Where have all our trees goneIn 10 years of infill?We have to pack the people inSo trees we have to killTrees and green surroundingsClimate change combat?We need them for well-beingMentally, all that Wholesale destruction of our treesMust stop, must not go onPremier and MinisterAre you listening?…. No?…. Our ‘growth-at-all-costs’ policy is more important Addended poemContinue reading “Growth at all Cost”
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Sigh
My poetry is differentDifferent from the restWill it stand the timeWill it stand the test? Dunno?…. My poetry’s not differentThe same as all the restDon’t wanna get out comfort zoneJust wanna stand time, test Sigh…. “As long as we allow convention to govern us we will never make progress” (DM) Don MatthewsDecember 2020
Ho Ho Ho Now No No No
I was a Father ChristmasHo ho-ing in the storeI wanted to repeat itNow ho ho ho no more The jolly covid virusHas mucked up all I’d plannedIt seems to like us oldiesSo this year I’ve been banned They’re wanting only young bloodsAnd no more sit-on-knees“Why are you so much thinner Santa?”(Don’t ask this question please)Continue reading “Ho Ho Ho Now No No No”
Please Honk
I’ve got a helpful bumperSticker at the rearIf you can see and read thisMy caravan’s not here Please honk…. Don MatthewsDecember 2020
Yee Ha! Is That You Ingrid?
Don’t say it won’t load on your mobileDon’t say your computer won’t startDon’t tell me too frighted to watch itIf so you could ache break my heart Yee ha!…. (best I could do…..) I swear that’s you leading the pack IngridPigtails in purple. Sweet….. Cassa? boots, denim, cowboy hat….go girl
Hark the Herald Angels
One thing I hate about ChristmasIs carols they play in the storeHarking the high herald angelsThey even do it four weeks before Shut it Skip…. Don MatthewsDecember 2020
History Repeats
How history repeats itselfWhen Rome burned Nero fiddledWhen US suffered Trump Golfed Don MatthewsNovember 2020
FCS Team Now Back in Operation
We’re back in operationBack in Matthews modeBack with WordPress magicNo need to learn no code Whoopee…. Me, Priscilla, Skip, Poet Don and Class (Tommy, Dauphine, Johnny, Mazie)November 2020
Everyone is Mortal RIP David Bowie
David Bowie was an English singer/songwriter/actorHe came to public attention in 1969 with the Space OddityThe BBC featured the song in it’s TV coverage of the Apollo 11 lunar missionwhich took place a few days after the song’s releaseHe died on 10 January 2016 of liver cancer, age 69 Everyone is mortalEveryone will dieDavid BowieContinue reading “Everyone is Mortal RIP David Bowie”
The Origin of the Letter W
Have you ever wonderedHow this letter grewInto our vocabularyAs double, double U ? No? The Roman alphabet did notHave a WTo fill this gap they used insteadTwo U’s (the double U) UU then morphed into W Don MatthewsNovember 2020
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 