All Poems

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

A funny poem about living in the age of dinosaurs  

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

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 3 Comments  

Being a shit to someone, and hurting yourself  

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

A baby hedgehog in an autumn evening 1 Comment  

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

The skills required to bring up children  

Inspirational poem - what will you have learnt about life by the time you die? Will you have loved life?  

A jokey poem saying how wonderful men are 1 Comment  

What's it like to fall in love?  

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

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

A nonsense fantasy poem about a creature that whiles away its days on a rock in the middle of the sea 1 Comment  

Snow and childhood, a poem about magical moments  

Why do people turn into suicide bombers?  

Feeling frightened, looking out across dark fields 1 Comment  

A monster who scares other monsters by dressing up as a human - kids' poem  

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

The Shadow - a shadow turns malign and haunting 1 Comment  

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

Poem about a toddler reaching for independence  

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

Love and loss - remembering a loved one  

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




Links to Verses from 'As I Walked Home' (Full Poem Here)

The amateur hockey team, jeep-man, two thin-lipped teenage girls  

An oddball whom life passes by  

Stoic, stubborn, old  

Nuisance teenager, angry Mum  

Princesses in pink - pre-teen, spiteful  

You can move from an estate but it takes a long time to get the estate out of you  

A drunk and a wife-beater, turned inwards upon himself  

Isolated in their own family environment, this family secludes itself from the world  

Divorce can screw you up, and leave your kids damaged  

A two-timing husband and grief and rage that can't come out  

Poem about a girl who was always smiling, a mask-like smile permanently affixed to her face  

Three young tearaways, who\'d gone downhill because of their father\'s focus on wealth  

A self-righteous woman who was never wrong  

Christine, a professional Christian  

Abrahem, an asylum seeker and one of the loveliest guys you could ever meet.  

Unkempt, unlooked after, going downhill  

Mental illness can come at any time and turn a life upside down  

Young and inadequate men, protecting themselves with the nickname 'Elvis'  

How can you maintain a relationship with someone who's never wrong?  

A woman who wanted everyone to be her friend  

The 30-something Boss-Woman, before and after having a child  

Mum struggling to cope  

A slippery, slithery, amoral couple on the make  

A grief-stricken woman  

A damp little man trying it on  

The loneliness and loss of identity of a young mother  

The gang of kids who have left school and hang around the school gates looking lost  

Rules are there to be followed, and woe betide you if you don't follow them  

He sucks out your energy just by being near you  

Success at first, and then a car wreck of a life  

A top-quality person  

You can't force your way through life without repercussions  

Mid to late 30s, plenty of money that she uses to buy an identity  

An old woman who still yearns for life, who's still aware of her femininity  

Certainty evaporates once you leave the army  

The negative effect of drugs  

A cold, cold woman who needs a man - now!  

Chase a dream for the right reasons  

Sandra is a fantasist, weaving a web of discreet lies  

The hippy trail, the adventure abroad, the gap-year  

Very strong people can be surprisingly weak since they've never had to struggle much  

Miss Perfects seem set to achieve great things but then fades into oblivion  

A disabled man, trapped by the restrictions of his body  

Lonely and isolated on a geriatric ward  

An over-se*ed guy refusing to listen to the voice telling him what was right and wrong  

A creepy counsellor-type, religious, not wanting to appear too ambitious  

Logic, certainty and knowledge don't help when it comes to living life  

You can seemingly be part of life, but be apart from it  

What's beneath the facade of these military types?  

Think of your favourite dictator destroying his own country  

White faced, sowing discord  

A devious and flawed politician  

Depression, and living in the moment without hope  

Hope and Dreams  

She saw herself in the mirror, and didn\'t like what she saw  

An old woman alone in a room  

Sky-high expectations of what they're worth, not much to offer  

Drunk and oblivious  

No hope, just drugs and despair  

The edifice of wealth fails to protect from internal questions  

A corporate monster, stabbing and conniving  

Cool kid? Doomed drone  

Power, status and a mean mind  

A tragedy seen by the world  

Afghanistan  

The future