Critiques welcome Poems
KingsX Leeds - 19.8.23
by Scott Sowerby
Toxicology report came back.
Apparently I'm rotting out,
From all the microplastics,
In my diet.
I had to hand in my report,
On Saturday, concerning
The State of the Nation. Entranced,
I tore Blighty a new one.
......
District E - 20.8.23
by Scott Sowerby
Morgan Freeman did
the tube announcments,
that whole week.
He was jolly enough,
but couldn't help mispronouncing,
most of the station names.
Strangers scoffed,
quietly across isles.
Sharing wry grins. "Moo-ergate",
"Glaw-sester road",
......
The hits
by Scott Sowerby
Here I am,
playing the hits.
Craning my head
back, at the most
triumphant note - Not Enough.
Followed by, Just One More.
Of course I
usually throw in,
a few oldies.
Like, Cigarettes,
......
Leeds KingsX 20.8.23
by Scott Sowerby
The voice over the Tannoy was tinnie,
and fedback.
Like the grey steel that passed by
out of the window,
had infected the systems' wiring.
Is there a more liminal space,
than the carriage of a moving train,
cutting through England's pastures,
under heavy cloud cover?
......
The hits
by Scott Sowerby
Here I am,
playing the hits.
Craning my head
back, at the most
triumphant note - Not Enough.
Followed by, Just One More.
Of course I
usually throw in,
a few oldies.
Like, Cigarettes,
......
District E - 20.8.23
by Scott Sowerby
Morgan Freeman did
the tube announcments,
that whole week.
He was jolly enough,
but couldn't help mispronouncing,
most of the station names.
Strangers scoffed,
quietly across isles.
Sharing wry grins. "Moo-ergate",
"Glaw-sester road",
......
Leeds KingsX 20.8.23
by Scott Sowerby
The voice over the Tannoy was tinnie,
and fedback.
Like the grey steel that passed by
out of the window,
had infected the systems' wiring.
Is there a more liminal space,
than the carriage of a moving train,
cutting through England's pastures,
under heavy cloud cover?
......
KingsX Leeds - 19.8.23
by Scott Sowerby
Toxicology report came back.
Apparently I'm rotting out,
From all the microplastics,
In my diet.
I had to hand in my report,
On Saturday, concerning
The State of the Nation. Entranced,
I tore Blighty a new one.
......
