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?. 4 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. 37 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. 6 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. 16 Comments  

Dawn snooze with the girlfriend.  

Daughters aren't necessarily sweetness and light  

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. 6 Comments  

Don't read this poem if you're a dog lover. 5 Comments  

A very short silly children's poem about a dragon taking a flying test. 3 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.  

The skills required to bring up children.  

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

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. 3 Comments  

God is only on America's side. right? Yeah, right!. 2 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  

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. 10 Comments  

Mostly brilliant. But not always. 4 Comments  

A silly poem about love. 16 Comments  

Stepping in dog dirt isn't such a nice experience. 1 Comment  

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. 11 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. 1 Comment  

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.  

Bringing up a baby - total commitment.  

Love poem.  

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. 3 Comments  

Young men in the Religious Police, frisking women  

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

Rain pelting down  

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  

Heaven is stasis  

Spiritual questing  

Short Children's Poems 55 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  

Sonnet about being ourselves, going through life at our own speed  

Short poem about a spider hunting its prey  

Being an insect trapped in a spider's web  

Funny poem about sport crowding everything else off the telly  

What is success?  

Why do people turn into suicide bombers? 1 Comment  

Teenage behaviour  

Short cynical poem about banks  

Poem about the pleasure and pain of reading a book 12 Comments  

A curse that travelled round the world. 28 Comments  

A fun way to teach children about rhythm - involves clapping and chanting 4 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 1 Comment  

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

Short frightening poem about stairs late at night 4 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 ...