Certificate 15

Ages 15 and up

I write my poems past midnight

I write my poems past midnight When the streets are quiet and the wind is down I write past midnight because there is no noise No expectation Not...

SUCKER

This was written after a drunken challenge ( which I declined) to write a song in 24 hours. However, my brain would not leave the subject, 'Sucker', alone and this was done with four hours to spare.
Cherry

Mile High Layover

Boulder, CO – Spring 2000 (phone rings) Yo Danny! Hey Dad, what’s up? Did I wake you? It’s ten in the morning, I’ve been up for hours. I’ll be in...

Sometimes war is funny.

Sometimes war is funny. I had a mate, Neville, a Major in the Royal engineers Bomb Disposal Squad. We got on well and spent much down time together...

Drinks Death Dying

DrinksDeathDying I've been offered a penny to tell em what I think, I really can't answer cause me minds on the brink. I'll offer them anecdotes from...

Ungodly Fathers

an exploration of ambition
Cherry

First Love - Tender Love

First Love, Tender Love Dear Anne, ‘What might have been’ a phrase so worn an yet so true and in those hazy, melancholy moments my wandering mind...
Cherry

A Soldiers Tale.

Soldiers tale. 1982 Dressed as a pauper. looks like a thief. Pushing the boundaries of your disbelief. The raggedy man in raggedy pants. Arguing...
Cherry

The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

The boulevard of broken dreams The boulevard of broken dreams begins at the end of a snicket, There’s a “no cycling” sign, ignored, it wobbles, I...
Cherry

mary spins herself a wondrous form

No 2 in the series “The Life and Times of Mary” describing the growth of Mary, who may or may not have existed, inside her father’s womb.