Supermarket Poems

Who’d have believed
much less even conceived
that a virus could deny us
a few basic social niceties
as intuitively natural
to the human species
as hand shaking, hugging,
kissing or keeping
a mandatory six feet 
distance from anyone,
family, relative or stranger 
we may happen to meet
at the...Read More

Meeting an old girlfriend

I met an old girlfriend from the days when we were
in our fifties, it had been a tempestuous affair.
Since she was not driving any more, I drove her home
to her house.
She invited me in for a coffee...Read More

THE BARGE POLE BRIGADE 

Well, it didn’t take long on my barge pole idea to click
The next time I got to the supermarket all had a stick

Barge poles, vaulting poles, or plain old walking sticks
All poking at each other getting...Read More

This is a well deserved tribute that I'd like to share
For those wonderful people working in our health care
Doctors, nurses, paramedics and admin staff too 
Auxiliaries and cleaners risking their lives for you. 

All over the world ex health staff...Read More

learned nothing from the past
by faces drawn in a smile
we're spinning over it like on a carousel
and again, each time it makes us vomit, we remain stunned

we're leisurely starting to resemble like hamsters
cramming into our gob more than we can...Read More

Bellicose Smile

Ghost wandered living lonely,
on the screaming silence street,
rubbish rattles wind blown west,
where last week walked our feet,

A dog barks in the distant haze,
spring leaps wildly on,
upon our green the grass grows,
mowers for now are gone,

A billion eyes behind their...Read More

Supermarket queues,
Shelves emptying fast,
Soon nothing left,
Rationing in place,
But some still miss out.

Panic buying,
Corona scare,
Must get tissues,
Boxes of them,

Toilet paper
Running out
Cartoonists

Will be
Loving

That.

...Read More

It's like a black cloak around our world bringing misery and death
One scientist said "if it mutates you ain't seen nothing yet" 
If only the experts would look back at how these viruses thrive 
They'd have got answers in history...Read More

THE STOCKHOLM COUPLE

There was a couple from Stockholm
Every supermarket they did roam
But; every shelf was bare
Nothing found anywhere
So empty-handed they just went home

Indiana Shaw . . . : (...Read More

COMPLACENCY

When it comes to the coronavirus; of course it is never going to be you
As you stand there coughing on the person in front of you in the queue

You never once heeded the advice if feeling sick isolate yourself at...Read More

What has happened to society?

Oh how I miss the olden days
When people helped everyone else
Now no-one does anything for nothing
People are just out for themselves

I remember the close-knit communities
Doing favours for one another
When young  people had respect 
For their...Read More

Planned-Demic

No work, no play, even dogs don’t stray
And you can forget your monthly pay
Off to the supermarket at half past five
An early start will keep you alive
Buying things, you never bought before, 
Hang on Madge let’s get thirty more.
Lots of...Read More

When you're not in front
and your life is unsure
There is no toilet paper for you
and to every supermarket you turn to
There’s none you tell me,
and I cry tears to myself

I don't need your persuasion ,
cos it will be newspaper then
I...Read More

I’m here I’m there I’m everywhere
But I cannot  be seen 
I’m the bailiff when your skint
The traffic warden with pencil in hand
The ex-girlfriend with a new man
That cough, that ache 
I’m the empty shelf in the supermarket
The que in...Read More

What do we know about the Coronavirus
The real risks behind the panic and human bias
Now let’s look at the facts that we have to date.
It not great news, its spreading at an alarming rate. 

Corvid 19 seems commonly the correct...Read More

At the express lane at the local supermarket
Don't try getting through with one over the limit
Dirty looks you'll get
And bad-mouthing I'll bet
They'll push you down and stomp on your spinach




...Read More

A day when everything goes your way 
   I must be doing something wrong

when you do everything on your checklist
   Haven't I forgotten something? 

when all those checks arrive in the mail
   How many...Read More

FB, ficklebook, fakebook, friendbook
In our modern world social media is king
A new way to communicate, a new look
It seems strange at times, a weird thing

Birthday wishes and condolences are posted galore
Sue and Jenny post their troubles and relationship issues
Pictures, selfies,...Read More

   Art is a talent,
   a gift,a vocation,
  it is not a  product ...
  So you can't buy it
  on the  supermarket ...
  But if the  result of that...Read More

         I am a wonder ... but
         I'm not narcissistic ...
         I realize thar i'm not...Read More

Iran you have a problem
one of your greatest resource's is oil
but it is a limited resource 
eventually, it will run out

Or if the world changes
to use electric cars
you would be left 
without profits

your economy 
could struggle
have you heard the saying
make...Read More

Skin-tight delights in front and back 
Lines of femininity boldly stacked 
Sweeping curves on muscled tones
Like X-rays ,  but without the bones
Slap subconscious circuits on
And what should be disgusting bends
Along old thoughts the years have kept on a low...Read More

Special offer for forbidden fruit two for the price of one

Discounted pleasure until ultimate stock clearance lasts

		Adam’s apples included

		Unisex versions available

		Sustainable and organic

Nails and planks for the eye flat-packed easy to assemble

Build your own bloody cross instructions included for free

		Whips...Read More

Is that you, Laura?
It's me - Linda.  Do you have time to talk?
Guess what?  We won the race!
Silver Star ran superbly, and he cleared all the jumps.  He beat the next horse by a length!
Oh yeah, I...Read More

Environmentally, the world
is fast approaching crisis point:
global warming has meant major
alterations at the Poles,
where the icecaps are melting fast.
In hot regions, such as my own,
there are places crippled by drought.
Australia's fire season
began early this year,
so that many houses are lost,
gutted...Read More