Go home…. Each Monday I present three new poems on Ingrid’s site Experiments in Fiction (EIF). This Monday’s trilogy T#19 is The Journey, Circled By High Fences, Dr Don At Your ServiceIngrid has become quite attached to Skip, FCS resident cat Priscilla, and resident dog Ralph (who has just recently wandered in) UPDATE Because WPContinue reading “Advert for FCS and EIF”
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Tonic/Gin
Just wrote this bit of rubbishDrinking tonic/ginForget you ever read itThrow it in the bin Don MatthewsFebruary 2021
Cilla and Lizzy Celebrate the New Year
Cilla and Lizzy were celebratingWelcoming New Year ’21I gazed at them with shock and horrorWhen celebrations were finished and done…… Don MatthewsFebruary 2021
Winter In Texas
Seawater temperature sub-zeroTurtles (5,000) pulled outDeadly winter weather in TexasLined up in boats all about Don MatthewsFebruary 2021 EIF ‘Nature’ challenge
FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Bennie and the Jets’ Elton John
What is the story behind Bennie and the Jets? The song tells of “Bennie and the Jets“, a fictional band of whom the song’s narrator is a fan. In interviews, Taupin has said that the song’s lyrics are a satire on the music industry of the 1970s. … you’re gonna hear electric music, solid wallsContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Bennie and the Jets’ Elton John”
Idiot
I’m not a complete idiotSome parts are still missing
The Happy Matching Family
We are a happy familyDad’s sitting on a chairMother/daughter match in redDad/son black matching pair…… Don MatthewsFebruary 2021
Shame
You ran for your livesAs the Capitol was dumpedNow you run from responsibilityOf blaming your Trump Shame. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021
Poet Don Reporting on 8856
Eight-thousand eight hundred and 56Is the number of sides, sides onOne-thousand, one-hundred and 7Eight-sided octagons Good to know…. Thankyou…. I worked it out on my fingers Poet DonYou’re right…. Well done Billy….. Poet Don is FCS news reporter Reporting on things of interest and no interestHe is a valuable asset to the FCS Team DonContinue reading “Poet Don Reporting on 8856”
FCS Daily Music Video – Play the Blues Dancers Jason Colacino and Katie Boyle
Jason Colacino and Katie Boyle were a popular West Coast Swing dance team before Colacino’s sudden passing due to pneumonia and an enlarged heart in 2009 at the age of 31. But videos of their performances still regularly make the rounds because of their unique talent. Yes, they were unique Don MatthewsJanuary 2021
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 