Computers non-existentChalkboards were in useThe race to space was in full tiltChalkboards were in use Don MatthewsJanuary 2023
Author Archives: donmatthewspoetry
Do You Remember?
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Exactly
Write something incorporating the word ‘exactly’ Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO EXACTLY What exactly am I doingDoing with this rhyme?Mind is blank, myself to thankJust whiling ‘way the time Ho hum…… DM
Poet Don on Invite an Alien to Live with you Day. 21 July
Today my flock we celebrateInviting friend aliens come stayTo share our bed, breakfast and tableTo beam themselves down here to stay Beam on down ET…bed waiting… (Johnny, our youngest flock member….) He’s lost my address Poet Don?…. Oh dear…. We believe this is ET looking for Johnny’s house….. Don MatthewsJuly 2021
FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Jennifer Eccles’ The Hollies (1968)
The Hollies are a British pop rock band, formed in 1962. One of the leading British groups of the 1960s and into the mid 1970s, they are known for their distinctive three-part vocal harmony style. Allan Clarke and Graham Nash founded the band as a Merseybeat-type group in Manchester, although some of the band members came from towns further north in East Lancashire. Nash leftContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Jennifer Eccles’ The Hollies (1968)”
Stan’s Record Album Cover Studio – The Dethkorps Heavy Metal Job
Stan runs a very successful album cover design businesshelped by his assistant Perc Heavy metal DethkorpsThought up metal titUsed in modern warfare soOn cover we put it Production Notes Dethkops unable to attend StudioEngaged on a gig Sent illustration of metal titSaid do it good for us StanSo we did Nuclear reactors in backgroundTit designedContinue reading “Stan’s Record Album Cover Studio – The Dethkorps Heavy Metal Job”
Back in the Day
Does anyone remember when a holiday was just a holiday and everything was closed?
Stan’s Record Album Cover Studio – The Zarko Dancuo Job
Stan runs a very successful album cover design businesshelped by his assistant Perc Zarko had developedHis latest disco moveNaming it the Zarko GrabDone to a disco groove Production Notes Zarko wanted his Grab featured on the cover Sweater Studio wardrobe Hair Stan’s Hairdressing to the Stars Photographer Perc was able to capture thatGrab perfectly withContinue reading “Stan’s Record Album Cover Studio – The Zarko Dancuo Job”
You Ask Me How This Happen?
You ask me how this happen?I really don’t know whyOne minute road the next no roadNext there was no sky Don MatthewsJanuary 2023
From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs
The person who has their feeton the ground never has far to fall