donmatthewspoetry

Neighbourly Treats

My neighbour passes through the fenceTo littlies, longed-for treatsThey wait each day at 10amWhen him again they’ll meet…. Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

Piano

I’m playing the pianoGetting louder (more)When underneath appears a noteUnderneath the door…. Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Jungle’ Tash Sultana (Live bedroom recording)

Tash Sultana (born 15 June 1995) is an Australian singer-songwriter and self-taught multi-instrumentalist, described as a “one-person band“. Sultana, the gender fluid multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, producer and engineer, has been dubbed one of the hardest working music exports in Australia. Lyrics below I see the way you moveIt’s so fluidBe here by my sideGot nothing to hide KnowContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Jungle’ Tash Sultana (Live bedroom recording)”

Priscilla’s New Toy

Priscilla is FCS resident cat They’ve bought me a newToy to enjoyI sit here for hoursEnjoy and enjoy…. Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

Stan Applies for Job at McDonalds

I gotta smiley faceAnd yep I do do itEspecially in the afternoonI like to yep do it…. I fit the bill. The job’s mine…… Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – seatbelts

A Challenge for you Architect

A challenge for you architectA house wall now does sitWe needs extend but not knock downHow can we in-clude it? Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

Stan the Bridge Controller

I am in charge of bridge controlI like the work I doThe captains they all wave at meAs they go sailing through…. And I wave back…. We like waving to each other…… Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘The Great Gig in the Sky’ (Pink Floyd) Atom

Atom Band is a 5 piece multicultural Art Rock band based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fully Formed as of late 2014 Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Disaster

Write something incorporating the word ‘disaster’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. You been watching too many buses crashing into cafes Fan? ODE TO DISASTER I think I was a failureTo my dad and mumYou could say a disasterI always spat my dum It was a pretty blue one(ButContinue reading “Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Disaster”