Long Nhs Poems

Disability, Illness and Fundamentalism

My brother died of Cystic Fibrosis, 
When I was twelve and he fourteen, 
It took away his ambitions, 
To study at Oxford - the pipe organ’s steam. 

I understand being born with...

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BROKEN DOWN ANGELS

It disny seem that long ago
Toddling and having fun,
Crawling then walking along the floor 
And learning how tae run.

Potty trained and full eh life
They’d run you af yer feet,
A kiss on the cheek...

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What do I project? Some of what I have
Absorbed. Also, that which I have
Reflected upon and have parts of rejected!
I am aware there is a so-called church of
The Devil – I am cognizant of the...

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I heard something on the wireless
As i went about my day,
Some new strain of virus
In some province far away.

I didn’t pay much attention
As it seemed a distant threat.
Well that was my contention
So I didn’t break...

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>I looked through the list of Form I should chose but there was not one for  

medical mystery so I chose free verse as you are not paying to see it in my 

Book...

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I recently went to see my doctor. I suffer with a degenerative disease in my spine, only after 
a car accident did the disease wake up and its been down hill all the way for...

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It’s not that they’re stupid, it’s just that they’re unreasonable. They’ve rejected doctors as standing autonomously, when our physical makeup mostly consists of idempotent elements, making us all independent people when acting or interacting. We...

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You will have probably heard this story, it's often been told
About Captain Tom who's ninety nine years old
He's a Second World War veteran who's served his country
And was a Captain in the tank regiment in...

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Hot as hell, emotions fire the flames, 
Nervous about meeting doctors, nurses, 
Curtain separates them from congregation,
The veil is not torn in two, but steamy adulation, 
Courts their friendship sessions to distance, 
Bible fanatic from...

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“Once a king or queen in Narnia, 
Always a king or queen,” said C S Lewis,  
And I think I can just about let you in on, 
What he was talking about, as I'm...

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I'm kind of taken by Jeremy Corbyn, the man and his success, 
And believe that for the leadership role he may be able to dress; 
I think what’s going unsaid is that he’s kind of...

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I read in the news the other day,
Believe this if you can.
We should have a gingerbread person,
And not a gingerbread man.

Yes, things should now be genderless,
In order to avoid the flack,
Should anyone be offended, 
When...

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Tony Blair, Tony Blair, where have you been? 
You’ve not been coming to London to visit the Queen
But you had seemed so close, meeting weekly when you were PM
You with your cheesy fake smile, waiting...

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I was crying last night because I understood, 
Everything that Gordon Aikman said and postulated, 
It was mega, a long-awaited viewing, was food, 
As I could relate to the things that he had tested.

The BBC...

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Stanley Russell Harris (ME)
The new Mad Author

When my books begin to sell.
From, ‘feedaread,’ where they dwell!
And I’m as rich as blinking well…
You know, rolling in that thing called money.
With figures in front of those zeros,
so...

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>It started with a lump you see
By Stanley Russell Harris
(A poetry Soup Honourable Mentioned Poet)
(The New mad Author)

It started with a lump you see.
As I was old, I just thought it part of me.
You know...

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Dec 21 - Covid part 3..

We know how 2020 ended
Reduced freedom, families still parted- so no extra chairs or tables needed
Friends getting together was all but destroyed
Was there anything for us to raise our game...

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Kylie had a diving accident, 
In her friend’s swimming pool, 
In which she broke her neck, 
And so was sped to hospital. 

Tragically, all the doctors, staff, 
Thought she was really drunk, 
Because she still...

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>I've written many poems since coming out of hospital, none before.  Most poems seem to be inspired by what I see in life, as no doubt many other poets, (cough, cough,) are affected this...

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Twenty twenty a very strange year
From March onward most living in fear
You will all know what I'm talking about
COVID 19 I hear you all shout

It all started in the far East
Gaining momentum like a ravaging...

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The Fear.

Before the Good ol ' '48'  The Fear was always there, should you, could you call the 

Doc; must you rely on the gentry true or those who would rob you blue, or...

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I remember as a child at school drinking those small bottles of milk.
I remember feeling posh wearing a tie made out of silk.
I remember running wild under the sun of long summer days.
I remember meal...

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When the bombers are in town,
And soldiers daren't open fire
Because  the legal profession 
Is so readily there for hire
With no win no fee basis,
Always eager for a prosecution
When a  military campaign
Has come to...

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"I want to be a person amongst people”
                           ...

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Captain Tom
By Jan Beaumont ©

He was somebody we'd never heard of
Just a man quietly living his life
But a man who'd seen things that he shouldn't 
Like battle and horror and strife.

He was loved and surrounded...

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