All Poems

A short radio play with rich, poetic language  

A poem about the intense and often stormy relationship between a parent and a seven year old child.  

Cuddling a toddler and seeing the world through her eyes.  

A funny poem about living in the age of dinosaurs. 2 Comments  

The reality of being conditioned to conform, and how to escape conformity. 7 Comments  

Could poverty and alienation on a grand scale have been at the roots of 9/11?. 7 Comments  

Exploitation of superstore / supermall workers.  

Some people need an excuse to justify their adventures, especially when they get to a certain age.  

A funny poem for children about an Alien landing in the playground. 38 Comments  

Being unpleasant to someone, and hurting yourself in the process. 2 Comments  

The characters met on the journey through life - an extremely long poem, and lots of characters. Buy the book here  

A cynical view of why people cry at funerals - often for themselves or for deep psychological reasons.  

A baby hedgehog in an autumn evening. 3 Comments  

A bat, distant and hunting in the suburban dusk.  

A sonnet about beautiful, cold women. 2 Comments  

A boastful girl who can do everything. 3 Comments  

Picking blackberries as a young child.  

Short poem about a blackbird. 7 Comments  

Do you ever feel trapped by the reality you've created for yourself?. 5 Comments  

Brave warriors who let other people do the fighting for them. 2 Comments  

Remembering the powerful love felt for a newborn child.  

You'll find moderate, decent people in all religions.  

Death leading the soul on its final journey. 17 Comments  

Dawn snooze with the girlfriend. 1 Comment  

Daughters aren't necessarily sweetness and light 2 Comments  

Death squads undermine democracy slowly and corrosively.  

Western democracy is part of a web of liberalism and social rights that is maintained at the expense of other nations' well-being. 7 Comments  

Don't read this poem if you're a dog lover. 6 Comments  

A very short silly children's poem about a dragon taking a flying test. 5 Comments  

Gathering chestnuts when I was a child 1 Comment  

The joy of getting the kids ready for school.  

A realisation that one day the child will have to leave home. 1 Comment  

The skills required to bring up children.  

I like cats, though I used to like them a lot more. 1 Comment  

Poem about a savage pit bull.  

Fire: it looks so safe, but has the potential to become a raging monster.  

Off-beat poem wishing for the magic of childhood. 1 Comment  

How words can be used to manipulate people's perceptions. 5 Comments  

God is only on America's side. right? Yeah, right!. 3 Comments  

Poem about being ignorant. 1 Comment  

Gun culture USA.  

An odd little poem about the concept of height.  

Inspirational poem - what have you learnt about life?. 1 Comment  

A ghetto can be created by third-generation immigrants who have no cultural identity. 12 Comments  

Why do people turn into suicide bombers?. 1 Comment  

Sonnet about self.  

Walking past people we recognise but don't really know in suburbia. 3 Comments  

Poem about protecting young children from bad influences.  

Short inspirational poem about using our imagination. 1 Comment  

Overcoming adversity. 1 Comment  

Sonnet about realising how stupid I am. 1 Comment  

A jokey poem saying how wonderful men are. 12 Comments  

Mostly brilliant. But not always. 4 Comments  

A silly poem about love. 17 Comments  

Stepping in dog dirt isn't such a nice experience. 3 Comments  

A bored child believing the parent can do anything.  

Short poem about a minor miracle I observed.  

Crazy goals - they have to be first at SOMETHING.  

Short poem about racism. 1 Comment  

Poem about the power of imagination. 1 Comment  

What's it like to fall in love?. 1 Comment  

Talking up the rightness of war in the media in order to fool a dumb population. 1 Comment  

Sonnet about ageing, and s*x.  

A stifling college course.  

Silly poem about being a bored monster. 19 Comments  

Manual work.  

Every country has its empire for a short while.  

God as a market trader selling forgiveness, hope etc..  

Hurricane Katrina revealed something - but what?.  

The destruction of Fallujah.  

Being a parent. 3 Comments  

A young man wreaking destruction in his community.  

Visitors from outer space? What would they be doing as they buzz our planet?.  

