Selected poems

Created
Wed, 08/04/2026 - 18:06
No Body’s Perfect his tennis elbowwas his Achilles heel and his Achilles heelwas on his athlete’s foot and his athlete’s footmade him down in the mouth and though the down in his mouthhe took on the chin, it became less a shot in the armthan a chip on his shoulder – so that when the…
Created
Mon, 23/03/2026 - 21:50
And Now for the Weather Today is set to be agreeably alliterative  across an assortment of areas although the occasional metaphor  may cause some faces to cloud.  Idioms will be coming down like stair rods in northern regions, while the south  may experience the odd outbreak of similes, like an unexpected shower of arrows.  In coastal, littoral, and…
Created
Thu, 05/02/2026 - 22:15
Message to the 14-Year-Old Me Believe in yourself.You can do anything you set your heart on –except A level physics, perhaps.Well, all the sciences really. DIY is a bit of a no-no, too.See also: driving; skiing; map reading;cooking pasta in the right quantities;relationships; origami. Don’t even think about runningyour own business. Or singing in tune.Best…
Created
Sat, 07/02/2026 - 05:05
An Attempt to Write an Abecedarian Poem in Praise of the Dictionary  An unfaltering ability to Bring clarity to the English language Constitutes your  Defining quality. Ever since the day we First met and I Giggled at the rude words  Hidden amongst your pages, I adored you,  Jubilant in the Knowledge that things were Looking up. You offered me the Meaning of life, Not to mention the meaning of…