What I’m about to relate here Is a lesson to observe That crime it never ever pays You get what you deserve Poachers they broke into An African game reserve To kill a herd of rhinos Their greed for which to serve A pride of lions saw them And paid them for their crime TheyContinue reading “The Lions Den 2018”
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Too Busy
Lockdown was so good for us Connecting with the family Lockdown finished, back to work Now I’m far too busy Don MatthewsJune 2020
Choogaloogaloo
What’s that word mean poet Don? I haven’t got a clue I just like the sound of it Choogaloogaloo Don MatthewsJune 2020
Three Souls
Do I bare my inner soul here On a world-wide stage To an unknown audience? You have three souls poet One you can bare on a world stage One you bare to your family And one you bare only to yourself Don MatthewsJune 2020
BDE
A new acronym’s entered Macquarie It goes by the name BDE “Unaccompanied by arrogance or conceit” “A sense of self-confidence” (it be) Comes from the expression “big-dick energy” Don MatthewsJune 2020
We’re All In This Together
We’re all in this together I do love this cliché Me and you together All of us hey hey It’s gone and cliche’d round the world You lovely little cliché We’re all in this together yay! What more can I say? We’re all in this to…? Don MatthewsJune 2020
Just Kill Me
What appears below I wrote in Aug 2018 In 2002 Scott Dozier murdered drug dealer Jeremiah Miller He is on death row at Nevada Ely State Prison. Legal battles are occurring because the drug company does not want it’s drug used for possible botched executions. I murdered Jeremiah Miller In the year twenty thousand andContinue reading “Just Kill Me”
Happy Little Counting Rhymer
I am a happy rhymer 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 I’m practising my counting skills Yes, fingers I have five I’m such a happy rhymer 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 I’m practising my counting skills Toes, I’ve counted twelve ?? Don MatthewsMay 2020
Boris is Losing his Mojo
Boris has a mountain A steep one now to climb He’s lost his ruffly sparkle Lost his ruffly shine His landslide victory gave the people The present they did need He’s now a crumpled wrapping paper Now a wilting weed The UK has the highest Europe covid toll Worst recession last 300 Years, a bigContinue reading “Boris is Losing his Mojo”
Therapy
I have a stack of poems, (thoughts) Need to get off my chest And now I have a website Can offload weak (and best) It doesn’t matter what they are It is my therapy Which every writer wants to do With me? it’s poetry There is the constant tug-of-war Write for myself or you? ThisContinue reading “Therapy”
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 