Unordered Tales

Metric Martyr

I was mired in sleaze Forlorn, and depressed For no apparent reason Plagued by metaphorical Hornets and bees Through fevered impulse, stressed And...

Bedford to Bletchley

You rested your head on my lap And I played with your hair Could've been t'other way round I'm not sure On 'British Rail' carriages Reach'd '...

Blue

T'were blue, I tell you! Blue! Like Lawrence's sky in Kangaroo Azure perhaps No, not so much Azure T'was too thick and solid It reflected against the...

Catharsis

Catharsis I realised the whys When t'editor got shirty It's 'cos me poem rhymes Now I feel dirty Or perhaps t'is 'cos I swore He would not let me...

Cottbus

This piece of flash fiction was inspired partly by a report of an atrocity committed by the German forces in Poland in 1942, in which a baby was kicked to death. This is of course the stuff of nightmares, but after the war those responsible had to try to come to terms with their crimes, and adapt to changing conditions.

Cumulative Vexation

Angry The computer lost my essay On Hume I threw the bastard Across the room The clock is ticking It never ceases I'll smash the fucker Into pieces...

Death of Seddonism in Bohemia

Death of Seddonism in Bohemia I THINK I MIGHT OFTEN LIKE TO HANG AROUND WITH ARTISTS AND TALK COCKNEY SAYING 'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN' A LOT BUT THEN I...