poetry – Page 395 – Flippant, Comic, and Serious

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

Whimper Whimper

Been doing this to RalphSince he was a pupWhimper whimper give me moreAlways laps it up……… Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

Herky Jerky

We are a service garageHe said the truck went herkyThen it changed it’s tune and went the otherOther way, went jerky……. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

Stan the Paint Truck Driver

I am a paint truck driverDriving merrilyHello? just heard a bang at backWhatever can it be?……. Don’t know how it could have happened boss?…. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

New Restaurant – Top 10 Rate

New restaurant’s just appeared in townGot a top 10 rateShit darling! come look at thisI’ve got a dirty plate!…… It’s the new avante garde design madam……. I knew we shouldn’t have got Stan to design the new plates Doris….. 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”

I Think I Look Rather Cultured

I thought the photo made meLearned with the booksThe cup and saucer? DignifiedIn all a cultured look…… We gave you the books to lean your arm on…. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

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

Stan Prints a Menu

We asked the printer StanTo logo our menuR (restaurant Regina)And this is what he do…….. Don MatthewsFebruary 2021

Sisters Three

Three matching blondes (we’re sisters)(But once were only two)We picked this matching colourBlue, for photo too…… Aren’t we pretty in blue?… Don MatthewsFebruary 2021