Forward To The Past

Post 38: Princes, Power and Presidents

POWER COLOUR November 1995 Grey, Power colour Colour of granite and the city suit Grey; colour of thunder clouds And battleships, colour of grime And stone quarries And the grey men Behind the smoky windows Of their grey limousines I am ambivalent regarding the advantages, morality and preference of […]

Post 37: Who are Indigenous?

I read that far right groups are using the phrases ‘Indigenous Britain’ and ‘Migrant Britain’ as another ploy to demonise their imagined enemies. I prefer to call these ideologues ignorant rather than stupid; but that is based on the assumption that they haven’t bothered to check the facts; or their own personal DNA. I think […]

Post 36: New Year Resolution

Resolution’s something that we’ll need this year. This will be the year when we find out if the human race can turn the tanker round, can work together for the good of the planet, because, guess what? It’s the only way that things do work. If robotics have taught us anything at all, it’s that […]

Post 35 Solstice by the Sea

Two poems written in the nineties; at around this time of year SHORESCAPE 1991 As the tide ripples in It falls on the sand like silk White, gleaming in the dying sun The iridescent folds of vaporous cloth Cling for an instant Then slip languidly away Revealing the dampened skin of sand Glistening with abandoned […]

Post 34 I Do not Believe it!

GOD? March 1996 I believe in God? This God has no conscience This we know Witness it’s abnegation of responsibility For what goes wrong I believe in God? This God has no feelings This we know Witness it’s impassivity to senseless pain And unnecessary misery I believe in God? This God has […]

Post 33 Autumn Aspirations

An Autumn Ode We drove home past Freshwater West bay The silver sea boiled with surf so white A wind, strong enough to lean into, Blew from the chill South East Flurries of foam flew from the shore Up and over the road Spattering on car windows A lone gull rode the wind With […]

Post 32 Trickle Down?

TRICKLE DOWN? Trickle down? It’s a lying headline claim Those well paid ‘finance’ plumbers check the drain And if they find an unexpected flow They ‘plumb’ it back to where it’s meant to go Into the well protected storage tanks Or as we’ve learned to call them, savings banks That’s why trickle down is mindless […]

Post 31 Power and Perfidious Profit

With today’s announcements of ever more money going to the ever richer, I recalled this poem I wrote, after watching a programme on the television in the nineties, about life in the South of France, where the many vultures circled, and profited from the substantial gleanings off the groaning tables of the ‘nouveau’ rich. PAMPERED […]

Post 30 Growth is Good?

GROWTH It’s strange to compare how we feel about ‘growth’ When related to publicised trends But growth inside us can cause worry and fuss And fears of the chance that life ends The mantra all over is ‘bigger is best’ From gurus of business and state But feral inflation can get out of hand And […]

Post 29 Nature Lovers?

NATURE LOVERS? We should love the snail and slug That leave those shining silver trails And hide in every garden corner But we prefer more adorable fauna That look so cute with smiley eyes And lovely fluffy wagging tails And when we venture out of doors To revel in a Summer’s day The myriad gnats […]