Burns' Limerick
A date for which each Scotsman yearns:
Is it lost in the nation's concerns?
There's no need to worry
as fried haggis curry
can bring back the mem'ry of Burns.
Burns' Triolet
Burns’ Night comes but once a year,
the haggis and the pipes come oot,
Auld Lang Syne and tartan gear.
Burns’ Night comes but once a year,
wee sleekit tim’rous atmosphere,
address the lassies thereaboot.
Burns’ Night comes but once a year
The haggis and the pipes come oot.
My poems and other wordy stuff - plus anything else that makes me smile or go "Hmm..."
Sunday, 25 January 2015
Friday, 9 January 2015
Spoiler Alert
A quickie poem that I wrote as I was watching the final few minutes of Arnie in "Total Recall" on TV.
Spoiler Alert
I thought I’d write a little pome
as I was sitting here at home
just watching good old Ronnie Cox
expiring on the telly box
as “Total Recall” nears its end
and Arnie’s starting to descend
to slide upon the Martian soil –
but do I really want to spoil
the end for those that have not seen
this sci-fi film upon the screen?
Not really, so apologies
If I have spoilt your fun with these
few couplets; that was not my aim,
but really you should share the blame.
I’m sorry if your bubble’s burst:
You should have read the title first.
Spoiler Alert
I thought I’d write a little pome
as I was sitting here at home
just watching good old Ronnie Cox
expiring on the telly box
as “Total Recall” nears its end
and Arnie’s starting to descend
to slide upon the Martian soil –
but do I really want to spoil
the end for those that have not seen
this sci-fi film upon the screen?
Not really, so apologies
If I have spoilt your fun with these
few couplets; that was not my aim,
but really you should share the blame.
I’m sorry if your bubble’s burst:
You should have read the title first.
Monday, 5 January 2015
Old and New
I wrote this poem for recital at a new poetry group (The Pub Poets) who met for the first time on 4th January. The theme for this inaugural meeting was "The Old and The New"
I had recently watched all three of the Batman films directed by Christopher Nolan, which probably accounts for my line of thought when writing this poem.
Old and New
You’ve probably heard of the saying concerning
to leave hold of the old. So what’s new? It’s not news
I had recently watched all three of the Batman films directed by Christopher Nolan, which probably accounts for my line of thought when writing this poem.
Old and New
You’ve probably heard of the saying concerning
the
things that are changing and staying the same?
Well,
this came to mind when I found myself turning
these
thoughts all around in my head, so my aim
was
to highlight some cases – that we could all use:
Holding
on to the old so the new is not news.
Reinventing
the wheel is the media’s thing,
From
Gascoigne to Paxman: no challenge at all,
In
X-Factor, so many covers they sing,
and
Dallas revamped – with the Oil Baron’s Ball.
The
filmmakers know they have nothing to lose
Taking
hold of the old that anew could be news.
Just
think about Batman who, ev’ry few years,
Is
pulled out of mothballs, the dust shaken off
for
a reboot when some new director appears
who
believes that there’s plenty left there in the trough.
After
Keaton and Bale they must carefully choose –
Yet
they still hold the old so the new is not news.
It
may be tradition, and that’s fair enough;
nostalgia’s
a powerful thing, to be sure.
But
there’s more to contend with – discard all the fluff;
There’s
greed and intol’rance; the world needs a cure.
There’s
still killing and starving as plenty refuse to leave hold of the old. So what’s new? It’s not news
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