading
Forgiveness
The time for forgiveness has goneGales howl across mountain peaksTrees are bundled to the groundAnimals crushed and left to dieNo-one cares The time for forgiveness has goneFires rage devouring housesSparks a thousand feet highAnd drones admire the sightA wonderful spectacle … Continue reading
Having a laugh
What I miss most- now I’m oldIs having a laugh about nothing at allGoing down the pub with a few matesHaving too many pints andA big bag of crispsAnd not giving a damn about caloriesOr anything at all. What I … Continue reading
Black History Month, 2022: Lyrics of ‘I wish’
I wish I knew howIt would feel to be freeI wish I could breakAll the chains holding meI wish I could sayAll the things that I should saySay ’em loud say ’em clearFor the whole round world to hear I … Continue reading
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OAP Blues song
Woke up this morning andGot myself a beerWashed down my pillsSwilled down eagerly. Woke up this morning andGot myself some toastBuried it in jamFinished off in a cloud of crumbs Woke up this morning andOpened my eyesPinched my arm hardSmiled … Continue reading
The Sycophant
I lay panting on the altarOf his ego, waiting forHis lacerating wit to disembowel meSo, his hangers-on can laughThey lurk around the great manHoping they’ll be the one that’sGoing to be his museBut they don’t know him. The four o’clock … Continue reading
Tell Me Sweet, Sweet Lies
Tell me sweet, sweet liesTell me you’ll love me to eternityTell me you love my blindness. EyesClouded and milky in their sightlessness Tell me sweet, sweet liesTell me my pain is your painTell me you love caring for me. PainElusively … Continue reading