Cassettes Poems

The Heat of the Moment

...(Cabin Sunset, summer 2025)

The Heat of the Moment

Settling into our new mountain cabin,
Dogs and humans equally overheated
In the shadeless August afternoon,
The only way to be is na...

Those Were The Days

...Back in the eighties, wild and free..
A golden time for you and me.  
We'd ride our bikes through streets unknown.. 
No screens, no apps.. just flesh and bone.  

Vinyl spun and cassettes played...

Stumbling

...never really liked the way I stumble
	
		stumble, stumble
	stumble and stumble
	
	where’s the song we used to stumble over the words
	because at least i could enjoy the jumping and stumbling
	...

What Can You Save

...What can you save when you go the grave?
The answer, my friend’s, not a thing,
Yet the way we behave (and so few of us cave)
Is to add to mementos and cling.

The clothes out of style we’ve not ...

1970 To 1979

...I am Farrah Fawcett,
Poster on the wall. 
  I am a rotary phone,
When I made a call. 

   I am, Boss,
it’s the plane, The plane. 
   I am Pablo Escobar,
And his cocaine. 

   I am Queen wit...

Ditch the Past

...Clean your house out – ditch the past!
Get rid of all that you’ve amassed.
VHS tapes and cassettes,
Toys and trophies – no regrets!

Old TVs with bulging backs,
Books you’ve read (piled up in s...

Sunset Sounds

...Purple swirls
The wind whirls
Flipping the leaves
Hanging from the trees

Subtle sunsets
Old cassettes
Crackling sounds
Good feelings all around

Noglista,
Peace gifted
The fog lifted
Hu...

Fight Putin Alike Churchill Fought Hitler

...We’ve all been young dumb 
and unaware so has everyone, 
we too were the first generation 
growing up with tech others hadn’t 

I was born last century so to kids I’m old 
Born the same year as...

Timeless

...We're listening to old cassettes
From when my kids were small.
It doesn't seem like thirty years
(Or more) have passed at all.

My grandkids recognize the songs 
And even Raffi's voice.
They'd...

The Sex Offender

...Mr Two step in the name of fame
I regret putting a foot onto your set 
I should not of accept all the abuse and lies
That came with fame
Hearing your name only makes me upset and a shame
You kno...

Paper Dolls

...she is everything you have seen in the movies
crayola hair
velvet dress
sugar in her veins
tears glued to her face
she fingerpaints the kitchen walls like a little girl and tapes their polaroids...

Deep Sleep and a Long Night

...Fall asleep 
When back to dream land,
Its a hard life...
A life with no rules, it's fun though!
Can't wake up:
nothing but deep dreams and nightmares,
Slopes and pinnacle pins
Chosen kings and...

Facing the Music

...We’ve introduced our grandkids
To the music we adore – 
That’s classical or rock & roll;
They always ask for more.

For Henry’s coming birthday,
I procured a perfect book – 
An intro to the or...

I Grew Up In Bath

...I grew up in Bath in the nineteen nineties
wearing short shorts over tighty whities,
while Bath were champions of English Rugby,
a beautiful city farfetched from ugly.

We played on Stilts and h...

Maybe Poor People Will Want It

...As I empty a bag and look over the donations in it
I think, “Geezus why; not even I would willingly take any of this!
If I didn’t work here taking donations, I’d throw it all in the garbage!"

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