donmatthewspoetry

Evil Spreading Evil

Kari Lake is among hundreds of candidates running at the midterms who have repeated Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election. Evil spreading evilDevil in disguiseEvil spreading evilComing out their eyes I’m not all fun and laughterNot all fun/surprizeEvil spreading evilDevil telling lies Kai Lake “It was a debacle,” “It was stolen, it wasContinue reading “Evil Spreading Evil”

Diagnosed a Manic

Dealing with mental health issuesStep 1. Talk aboutSo I am Diagnosed a manicNothing I could doInherited at birth I’m toldGenes just passing through Seems they liked the look of meThose manic-leaning genesLeft my brain unbalanced-like(Chemicals I mean) But as I’ve said: Mania’s not the problemHills I have to mountMania’s not the problemIt’s how it’s dealtContinue reading “Diagnosed a Manic”

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Disco Connection’ Isaac Hayes (studio production 1975)

Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer. Comments Another masterpiece Awesome how many musicians are neededContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Disco Connection’ Isaac Hayes (studio production 1975)”

Poet Don Reporting on London Postal Delivery 1889

Poet Don writes with quill and ink. He’s old-school Back in 1889London (smoggy grey)Letters were deliveredThen twelve times a day Things have changed DM

Rapid Fire

Thoughts keep comingRapid fireThink I needNeed to hire An assistant…. Me?…… My drinking buddy Skip DM

Heels

These heels are made for walkingThat’s just what they’ll doIn the car they deconstructChoogaloogaloo…. Don MatthewsNovember 2022

Cycling in Italy

Was cycling down in ItalyJust paused to go in shopI wondered what was going onWhen I came out of shop?…. We saw nuffing?………. Don MatthewsNovember 2022

Tap Tap Tap

Thankyou Aaysid for idea….. I am the little ‘writerThat you can see aboveMany fingers tapped on meTapped away with love My pads you see are fadingI’ve reached the end of lifeI’m now in hibernationIn antique shop for life tap tap ta ta t t Don MatthewsNovember 2022

Christopher Morley

“No-one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as your dog does” Christopher MorleyUS author

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Flavor

Write something incorporating the word ‘flavor’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO BUDDIES FLAVOUR AN FLAVOR (And hussy buddies Lexxie and Trixxie. Friends of FCS) Flavour and flavor are buddies(As Trixxie and Lexxie both are)Tasting the goodies which drift byTasting both from near and far Tastes ofContinue reading “Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Flavor”