Category Archives: musings

The Erotic

A young lady who is very exotic
Said, “sir, there can be nothing erotic!”.
Then she took off her dress
Which was strange, I must confess.
As her essay was on the despotic!

Listening to the News

Listening to the news
Of the swift advance
Of Taliban
In Afghanistan.
Birdsong outside
My window
Takes me away
From the cruelty
Of today.

Try Writing Better Poetry

Whilst checking my Twitter notifications this morning, I came across the following gem:
“Recommended For You
Try writing better poems and see how you get on then”.

I am not sure how I should take that …!

The Land of Lost Content (a Parody)

Below is my parody of Housman’s poem “The Land of Lost Content”. You can find a link to the original public domain poem at the end of my parody.

Into my heart an air that thrills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered thrills,
What squires, what housemaids are those?

That is the land of Squire Kent,
I see him with Jane,
The happy housemaid where he went.
I had better not explain!

https://poets.org/poem/shropshire-lad-xl

We Fuss and Rush

We fuss
And rush
Through life.
Perhaps take
A lover,
A husband
Or wife.

We will find time
To weave our rhyme
We say,
For there must
Be another day.
And the dust
Gathers unseen.

The Pretty Ear Lobe

When I found a pretty ear lobe
Protruding from my fine old bedroom wardrobe
I said, “Miss Moore
Are you quite sure
That you are looking for your globe?”.

The Draw

She sprays cheap perfume
In his living room.
Then smokes a cigarette
At his open window.

She must go
(As others have before).
He will feel regret
And say “no more”.

But grubby deals
With girls in heels
Will draw,
As before.