Tinny Poems - Poems about Tinny

Makhorka

...Eyes drifting
In waiting, 
Silently,
              Gazing
In vain,
Despite it,
He enlarged them 
Widely opened, as if
Searched for something interesting,
Very 
Carefully, 
                ...

Four in '99

...I was four when I partied like it was 1999.
Didn’t know what Y2K meant—
thought it was a new kind of Ribena.
Mom said the world might end,
so we had fish fingers and Angel Delight
like it was ou...

true blue pride

...under this southern sky we all should adore
for this land has never burned with any war.

our life has always been one that is free
free from dictatorship...free from tyranny.

under the southe...

One on one with my father

...#One_on_one_with_my_father
Expectations and reactions fusses my here and now mental and emotional state, like two giants bloating my tinny inner self, the fighting is real, pity I was never taught h...

Dump Trump The demagogue Hitler reincarnate!

...Dump Trump - The demagogue Hitler reincarnate!

Countdown to Armageddon 
precariously, lugubriously, hellaciously, 
and deleteriously hinges
potential apocalypse now outcome, 
mere smattering w...

Dot dot dot, and in other news devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump

...Dot dot dot, and in other news devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump

courtesy the comfort of his mancave, 
I (a mutated batman wannabe) 
doth prattle and stump
and display wide whirled webbed 
...

I'm being led

...#Im_being_led
Invisible chains on my body, shackling my abilities.They said "we are molding you, crafting you, to our own like".They "said I wasn't refined enough".

They straining and enforcsing ...

Maritime Metallic Mind

...

The cobalt mind of ancient mariner of the seven seas,
the surfing sailor tosses on the waves of youthful life,
rolls on the curled crests with the splintered moon,
drawn into dark agony trough...

Our Big Lunch

...God Save the King! So echoed round 
the village halls, the pubs, the streets
the day our Charlie Prince was crowned. 
Homes decked with bunting, cake, and treats.

We celebrated with a rave, 
o...

Metalmen

...They come by,
about once a month, 
blasting out their

tinny cacophony of
Mariachi music, and their guttural roars
of “any old iron? any scrap metal?”.

These
are the scavengers
of quiet ur...

Saturday Street Preacher

...I venture out
For the first time in a while
And am met by a sight:

A Saturday Street Preacher,
His altar an upturned crate,
Voice amplified by a tinny megaphone.

He reads not from the Good ...

Devil's Advocate Claims Teflon Trump

...Devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump...

The demagogue reincarnate 
feels gifted to reign supreme
captivates, glorifies, lauds, 
renounces, yawps extreme
views bellows dogmatic fulminations
in...

The Book That Was Too Beautiful To Be

...The last time that I saw you we were sat
Beside the fountain in the Market Place
You always had an easy kind of grace 
A cheeky twinkle in your eye, the chat
You always had a mission on, and that...

June

...A portrait in a parlor
A fancy dame or two
A dog named Ruffles singing
In front of you-know-who

A rinny-tin piano
Plunks out a tinny tune
And this ole western cowboy
Is heading home for June...

Drum Bowl

...Drum Bowl


     Loved to sing,
     Can't carry a tune.
     Tried a recorder,
     Not my order!
     Found that strings,
     Were not my thing.


            Bing!
            Bang!
...

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