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This Is Not Priscilla

This is not Priscilla(Angel in the sky)Radiating ChristmastideSuspended, hanging high…… Thought this was Priscilla didn’t you?….. She’s not religious….. She might be silly but she’s not stupid…… Don MatthewsJanuary 2021

Get Out My Way Cat

I want to go upstairs, butPriscilla’s in the wayCome on cat, move your bodyMove, do what say……. grrrrrrr… meow ….get lost Ralph Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

Cilla Practises Her Leaping Skills

Cilla wants to try a leapReach the other sideNeeds a bit more practice thoughGap’s a bit too wide…… Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

This Poet

This poet that I know ofHe writes so differentlyNot the normal bland stuffThe stuff you often see Often plain and simpleHe can be complex tooA mix of pathos/humourPut on screen to view He taught me how to rhyme like thisWhen all is said and doneBut most of all he taught meThe art of having funContinue reading “This Poet”

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Penicillin Blues’ Stone the Crows (1973)

Stone the Crows was a blues-rock band formed in Glasgow in late 1969. The band was formed after Maggie Bell was introduced to Les Harvey by his elder brother Alex Harvey. After playing together in the Kinning Park Ramblers, their next band Power was renamed Stone the Crows (after a British/Australian English exclamation of surpriseContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Penicillin Blues’ Stone the Crows (1973)”

A Loving Pair

My wife she is a hunterWith bayonet-thrusting knifeMyself?, a parrot loverI also love my wife She has a nice smile (and sunnies)…. I like my hubby. He also has a nice smile and sunniesWe are a loving pair……. Don MatthewsJanuary 2021

TV Is Having a Bad Effect on Priscilla

Cilla has been watchingWatching on TVToo much crime and violenceResult you now can see…… I’m gonna have to restrict her viewing times…. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

Ralph’s Not Happy

What’s the matter RalphYou’re looking rather cheesedOff with dear PriscillaYou don’t look at all pleased……. She’s taken my bed…. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

Follows, Likes and Comments

‘Follows’ do not mean much toMe initiallyIt’s ‘likes’ and ‘comments’ followingAbout my poetry Don MatthewsJanuary 2021

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘We Got A Good Thing Going’ Rolling Stones on Ready Steady Go (1965)

Ready Steady Go! (or RSG!) was a British rock/pop music television programme broadcast every Friday evening from 9 August 1963 until 23 December 1966. It was conceived by Elkan Allan, head of Rediffusion TV. Allan wanted a light entertainment programme different from the low-brow style of light entertainment transmitted by ATV. The programme was produced without scenery or costumes and withContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘We Got A Good Thing Going’ Rolling Stones on Ready Steady Go (1965)”