Bonfire Night Poems

The mischief of the phantom was a plague to the town.
The townsfolk always had a sleepless sleep and their cries of horror always filled the...

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It started last night, gently falling, large flakes.
I was back again almost instantly.

All the faces, my brothers, friends and neighbors.
Everyone is bundled, wearing half the...

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The     warm, frothy soup
feels good      my tastebuds,
one scoop
        ...

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Mystic moon, shimmering so bright;
Her silver shine rouses the night. 
Like shining sun in amber glow,
she glows glitter where waters flow. 

The shady shade of...

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Bonfire night
Sparklers dancing in the air
Children running without a care 
Bang, boom, sizzling 
Fireworks exploding the night sky glowing
toffee apples, peas, and pies 
At night...

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Night 3
It’s still in my garden.
It’s back with a vengeance.
I can it see it there, lurking:
face black and white, its tail mocking.
Three nights in a...

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Guy Fawkes' Night 

By the middle of October the piles are growing.
English weather fails to dampen
childhood enterprise.
Gangs traverse the streets in forage
To drag, on broken...

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Gunpowder
         treason and plot
            Guy Fawkes
...

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primal timelessness
midnight bonfire by the beach
back to dawn of time



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on March 16, 2019...

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Land mirrors balaclavaed moon tonight, 
The dark blindfolds insects in drunken song, 
And censors bawdy bullfrogs’ ancient rite. 
Our starved eyes protest truant fireflies’ wrong,
As...

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Bonfire night

It’s alright, it’s not really such a fright

Guy Fawkes and friends had a plan

But then fell down to a man

King and country took them...

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The croft was the centre of our universe,
About it all day we kids would converse.
We talked of raiding a few streets away, 
We would steal...

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On bonfire night I can feel my tummy twisting, tickling and turning all over my insides.
The warmth of the fire heating my face, as the...

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It were bonfire night in 1910,
when fireworks first lit the night,
streets that were dark in shadows,
now suddenly fulsome and bright.

Bairns scattered as the bangs blew...

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Penny for the guy

C’mon mister give us a penny for the guy
This little ragamuffin asked with sad eyes brimming
Need the money to buy food she...

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