this year i do not ask for much
not much at all...
READ MOREthis year i do not ask for much
Category poems
it could happen
to any one of us...
READ MOREit could happenfirst they came
after Pastor Martin Niemöller
READ MOREfirst they cameTalking with Mr Strummer about the nature of the world
“They’d send a limousine anyway…”
The Clash
READ MORETalking with Mr Strummer about the nature of the worldThe Clash
A Beginner’s Guide to 4-D Chess
Play the man, and not the ball.
[written after Labour Party conference]
READ MOREA Beginner’s Guide to 4-D Chess[written after Labour Party conference]
the columnists’ hypotheticals
what if doormats were suddenly sentient?
what if elephants nested in trees?
READ MOREthe columnists’ hypotheticalswhat if elephants nested in trees?
should an agency cleaner in the basement
of the British Museum find
in some forgotten room
an old earthenware lamp
READ MOREshould an agency cleaner in the basementin some forgotten room
an old earthenware lamp
imagine
To the apologists for genocide who choose
to walk in no-one’s shoes but their own
READ MOREimagineto walk in no-one’s shoes but their own
Just To Say, 2023:
I have eaten
the future...
READ MOREJust To Say, 2023:the future...
corodividednation
by now, of course, you’ll know
the way the day panned out
READ MOREcorodividednationthe way the day panned out
(don’t) read all about it!
In all the stories from the funeral...
READ MORE(don’t) read all about it!and this…
is for those politicians and journalists
who will now sing the praises
of life spent in public service
READ MOREand this…who will now sing the praises
of life spent in public service