Saint Theresa
I saw you coming out of church on SundayClutching your handbag and husbandAnd leaning against the wind and the countryWith a smile painted painfully on your empty faceStiff amidst those… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Poetry
#InternationalWomensDay
For all the women on this planet, this poem is the most popular that I’ve performed in public. Grab the equality you should have with both hands.Numbers Often,You make yourself… Continue Reading
RIP Gordon Banks – the goalkeepers’ union
Goalkeepers It’s always like this.The last line of defence,The final cliché.We are the ones who suffer. Even in victory,Each weakness, misjudgement,Is sentenced a callous on our selves,And in defeatOurs is… Continue Reading
27 – Sculptures
Sculptures.The now world, the new world,Assigns a commercial possibilityTo each anniversary,And not the precious metals of loveForged in the flames of time. The wood creaks under the passing of it…. Continue Reading
today we celebrate
today we celebratean accident of birththe discrimination of wealtha country that feeds its royals but not its needya distorted image of love with an agendathe gulf between the great unwashedand… Continue Reading