Turquoise Monster

I was just going to post the science poems I’d written this month but then I read these news articals: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/16/young-jobseekers-work-pay-unemployment http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/18/tesco-branch-hit-pay-protest http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/16/disabled-unpaid-work-benefit-cuts?newsfeed=true No Wage Slave Bayed go down the commercial drain Human rights u-bend Send wraith of pain Terminally ill aint catching Government snatching Chiold’s under the poverty line Finned for not being on […]

The first Sunday of every month currently sees an event called Art Tournament in Gloucester’s The New Inn (note I live in the UK!). I have been going along and performing at these events which are much fun January’s one was near my birthday so was hijacked as a birthday outing – sadly I was […]

This is a video of me reading The Little Book of Festive Poetry which I wrote a few years ago as part of the PiBoIdMo challenge. I was asked to read at The Brewery Cheltenham as part of a fund raiser for Winstons’ Wish organised by Cheltenham Poetry Festival. In the video Jean my 6 […]

My Google-Fu Does Work for you I writes to my MP I helps my community Remember TheyWorkForYou And MySociety Helping you to say what’s wrong Which is why I made up this song To let the people know About how and where to go To set things straight To fix things B4 it’s to late […]

This Friday I am going to be reading my poetry and depending on how brave I’m feeling maybe some of my sort of rap/performance geek poetry at the Frog and Fiddle . It costs about £4 to get in I think and on top of that there is A F Harold who is well worth […]

Science is vital the scientist said The politicians just shook their heads And smiled oh so very primly they knew what’s best they said rather grimly Science is vital the teacher cried! The politicians shrugged and simply lied The way they had done before Is telling the truth such a chore? Science is vital the […]

Every year there is a Cheltenham Literature Festival and this year the poet A F Harold is planning to do some sort of poetry mash-up from suggestions and the like on twitter! This started on the 1st of September. I have already tweeted stuff like the title of poem I would like to read but […]

This poem originally appeared on my personal blog in response to a news article. Hopscotch Here’s some chalk Now go and play Hopscotch was fun, in my day A small child smiles up at his mum Then runs outside in the sun And begins to draw the hopscotch grid When out pops his friend – […]