When I'm tired and feeling like sleeping my dreams are unappealing so I turn on Netflix. I browse through titles forever and then finally put on the news The worlds woes make me feel okay*. What's new today? Bullets in pews. Guns in a church, lots of people hurt. I look up to the sky** … Continue reading A Poem for National Poetry Day
A woman empties a bucket of piss, sloshes through the cobbles as my driver curses. Cretin! The horses pulling the cart don’t care, they soldier on; we all do, really. A withered man with a wicker basket sells his wears for scraps of tin, fabric, anything. I blow my nose on a handkerchief, see streaks … Continue reading The Future Isn’t What it Was (Poem)
I wrote a poem- enjoyyy! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I carved your epitaph into our grandest gasp Which broke into waves through arteries and veins. Anatomically correct. I dissect the remains. Rearrange your DNA and Do not age. Happiness is a state of mind but now you're gone My mind is just a state. Love is not enough, … Continue reading bad luck and worse
I have no idea when I last posted a bit of poetry! It’s definitely ages ago, too long ago! Anyway, I’m currently in bed unable to sleep, about to schedule this post for tomorrow because I’ve been having a long old play around with rhyme. Rhyme and half rhyme actually. And maybe a bit more. … Continue reading In Which We Are The King (Poetry)
Here's a poem I wrote, a twist on the very classic, very famous Wordsworth poem Daffodils.. i wandered lonely as a cloud (through Tottenham) I wandered lonely as a cloud, they saw that I was on my own and so they came and beat me down. Then took my wallet and my phone. These … Continue reading My Spin On Wordsworth…
Yes! An E-Book! It's all written and I'm just in the process of formatting it for Kindles! It's going to be an anthology of poetry, not to be taken too seriously but hopefully still maintain a thought- provoking nature! Stay tuned for a release date, but until then I can share the cover with you! … Continue reading I’m Publishing An E-Book!
I'm an English Literature/ Creative Writing student at university, but I always struggle with poetry. I'm too matter of fact with my words, which works with my style in prose, but leaves a lot to be desired in my poems. It's a style, nonetheless, and one that I suppose is not the most sophisticated, but … Continue reading I Wrote Some Poetry
You hear some songs and they please your ears and you think *ah this is nice*. But some songs you really listen to, and the lyrics transcend music and become art. I've put together a little list of some of my favourites. "So can you understand? Why I want a daughter while I'm still young I … Continue reading Song Lyrics Which Are Basically Poetry
