(2012)
Guys in Edinburgh Tried writing a poem pissed But sadly I missed
I will not ask for help. This virus has abandoned me high a… I locked down early. As a health professional I did no… Though I waited.
I'd feel much better If I'd refused to drink TWO Large brandies too large!
I like to pause and make a note in… I write them spare with meaning ye… A reconstitution of dehydrated mom… It’s good to share. Divine!
Oh how we laughed, Cried, Fought, Tried, To make sense of our lives shaped…
I remember You, Your gutsy laugh, Your smile. The way you read the world, people… The jokes.
Creative genius, (I’ve heard it said,) Is nurtured in the madman’s head. His ups and downs, Frequent mistakes,
Today I invested some time. In, The space between the spaces. Pushing through gaps thinner than… A particle here,
If I had fingers, I would find things. I would fumble, feeling through drawers of cards and notes. Fond felicitations of folk, friends from days gone by; five new pence; four candles;...
I only have a moment before my hea… Wishing I could linger here, Shrug off the sweet repose of slee… Which is coming, And the darkness fills my head.
I didn’t set out to hurt you, I w… I’ll probably always love you anyh… You said that you’d never leave me… Then in the space of one weekend y… I know you’ve got someone else now…
Four march hares dashing, Running right to left, From my window. Three march hares dash back, Running left to right,
You know you do the things you do, And think I do not know. But what I see and feel inside, I will not ever show. So, carry on and cheat,
I’ll write some drunken poetry, It may not even rhyme. It doesn’t rhyme. It’s not even poetry. You soft lad!
Poohbarb, Shoobarb, Whoobarb, Noobarb, All are words that rhyme with Rhu…