I opened another of the stash of prompts I have from #iamallstories yesterday. It consisted of…
Paul Tobin
SOME LIVE THEIR WHOLE LIVES LIKE THIS
Some short poems that have been around for a while waiting. The first is about Brexit…
IN THE BELL TOWER
This time a poem about climbing [or failing to] a cathedral’s bell tower. It is sort…
NO BLADES RUSTED INTO SCABBARDS
A sombre poem this post. It came from the first line that popped into my head…
SCINTILLA
As you can see from the photograph, we have shadows cast into our sitting room, sometimes…
THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT SOCKS
I’ve not been writing anything new this week. Sometimes it goes like that. I always say…
SMALL PARCELS OF USE AND MEMORY
This poem arose from an idea about anxiety, it’s not like there isn’t enough to be…
GIFTS YOU VERRUCAS
Here’s a revised poem with thanks to the Secret Poets for their invaluable input. Discussing your poems with…
AS THE COFFEE GREW COLD
A poem about betrayal that popped into my head unbidden. I had been reading a novel…
ONE LITTLE LIFE LESS
My cat Ellington died on Tuesday, he was a gentle soul. I know in this world at…
LIPPY WITH WINE
Another revised poem this post. Thanks again to the Secret Poets [and Zoom] for their invaluable…
NO JANE AUSTIN CHARACTER
A poem about social distancing, or as Billy Bragg was advocating the other evening, spatial distancing.…
BESPOKE WORDS
Another revised poem this post. Thanks to the Secret Poets via Zoom for their thoughts and…
THE DOOR DID NOT SHUT ITSELF
I have been revising more than writing this week. I believe that we have to experience…
AN HOUR OUT OF TIME
Another poem about those special moments of insight this post.If you have not seen William…
I SWAM THROUGH REM
A poem about a dream that I did not dream.It arrived obliquely when I was thinking…
AS THE SUN FALLS
Thanks to the wonders of modern technology [Zoom] I was able to chat with the Secret…
TERRIBLE LIZARDS
These ferocious chaps are supposed to be Iguanodons. You can find them in Crystal Palace in…
WHAT WERE WE THINKING?
I wrote this post’s poem in response to a prompt from #iamallstories, a creative project that…
THE GREAT OXIDATION EVENT
I have been long distance writing with the Secret Poets. Annie supplied a photograph of a…
ISOLATION BECKONS
Two poems about our present predicament. The first concerns the Babacombe Cliff Railway, which is now…
MY LIFE IN LETTERS
Here’s a poem about dyslexia. my life in letters for me bs and ds were interchangeable…
MAGPIE AT THE WINDOW
This is a rewrite. You can read the last version here. Next to the surgery which…