Recent Published Poetry
mod rock road
without risk
it’s natural
a part of life
i do the first thing
that comes to mind
every time i respond
i simply react
there’ll be consequences
regardless
so i do it
it’s expedient
it’s necessary
it’s my job
i have somewhere to be.
‘mod rock road’ first published November 2023 The Closed Eye Open Issue X edited Daniel Morgan Issue X.pdf - Google Drive
things
you are a divorcee
lonely
living with aged parents
reliant on dumpster food
complex health issues
and off your medication
now incontinent
and unemployable
while alongside me
as a passenger
on public transport
from which a seat change
is a humiliation.
First published At Maya’s Micros Edited by Maya Highland January 18th, 2024
Maya’s Micros Ed. 26 – The Closed Eye Open
at the reading
became uncomfortable
realizing
i did not fit in
Jack said my notebook
looked like a bible
i sooked off
overcome with memories
that still creep me out
with behaviour modification
working insincerity
his wife asked
why i was in the corner
and i joked about being a dunce
you know like school days
it fell to the floor lame as a byline
and i wondered if a linguist
could improve my diction
someone who knew better
to help me converse
so that when i opened my mouth
it did not simply sound ‘he brew’
finally i slipped away
caught Jack’s eye
nodded my farewell
i shan’t do that again
too many old men in the world
the drive home was a bastard.
‘at the reading’ first published Impspired Magazine 1st December 2023 edited by Steve Cawte Geoffrey Aitken – impspired Facebook
yesterday/today/tomorrow
daily
the news
cannot stop
some people
making it credible
regardless of
popularity
First published in STREETCAKE Magazine Nikki Dudley & Trini Decombe Managing Editors pronouns: she/her March 2024 issue_89.pdf (streetcakemagazine.com)
cap in hand
in that
camouflage hat
worn
by the ‘open mic’ poet
who wishes to be
heard
though not seen.
first published at Livina Press in Issue 7 by E-i-C Laci Felker
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