FCS promotes offbeat poetry and exploring all things different I am a poet of extremesFlippant, Serious, ComicHelp me with my last line, mindWhat rhymes with comic? Tomic? Thankyou…. You’re welcome…. He is a poet of extremesThinks up such strange ideasCome help me with my last line DonTo rhyme idea? Ikea? Thankyou…. You’re welcome…. Don MatthewsSeptemberContinue reading “Conversation with my Mind”
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Poet Don and his Typewriter
FCS focuses on promoting humour, offbeat poetry and exploring all things different I tap on my typewriterOld-fashioned tho I beI like the way keys clitter-clatterMaking poe….. Keys stuck…. bother Get a keyboard…. Poet Don is old school and likes to prepare his news reports and lesson preparations on his old faithful Remington.Despite no longer beingContinue reading “Poet Don and his Typewriter”
Eating Out
When you think you’ve someoneEating out your handDon’t forget to countYour fingers…. Don MatthewsSeptember 2020
Poet Don Gives Class a Lobster Lesson
Poet Don runs the FCS Childrens Education UnitHe is devoted to giving the children a good groundingfor their journey in life The kiddies all love him Our kidneys strain our blood(Which we all know is red) (Vigourous nodding….) But our friend Mister LobsterHas kidneys in his head Why Poet Don?…..And he also pees from hisContinue reading “Poet Don Gives Class a Lobster Lesson”
Who is Poet Don?
Poet Don is a character I created. He is a simple soul expressing the simple things of life. He has an important role as news reporter for ‘Flippant, Comic, and Serious He also runs the FCS Childrens Education UnitHe is devoted to giving the children a good grounding for their future journey in lifeThe kiddiesContinue reading “Who is Poet Don?”
Two Thoughts on Trouble
“Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble” (Carl Jung) “It’s how one deals with these troubles that counts” (Don Matthews) Don MatthewsSeptember 2020
Poet Don Teaches the Class about International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer, Sept 16
Poet Don runs the FCS Childrens Education UnitHe is devoted to giving them a firm grounding for their journey in life The kiddies all love him The 16th (today) of SeptemberWe’re preserving ozone in the skyHigh up above in the stratosphereBefore it disappears, says goodbye Why Poet Don?…. Next lesson children….
A five year-old
(A true story heard on the radio when I was first learning to write) A five year-old was diagnosedwith terminal cancer The adults wept and wailed The child could not understandWhy are you weeping and wailing? The adults could not understandWhy are you not afraid? Because I am going to a placeI’ve never been beforeContinue reading “A five year-old”
War
It’s only the dead who won’t see itThe dead who won’t see it any moreThat part of humanity we all hateThat part of humanity called war Don MatthewsSeptember 2020 Attributed to Greek philosopher Plato
Poet Don Reports on a Little-Known Fact About Redheads
FCS focuses on promoting humour,offbeat poetry and exploring things different Redheads they are twice(Are readers, you aware?)As likely to avoid the dentistAs those with other hair? Well I’ll be…. Thankyou…. A recent study from the Journal of the American Dentistry Association shows that redheads tend to be more afraid of going to the dentist and are twice as likely to avoid dental care — presumablyContinue reading “Poet Don Reports on a Little-Known Fact About Redheads”
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 