Ladies no longer need sittingOr when in the bush needing squatJust bring out your trusty pink FUDAnd show (like a man) what you’ve got No sitting on more dirty toiletsNo queuing to get in a stallJust whip out your trusty pink FUDFind tree and just let nature call Although my verse here might sound flippantFUDsContinue reading “Go Girl – For When the Need Arises”
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Pumpkin Shotting
Hubby’s into pumpkin shottingWanting greatest lengthGood for exercisingGood for muscle strength……. Well done dear…..a new record….. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021
I’m Not A Top-Rate Poet
I’m not a top-rate poetI just sit on a ledgeAnd play around with poetryAnd fritter round the edge My rhymes are always shortTo join my fleeting thoughtWell I’ll be, it doth seemI’ve gone and changed rhyme scheme Don MatthewsFebruary 2021
I Am Poet Laureate
I am a Poet LaureateIn nonsense poetryTook years and years of study, sweatTo reach this level (me) We bow down at your feet Great OnePoet (with cap P)Years and years of study, sweatLaureate (cap L) you be Who wrote this nonsense?…. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021
Two Sets of Standards
We demand that our governments act onThe problem we face – climate changeWhile we as individuals keep buyingFrom the gas-guzzling SUV range We demand that our governments act onThe climate change problem abuseBut reluctant to give up our plasticsReluctant to let go their use Much energy and power is neededTo fuel all the toys weContinue reading “Two Sets of Standards”
Writing’s Therapy For the Writer
Writing’s therapy for the writerEven if no-one else readsNeed we require it of others?Need we require that they heed? Are you writing for self or for others?Are you having that damn tug-of-war?Writing’s therapy for the writerAnd that’s who I mainly write for Don MatthewsFebruary 2021
Advert for FCS and EIF
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”
Tonic/Gin
Just wrote this bit of rubbishDrinking tonic/ginForget you ever read itThrow it in the bin 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
Shame
You ran for your livesAs the Capitol was dumpedNow you run from responsibilityOf blaming your Trump Shame. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 