Having self-published the latest pamphlet in an intentionally ongoing series ( I aim to publish a ’round-up’ pamphlet twice a year from now on) here some author’s notes on the poems. The latest is ‘Burning Books’ Horseshoe Press Pamphlet No. 2 and I thought I’d try and describe what influenced the poems and…
Poundland Sonnets
Poundland Sonnet 2: A Wreckless Scheme
A WRECKLESS SCHEME Paradise is a gold throw on a white leather sofa Under the buttocks of a call-girl blowing a footballer Indiscretion is a national pastime after cup-cake baking Facebook ramming lives with other people’s misfortune Clear-eyed dreams of making it with the boys in the band Dissolve in bleary orgies in the…
Poundland Sonnets 1: A Poundland Sonnet
A POUNDLAND SONNET In the vacuous naughties the affluent thrum Their chubby fingers on the card-less tills As the slippery accountants of PWC and RBS swill Their caviar down with Vive Cliqout at the parliamentary bash The air is full of Quangos and insider trading slang As the parade of yesterday’s entertainers head for…