Merseyside Derby
...The
Merseyside derby
The Red Peril
For every Blue
Even Bluer after 90 minute's
The tortured fan's faces grimace
Children cry on the long road home
This is not the 1st and it w...
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Categories:
merseyside, football,
Form: Free verse
Lost Love
...Lost Love
25 years ago September met April and
September fell in love; she was eighteen I was 52
…I know what you think.
At the post office, she worked, and I posted letters
to pretend friends...
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Categories:
merseyside, absence, age,
Form: Blank verse
Rush Hour In Manchester
...Trying to get out of Manchester
To get back on the M6
During the fun called "rush hour"
Requires all your tools and tricks.
I start on the M61
Four lanes of hotbed frustration
Which lane am I suppos...
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Categories:
merseyside, journey, life,
Form: Verse
The Lusitania (Part Two)
...Explosions rock the boat;
Ocean gushes inside.
The battered stern won't float,
All controls lock their slide.
Listing fifteen degrees,
The lifeboats fail to launch.
Swift decent lugs a squeez...
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Categories:
merseyside, history, war
Form: Ballad