Barratt Poems - Poems about Barratt

...Second Home by Rob Barratt An escape from the rat race. Life lived at a slower pace An idyllic setting they won’t be letting The cottage slumbers , Like the electricity meter numbers It’s early Ma......Read the rest...

...Distressed by Rob Barratt My furniture is all distressed It's unusually unstable The oak bookcase is quite depressed As is the coffee table The worktop has a thin veneer It seethes beneath the surf......Read the rest...

...Tie Me Down by Rob Barratt Tie me down, tether me to a pole Rope together the wings on my soul Fill my wellies up with rocks Put big pebbles in my socks Nail my boots to a railway sleeper ......Read the rest...

...My Christmas Box by Rob Barratt We’ll have an X-Men, X-files, X-Box, no socks, X-Factor, Max Factor, Max Bygraves, no war graves of a Christmas I want empathy, an MP3, a hemp-free, hump-free,......Read the rest...

...Permissive Path by Rob Barratt A permissive path who slept around Made her bed with common ground She was quickly impregnated And subsequently cultivated She produced a crop of baby corn ......Read the rest...

...The Seat by the Toilet - Rob Barratt(rbarratt@cooptel.net) Yes, the seat by the toilet’s The best by a mile; it’s The only seat in which to sit In the seat by the loo You’ve a wonderful view ......Read the rest...

...Second Home by Rob Barratt An escape from the rat race. Life lived at a slower pace An idyllic setting they won’t be letting The cottage slumbers , Like the electricity meter numbers It’s e......Read the rest...