My brake is a bit touchy (terchy) The Grammar Board and I don’t quite see eye to eyeThey’re always on my back for not conforming to their rules It finally packed up on meMy trusty Ford FestivaStuck in reverse, it’s gearbox shotI had to Rest In Peace her Now have an automaticBut brake is ratherContinue reading “My New Car and the Pesky Grammar Board (I’m inna silly Saturday mood)”
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Poet Don Reporting on 8760
Using my new abacusFull tilt and in top gearI worked out eight-seven-six-o wasThe hours in a year Good to know…. Thankyou…. Don MatthewsDecember 2020 (Category ‘Poet Don reporting’ for further reports of interest or no interest by FCS news anchor PD)
Do a Kind Deed for Santa this Christmas
It’s time now to think of poor SantaIt’s hell of a long way from his caveBe naughty (hence kind to dear Santa)A trip for poor Santa you’ll save Don MatthewsDecember 2020
Growth at all Cost
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”
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
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 