Sunday, 21 September 2025
Yola
There's times I wish,
I’d never been born,
lookout on a bridge,
my taxi's gone,
now leave me alone,
blowing on my bones,
what makes me think,
know what I’m doing,
getting stupid in drink,
splashing Cologne,
Autumn coming on,
standing above the toll,
then the clouds shrink,
my ship's coming home,
wives start to twitch,
they see me walk,
an unsteady sojourn,
to meet sailor souls,
majestic and garish,
resplendent in the sun.
I'm like a carriage,
wheels come undone.
Saturday, 20 September 2025
Xanthi
Why beseech the sailorsw,
set fire their wooden frames,
beg our excuses later,
cotton, gold and spices,
up the games we play,
splice the knots of gripers,
sunlight sings with covers,
happy beneath its gaze,
smile our drunken slumbers,
to settle here or fly,
decisions we have to take,
searching nests of lies,
leave this port for others,
inscribe places in our name,
no time for useless bother,
is this the reason why,
we're so sad on waves,
our troubles rage at night,
we can;t ever smother,
the reasons why we came
in search of careworn lovers,
let'go home again.
Friday, 19 September 2025
Wanda
When love is solely,
three missed trains,
our faces solace lonely,
then again it flares,
a lava filled terrain,
sipping eager at the bar,
those lines going nowhere,
such times we threw away,
nights of ached for care,
use a game of solitaire
to face our changes,
hold tight at funfairs,
or on the cafe' square,
cogbac in the gentle rain,
cgarettes paint the air
my Ma used to scold me,
why rush thru each day,
statements of our litany,
turn up the flame.
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Ginny
Old men who need women,
eat calf’s liver and greens,
something clings to them,
the pity of night groans,
a cool breeze seizes,
the dread of being alone,
worried they appear timid,
that skin clings to bones,
their desires know no limit,
want to see ladies glow,
brought to special evenings,
we are their reality show,
cognac turns breath bitter,
even to hear them dcream,
brings only idle tissue,
beneath all their boasts,
they know what Goya's seen,
richer softer pillows,
wine bread falling leaves.
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Ulla
Many a Baritone singer,
makes no sense to me,
starts my head ringing,
your face pales the tide,
poems dance by the sea,
no need to ask why,
can we ever make history,
each morning released,
what has passed by night,
to laughter and Cafe's,
beneath brown lights,
tell stories as they ride,
like sunshine at the beach,
brings a taste of ease,
bold circumstances believe,
who makes us decide,
demand of our own dreams,
ask where love resides,
like angels released ?
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Tansy
Why live in a haze,
fight battles with the wind,
stuck down like cellophane,
best not to moan,
smoke your cigarettes thin,
life is only a loan,
now your back in the game,
don't rsake over sand,
know it's not the same,
in your new clothes,
dress up to the pins,
you're not on your bones,
make a step change,
blow ten grand,
find love instead of trade,
if someone moans,
says you have sinned,
get out of that zone,
liberated in your days,
let your dreams expand,
forget life in jail,
be a legend.
Monday, 15 September 2025
Scarlett
Do we think of others,
while screaming down the phone,
the cross we bear of mothers,
prayers for all those,
who focus full blown,
on summer's blue clothes,
drumbeats hot streets smother,
the daance we dance alone,
men flit like flies uncovered,
we can only suppose,
what they want to bestow,
is to wonder if we'll cope,
why they try to bother,
we will never know,
our days filled with doubles,
is it their wish to impose,
Prada Versace Georgio,
when we're out alone,
playing dumb for trouble,
our hand's a genuine force,
rivers runs right through us,
we enjoy the course.
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