Once upon a dayhe ate meatbut fell off his feet.So he stopped eating meatand got back to his feet. Cows, pigs and sheepwoke up from their sleepand heard the good newsthat he’d stopped eating meatfor the good of his feet. Once upon a dayeveryone will think on their feetwhen they’ll be a front-page headlinefrom head …
Author Archives: aprettykettleofpoetry
Ticking Boxes
Millions of answers to the same question.Millions of questions to the same answer.Makes the whole questionnaireseem pointless or a nightmare. These dark lights flickerand leave a long shadow.I spent the first half of life not getting it.The second half ignoring what I didn’t know.
Photogenic Fakes
Share moments.Real moments.Nice moments.Natural moments. But not with them.Unless you clear it with them.Only post what compliments them.Whoever’s snapped in the group, it’s about them. They look good.Of course they do.You’d post it, sure you wouldbut photogenic fakes aren’t like you. In the end, what you seehas no currencybecause once you’ve seen one great poseyou’ve …
Gonna Go Gothic
A ghost came into my dreams‘Someone’s gonna goand you’re gonna miss them’is what it said and went off again. See how being the life and soul of the partycan leave you in the dark shadowsburied with the roots of a tree.‘Someone’s gonna goand you’re gonna miss them’is what it said and went off again. The …
Making a Name for Yourself
You have a first, middle and surnamebut none of them stay the same.Some get shortened being a mouthfulor get punned right from school. You lend yourself to nicknamesthat you get known by.Some know you as this, some as that.Some just get your name wrong and you let it lie. You even changed it and took …
Detention
She walks down that streetlooking like a star I’m gonna meet.My jaw dropping heart stopping.Seen it all before but I was blind. Regrets I’ve had a few, Frank.Strangers in the night, Frank.Love your songs, Frank, and you were always way ahead, Frank.So how come you kept me behind, Frank?
Emotional
When you watch a gritty mother saying she’s told the kids their house has burned down.When you watch a Borg -McEnroe doc on their struggles, rivalry and friendship.When you see how much sacrifice a women’s England football player made to get to the top.When you see a friend struggling with bureaucracy diagnosed with cancer. When …
Make a Wish
If you ever doubtgood can last for goodcos it fades faster than it shouldmake a wish, baby. Light the candleson your birthday cakea big breath takeand on your big daymake a wish, baby. Love is easy if you let it win.All you need do is give in.Take a deep breathand make a wish, baby.
40 Years of illustrated poems 1982-2022
Here is a quick visual representation of my self-illustrated poetry collections since 1982. In the menu, there is ‘One poem from each collection 1982 onwards’ to see an example of what I was writing at the time. My 40th collection is in the making and will be posted soon!
Believe in Peace
After all the bombs have died outthere’s nothing like calm.No one’s died downand everyone’s come to harm. After everything’s called it a dayand the dawn’s gone to sleepmost of the most live the leastand fewer than the few believe in peace.
