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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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”
It’s Not My Intention
It’s not my intentionTo lie in conventionI’m going to stand upAnd be me It’s not my intentionTo lie in conventionI’m going to stand up And be free Don MatthewsJune 2017 “The ‘normal’ person is what is left after society has squeezed out all unconventional opinions and aspirations out of a human being”(Mokokoma Mokhonoana)I
Demolishing Heritage. It’s a Crying Shame
It’s cheaper to demolish Heritage and more Than take the time and effort to Conserve, and then restore Developers have too much clout Complaints on deaf ears fall Their voices simply disappear In dust from wrecker’s ball Everything for profit Got to have it quick Maximising landspace Shit it makes me sick I was consideringContinue reading “Demolishing Heritage. It’s a Crying Shame”
Interest Paid on Trouble
Worry’s the advance Interest that you pay On trouble that does seldom Seldom come your way Don MatthewsSeptember 2020
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 