Best Butties Poems

I am a displaced Scouser,
Who comes from Bootle way,
And no matter where I go,
A Scouser will I stay.

I eat my chips on Butties,
Or perhaps upon a barm,
I get by on old Scouse wit,
And on my Liverpool charm.

But I’ve never owned a tracksuit,
It’s simply not my...

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When I left school at age fifteen years
This brave new world held many fears.
I got a job from the schools careers man,
I was going to be a trainee electrician.
Turners Asbestos Cement in Trafford Park
Was where I was to train to become a spark,
Thoughts of a...

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I remember the sail boat gliding
down the stream,over slippery
boulders and frothy cream.

The Kingfisher darting by, the
tangerine flash catching eye,
minnows hide, scattering fry

And ratty on the grass bank,
gnawing on a crayfish shank,
once he'd eaten the water drank

As Dippers bathed and the
Wagtail's played, in the safety
of the...

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Manchester, born and bred, within a stone throw from the city centre
One of a family of nine kids and our mother as our mentor
In a place called Hulme, full of vagabonds and snot nosed scruff bags
Rope  for belts, football boots with studs cut of...

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On the first day of Christmas my loved ones gave to me,
And a plate of turkey butties.

On the second day of Christmas my loved ones gave to me,
Two girly books,
And a plate of turkey butties.

On the third day of Christmas my loved ones gave to...

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My eyes look through my head and heart,
They are so scared and plead to part,
Though I should see for them,
Lead a life where love will stem,
We'll travel to Falmouth shore,
She'll smash my inner alarm from snore,
Eat butties on the beach, 
And let my heart peach,
Drink...

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My Jewish friends

This blaming of the Jews is so tiring I have worked
with many Jews, upholsterer of furniture and little shops
selling whatever needed,
the daily struggle and had no time to destroy the world.
They used to come to my café, and I loved it
 to meet...

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Oh second hand counting time
upon the liver building gothic clock
Waving goodwill to her dearly departed 3 sister's
Starring gainly upon lady mersey set a blitz

Climbing up her red bricks
Of the old abandoned mill's
And lighting up her failing dock yards

My mother loved you
My father hated growing up...

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It was hot and arid in the desert
No wind, no breeze, not a breath
And Pedro and Luis were lost 
And so very close to  death.
As they crawled across the sand
As though trapped  in still air
The smell of bacon frying
Seemed to hang around them...

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Happy birthday josette my sweet girl
Enjoy the day I hope you will
Stay in bed, relax as best you can
For today the works done by your man

Bacon butties or full English is at waking
As the kids and i are in to making
A nice cup of tea...

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Right outside my window
Wafting up inside,
Starting every morning,
Continues through the night,
Foods from every nation,
Right here where I live
Delicious and very tasty,
Different foods Instead
Starting with the sizzlers,
Starts the day ahead,
Moving on to bacon, 
Then butties on the bread,
The day goes on and very soon,
Fish chips peas...

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A professor of difficult sums
Who led a simple and useful life
Till he met Big Bertha from Beverley
And took her to be his wife.
It was a convention of difficult sums 
On the logistics of long haul
Followed by a civic dinner
Down the road in Hull Guildhall.
The cabaret...

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Darkness descends and most folk
Are slowly wending to their bed
But, across  there in Knotty Ash
Some Locals are stirring  instead.
The residents of Diddyland,
Where the sun always shines,
Are pulling on their working gear
For night shifts down the mines.
The Diddymen of Knotty Ash,
That dedicated working band
Who...

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Nothing but puppies;
Swam with the guppies;
Hang out cause their buddies, 
When they get out of the pool yukky
Smelly are the fur biddies, 
And those floppies, kitties,putties, putty, puffy, bunnies, 
Eaten all the yuppy gummies, 
While those piggies huskies  tummy’s are muddy
Biddies,  buddy, buggies,...

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The Umbrella

It was a rainy sort
Of afternoon, when I crossed
The bridge didn`t notice 
Half it was missing.
Held on to my brolly when I fell
Parachuted landed on a barge.
They needed a deckhand.

The sea was a black mirror, the cook
Was artistic and pissed we only had
Bacon butties...

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