Spanner Poems

The Wabi-Sabi of Tintern Abbey

...Things bloom more beautiful when breaking down.
The nave now ploughs through foams of flowering trees,
a frozen caravel.  Kissed by the breeze,
the river surface suddenly seems to frown
exquisite...

Turning it on

...Isn't it transparent
how the water always looks the same
- life is wet!

Still, the tap (US faucet) gets stuck at times
tight, stiff, trapped
a spanner (US wrench) may be required
for the loos...

Your Choice P Hardware Girl

...The first poem I posted on Soup. One of the first 200 poems I deleted. I found a rough copy in an old scribble book.

Hardware Blues. 
My dad he went down fighting, to keep his local hardware stor...

Mr Sewerman

...Grunt grunt below the gutter 
The man of the sewer works
With his big old rusty spanner 
He twists the pipes, the nuts and bolts
That struggle to hold the metal that jolts
The rats and roaches s...

Terror Bugs: Part 3 - A Freezer Mice Adventure

...[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 2 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
__________

London’s streets resembled an al fresco mausoleum 
They tracked a trail of body parts which led to a...

Aardvark

...I went for a walk with an Aardvark
In a forest of beer bottle trees,
Entranced by their gentle swaying,
Hanging and clinking in the breeze;
And I found a top spanner bush
Growing at a convenient...

Events That Have Not Happened Yet and Other Feelings of Anxiety About Impending Doom

...In three billion years the sun dies, Earth with it and the ring around Saturn too.
When will the apple fall?
Will it fall close or roll?
The apple rots eventually, the tree forgets and fly’s brain...

Follow the Fire

...Harken! blasts of thunder 
pressurised magma sears 
Pyroclastic hearts collapse
a spanner jams the gears

Distended fiery fissures 
augur unquantified fears
Cataclysms bring rupture 
down pat...

There Are Abilities In Disabilities

...There are abilities in disabilities
So shun idioms that mock any form of disabilities
I know a fellow that has his physical frame unbalanced
And his head obliguely and disingenuously referenced

...

One Button Too Many

...Putin's finger lingers over the device
That activates the bomb
Against the best advice
He teases with aplomb
Shall I, shan't I
Oh, this is kind of fun
Power Hungry Putin
What have you done?
Y...

Two Weeks At Christmas

...For two weeks o'er Christmas; let's straighten the bend, or flatten the curve
Lets just get on the mend.' Give amazon and others a holiday space
And more Important yourselves' just step off the goo...

Aardvark

...I went for a walk with an Aardvark
In a forest of beer bottle trees,
Entranced by their gentle swaying,
Hanging and clinking in the breeze;
And I found a top spanner bush
Growing at a convenient...

A Spanner In the Works

...A spanner in the works

I have dislike of all royalty who stole the people's land
Their acolytes were given titles to ensure their loyalty.
Privileged aristocracy, the guardian of transformation
...

Mystery 4 Rent

...I find myself currently rented out
 by the mystery
Of a a so called smart watch
Digitally imposed hand's rocking
around it's clock 
Strapped around a fair maiden's
dainty wrist

Which simulta...

Keep On Keeping On

...You may rest awhile if the trek be tough, 
Grab a breath when the terrain is rough; 
Let the oars have some respite,
And the rower fresh viands bite.

But the going must anon continue, 
For tim...

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