WEE TOMATO BAG

From my book "Jack Elam, I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life", about my love of westerns........

WEE TOMATO BAG

“There’s a little cowboy in all of us, a little frontier.” Louis L’Amour

My mother,

Forever wise in the ways of the world,

Knowledgeable, sensible,

Always to be trusted,

Would tell this young son

That when a cowboy was wounded,

It wasn’t real blood,

It was just that his “wee tomato bag”

Got busted.

JELLY JUGGLING JOE

From my forthcoming book "Juggling Jelly - Poems For Kids Of All Ages"..........

Jelly Juggling Joe

Put on a jelly juggling show

To show his many skills

At jelly juggling.

But not long through his act,

It was a plain and simple fact,

That he was rubbish

And soon was badly struggling.

The audience was aghast

Started a booing, jeering blast,

As this jelly juggling fool

Just turned them cold.

He left the stage a-hobbling,

Showbiz career a-wobbling.

So bad a turn,

He really broke the mould.

AUDIO - AFTER THE MASSACRE

"After The Massacre" from "Jack Elam, I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life" AUDIO: http://audioboo.fm/boos/1354560-after-the-massacre BOOK: http://www.feedaread.com/books/Jack-Elam-I-Gave-You-The-Best-Years-Of-My-Life-9781782993056.aspx

WALLPAPERED SCHOOL BOOKS

"Wallpapered School Books" from "Dropped The Moon" poetry blog AUDIO:  http://audioboo.fm/boos/1352495-wallpapered-school-books TEXT: http://droppedthemoon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/wallpapered-school-books.html #poetry #school

We had an idea of what the insides
of other school kids' houses looked like
from the wallpaper remnants used
to cover their exercise books.

The light blue kids,
the pink kids,
the cream kids,
the fancy pattern kids,
the straight line kids,
the squiggly-design kids,
the thin paper kids,
the thicker paper kids,
the cheap and cheerful kids,
the ornate kids,
the cartoon-character kids,
the football kids,
the racing car kids,
the nursery-just-been-decorated kids.

We all did it because we all did it,
copy-cat kids following the trends,
school books disguised for some unknown reason,
protected by a rare assortment of off-cut ends.

AUDIO - THE SUNDAY TIMES POOR LIST

"The Sunday Times Poor List" AUDIO: http://audioboo.fm/boos/1349912-the-sunday-times-poor-list … TEXT: http://droppedthemoon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/sunday-times-poor-list.html …

AUDIO - HIS CHAIR

When someone passes away, it takes time to get used to certain things "His Chair" AUDIO: http://audioboo.fm/boos/1348058-his-chair TEXT: http://droppedthemoon.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/his-chair.html

AN ALIEN WISH

Take me back to Fizzlepuff,
to Cracklewhoosh,
where we can mungify
and slapmuzzle
until the ooble-oo
ackalays the clack.