Don’t need congratulationsNor ringing bell ding dingI’ve reached 6-6-6 followersWhich doesn’t mean a thing What matters is the comments andLikes which I do getAnd not 6-6-6 followersOf which I’ve never met There is no correlation‘Tween followers and likesIt’s just a feel-good ploy usedAnd doesn’t mean a thing Go home….. Don MatthewsJanuary 2022
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A Challenge for you Architect
A challenge for you architectI want inside of meSomething very differentAn unseen mystery…. Rooms built inside colossus statue, Florence 16th century Don MatthewsJanuary 2022
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Essence
Write something incorporating the word ‘essence’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO ESSENCE I really don’t like being ‘essence’I’d like to go back (me abort)‘Ecnesse’? sounds good, yep I like itI’ve made a new word to report Oxford English Dic?…… I’ve got something for ya……… You don’tContinue reading “Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Essence”
FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Need Your Love So Bad’ Peter Green’s Fleetwod Mac
Peter Allen Greenbaum (29 October 1946 – 25 July 2020), known professionally as Peter Green, was an English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. As the founder of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Don MatthewsJanuary 2022
From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs
If the earth was flat the edge wouldprobably be a tourist attraction
My Rhyme Beats to the Rhythm
My rhyme beats to the rhythmThe rhythm of my heartIf it wasn’t regularI would fall apart Clunk…… Don MatthewsJanuary 2022
G.K. Chesterton, Cheese, and Me
“Poets have been mysteriously silenton the subject of cheese” GK ChestertonEnglish author and critic GK says he was unaware of my contribution in this areaPity…… ODE TO CHEESE I’m sitting in the restaurantStaring at my cheeseDon’t know what to write aboutAny idea please? Think it’s thinking something upIt’s trembling (on the spot)Of course my littleContinue reading “G.K. Chesterton, Cheese, and Me”
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Cluster
Write something incorporating the word ‘cluster’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO CLUSTER Was raised up in a clusterAnother name for clotYou may think I am clottish butClottish I am not DM
A Challenge for you Architect
A challenge for you architectOur family keeps growingWe’d like to stay but need more roomWe’re up to overflowing…. Don MatthewsJanuary 2022
FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Superstition’ (Stevie Wonder) Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music. Don MatthewsJanuary 2022
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 