The Like-Minders Society (LMS) is a group of people who think like me. If you are different, unconventional, and enjoy all things whacky you have now become a member. Welcome LMS visits the LMS Limerick Centre and the Girl in the Choir LMS visits the LMS Interview Studio with Stephen Fry on bipolar disorder LMSContinue reading “Planned Like-Minders Society Visits to the LMS Theme Park”
Author Archives: donmatthewspoetry
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (car wing mirror)
Remember these? There is never a timeto stop learning new things
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (remember this?)
There is never a timeto stop learning new things
Dad Get’s the BBQ Going
Dad’s had plenty of practiceGetting the BBQ startedHe knows how to do things real safelyGetting the BBQ started Shit mon…… Don MatthewsNovember 2022
He Touched Me
He touched me just in passingMy heart went flitter flutWhat made him touch in passing?It felt nice/good in gut Don MatthewsNovember 2022
Long Time
Took a whileGetting hereTo this point Lots of practise…. Don MatthewsNovember 2022
1000 Small Minds
(Adapted from a newspaper article) 1000 small minds follow the impulse of just oneA tightly choreographed dance of the dumbWhen one moves the other follows That is the way of sheepThe way of marching antsThe way of flocks of starlingsOf migratory wildebeestOf sardines Acting without knowing whyBasic instinct rather than clear thoughtNature proving strength andContinue reading “1000 Small Minds”
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Obligation
Write something incorporating the word ‘obligation’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO OBLIGATION I have no obligationTo read you Fan but doThe reason is quite simpleSimple, I like you Ain’t I nice?……… DM Fan’s response Quite an adventure. Dark, talking clouds, booming thunder, buckets of hail, prayingContinue reading “Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Obligation”
Tip Truck
Could not afford a tip truckThis idea worked fineSaved myself a heap of cashIdea was all mine Good one dad…… Don MatthewsNovember 2022
G.K. Chesterson
“The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it” GK ChestersonEnglish author