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......

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...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......

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...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 ......

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...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,......

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...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 ......

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...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 ......

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...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......

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