Silly poem about a cat being kicked out of the house at Christmas.  

The old-style Tory woman. 1 Comment  

Bringing up a baby - total commitment.  

Love poem. 3 Comments  

After 9/11 parts of the media picked on Muslims, which wasn't too impressive.  

Countless numbers of ways of looking at the world.  

The funeral of my Nan.  

The insane world of non-stop 24 hour news.  

Despair causes nihilism.  

How we are today determines how we are tomorrow.  

Facing death with bravery.  

The Queen Mother's funeral. 1 Comment  

Talking old times over with an ex-partner.  

A nonsense fantasy poem about a creature that whiles away its days on a rock in the middle of the sea  

Lying under a tree and reflecting on past hurts in life. 1 Comment  

Western refugees attempting to migrate to Africa.  

Poem about mass murderers bumping off peace activists.  

A polar bear in a zoo going insane. 4 Comments  

Young men in the Religious Police, frisking women.  

Watching a play about prisoners: easy to see ourselves as prisoners.  

Rain pelting down.  

A child reading a map whilst the parent is driving - humorous  

A bitter old woman, a relic from the Victorian era.  

The dreaded circular with news from the 'successful'.  

An exercise in word-play. 1 Comment  

Watching a child play on the beach.  

Short Children's Poems 79 Comments  

A selection of short and cynical poems.  

A selection of short inspirational poems. 2 Comments  

Odds and sods. 1 Comment  

A selection of short sad poems. 3 Comments  

Short thoughtful and inspirational poems. 1 Comment  

Poem about where I used to live.  

Watching a child sleep.  

The beauty and magic of even the humblest of creatures.  

Snow and childhood, a poem about magical moments.  

Short poem about a spider hunting its prey.  

An insect trapped in a spider's web.  

Funny poem about sport crowding everything else off the telly.  

What is success?.  

Teenage behaviour  

Short cynical poem about banks  

Poem about the pleasure and pain of reading a book 13 Comments  

A curse that travelled round the world. 32 Comments  

A fun way to teach children about rhythm - involves clapping and chanting 6 Comments  

Some guy claiming to be a T'ai Chi master in the mid '80s  

Feeling frightened, looking out across dark fields 18 Comments  

A silly poem about hunting 2 Comments  

Difference between men and women  

Silly poem about a hedgehog getting squashed  

Which one is the 'goody'? 2 Comments  

Google acquiring Artificial Intelligence  

Retired Generals making the trip round the T.V. studios  

Motorists in France chopping down Plane trees because they keep crashing into them  

A poem about war, destruction and self-delusion, and how a nation can blame everyone but themselves 5 Comments  

The Shadow - a shadow turns malign and haunting 19 Comments  

A sinister smile that travelled the world, wreaking destruction 2 Comments  

A bunch of aliens arrive to change the planet. But things go wrong ...  

Short frightening poem about stairs late at night 5 Comments  

Feeling stressed and wanting to keep the world at arm's length  

Remind you of anyone?  

A barbaric bomb  

Scary poem about imagination creating a nightmare world 6 Comments  

Imagining a final nuclear war  

America's worst-ever President 2 Comments  

Cynical poem about an ex-girlfriend trapped in conformity  

Science doesn't accept the possibility of a God or a spirit, just because (as yet) it can't measure it 1 Comment  

Different levels of hospitality towards immigrants  

Sonnet about liars  

The two sides of a woman's character  

Poem about a toddler reaching for independence  

Taking evil souls to hell 1 Comment  

The joy and wonder of ice-skating  

Sonnet - follow our hearts.  

Tyrannosaurus REX! Was this fiercest of dinosaurs REALLY so bad? 6 Comments  

The destruction of Nature and of ourselves 2 Comments  

Deeply amoral Western politicians.  

A prison camp for non-whites in Australia  

Silly poem about a man sulking 1 Comment  

A poem about changing oneself, when something inside tells you that you have to change  

The effect a poem can have on other people.  

Witches cats fighting each other in the sky  

An upset toddler ...