the mainstream media
love the alternative right
or as i say, just the right
read into that what you will
is this white power
with a show reel?
Category: Poetry and Writing 2016
Hate and Blame (Originally Untitled) – Written Thursday 1st December 2016
we wear hate now
like a coat
we sink happiness
in case it floats
we fail our steady boat
Where Do I Find Care From? (Originally Untitled) – Written Thursday 1st December 2016 (Aged 41)
then where do i find care from?
in these, strangest of times
perhaps,
it all needs to roll down the hill
perhaps, sadly,
for people, the consequences need to be real
Finger Pointing – Written Thursday 1st December 2016 (Aged 41)
another day, another article
asking, who is to blame
right wing populism
is the current refrain
Campaigning for Something Fairer (Originally Untitled) – Written November 2016 (Aged 41)
i am interested in social justice
but now the right wing grip
decides that,
despite being full of people
who have benefited
from progressive social justice
You Do Not See Me For Now (Originally Untitled) – Written November 2016 (Aged 41)
i held onto you
but then i realised
it was my seventeen year old self
my eighteen, nineteen
and even twenty year old self
I Am Not Slick (Originally Untitled) – Written November 2016 (Aged 41)
and i saw how
he fitted in
and how i never have
and how,
talent,
and obvious clumsiness
It Looked Like Chaos (Originally Untitled) – Written November 2016 (Aged 41)
those diaries
so poetic
but…
it look like chaos
Keep Pushing – Written November 2016 (Aged 41)
combined with insecurity
and a lack of self esteem
with compassion
and humanity
is that not,
the recipe of so called insanity
Bankrupt (Originally Untitled) – Written November 2016 (Aged 41)
aspiration easily docks as compassion sails away
you can rage at the political class
but down in the theatres
the corporations star in a wealthy farce
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 