Backstreet Poems - Poems about Backstreet

Elegy to Grams

...It's been forever since you went —
To the other side in a heartbeat —
To return the life you've been lent,
Towards the edge of the stellar backstreet.

Your footsteps echo until now,
Thumping g...

Yes, I know

...It’s really quite hard
I was dealt a bad hand
Nothing written in the cards
And I don’t have a plan

I couldn’t make this up
I couldn’t if I tried
I guess this is the point
That I’m at in my l...

This is the first good day of the year

...This is the first good day of the year.
The sun shines loud through the siren landscape
and no one speaks to me but you.
It's cold,
cold this time around
Everything I need is so far away
I lost...

Witching Hour Minstrel Part Two

...Whatever happened to the twelve o ‘clock rambler,
nocturnal venturesome brushstroke sort,
they face whirlwind snowfall, freezing ice,
while others brazenly squirm,
not for stoic diarist this thre...

Witching Hour Minstrel

...Whatever happened to the twelve o ‘clock rambler,
nocturnal  venturesome brushstroke sort,
they paint sound and city pastel,
never at a loss for inspiration,
weather neither bar nor barrier,
in ...

Yesterdays' Love

...I saw my yesterday's love today,
on a quiet, shady, backstreet lane.
I knew his eyes, though his hair was grey,
said he'd forgotten my married name

Or would have called me when moving back
to ...

Final Exam Passing Out Parade 3rd Degree

...Because this here is your passing 
out parade doth your cap and gown

This here I don't know if you if you are 
aware or know it yet

But also the end of what was once
your student life I hope...

How the Money Rolls In

...To the tune of: “My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean”

                     I

My grandpa sells condoms to sailors
He pokes holes in them with a pin
My grandma gives backstreet abortions
Lord, how t...

A Speck In the Night- 2005

...A scene of disgust in these modern times.
                               Down backstreet allies, under street signs.
                                          Every kind of vile disgrace, 
       ...

Colour - ::Published::

...The joy I find in colour
This extraordinary thing
Tiny backstreets shout with vigour
Freeing prison walls to sing 

When the streetlight slowly flickers
On our lifeless habitat 
The creative h...

Speaking the Language

...Lin, a Chinese friend giggled at my feeble, say,
pedestrian attempt at Cantonese,
the Chinese word for butterfly or dragon even moth 
just vanished down the throat of one
so eager yet befuddled,
...

A Friend In Pain

...Is your pride free from shame, strain or sad games?
Or that's a name that hides a friend in pain?
I wonder why your wild wounds burn in flames.
I wonder why that temper cries in vain.
These quest...

Angel Light

...I stood in awe as she alighted like a bird upon some branch,
Belisha beacon to the abyss bound  clochard.
Bonfire for uncanny scion  adrift,
 ignited by her
incandescent eyes.
Chanteuse  of Arca...

Life On the Street

...A monochrome of boho days
segue one another surreptitiously.
Endless pantomimes of idle chatter flutter by.
Cantilever bridge, a one stop halting site for gossip and suspense.
Small talk, bespoke...

Sound Travels Faster In Darkness

...Sound travels faster in Darkness
At the edge of my canopy bed, I parted with my words
With background music
       "Waiting Game", "Hot in Here", "I'm of Fire", "Cherry Wine", "Raspberry 
       ...

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