paul sheridan: Poems

the first time we met
I loved her face
but I fancied her legs
and I know that’s
sexist and objectification
but we’ve been
married for thirty two years
so who cares

she’s beautiful

paul sheridan Jun 12

she’s beautiful

my wife gets annoyed
I don’t know why
but best just apologise

shout

paul sheridan Jun 2

shout

people tend to comment on
the content or subject of a poem,
rather than the form or the style
it out, mate, style it out

sick to death

paul sheridan Jun 16

sick to death

city becomes us ill
and buildings rise and fall
in laboured breath

sighs ..

paul sheridan Jun 30

sighs ..

told as a boy if you cut a worm in half
half of it survives
but we’re not worms
boys just put down your knives

sorry, they’re all out

paul sheridan Jul 4

sorry, they’re all out

got you a lettuce
hope you like it
it’s as crisp and green
as an apple ..

spent the day in bed

paul sheridan Jun 23

spent the day in bed

apparently relationships
have to be worked at, we laughed ..

stepping carefully

paul sheridan Jun 16

stepping carefully

used to walk around
the city at night
with nothing on my feet
except myself

stick and carrot

paul sheridan May 21

stick and carrot

use a stick since my stroke
approximately four years
ago it was when I last ran for a
bus, but I don’t miss it

strangers on a bus

paul sheridan 7d

strangers on a bus

writing a poem on the bus
and the elderly woman sitting next to me
says oh, is it about us

street market

paul sheridan May 21

street market

just recently discovered
   christina rossetti on a second
hand book stall
  down the market there were
others shouting their wares so much louder,
   but who cares

strewth ..

paul sheridan May 24

strewth ..

old bloke in the pub says
he’s drunk on the unfulfilled hopes
of his youth
but in truth it’s the scotch

tells his imaginary friend to get lost

paul sheridan Jun 14

tells his imaginary friend to get lost

want to
play
by myself
today

thanks, mate

paul sheridan Jul 4

thanks, mate

watched an old bloke on the train
struggle to open a packet
of sandwiches and offered him a hand
which he gratefully ate

that’s annoying

paul sheridan 1d

that’s annoying

rushed to the late night shop
but too late
it was shut

the 8:20 from Charing Cross

paul sheridan Jun 23

the 8:20 from Charing Cross

wrote a poem on the train
got a fine
and they made me
wash it off

the café

paul sheridan Jun 21

the café

don’t like coffee much
prefer tea
       and yet people are always saying
          we should meet up for coffee
    and I profoundly disagree   ..

the news is generally awful

paul sheridan May 26

the news is generally awful

old bloke in the café reads his
newspaper religiously
over breakfast every morning and
thanks God for letting him be
for now

the old bloke in the pub is sent for counselling

paul sheridan Jun 4

the old bloke in the pub is sent for counselling

ok so I’m alcohol dependent
you got a problem with that ?

the old bloke in the pub likes to keep things to himself

paul sheridan Jun 17

the old bloke in the pub likes to keep things to himself

poured myself a drink
what about me?
you can pour me the
next one ..

the usual story

paul sheridan Jun 17

the usual story

they used to love each
other things happened ..

thinking out loud

paul sheridan Jun 14

thinking out loud

suppose if I ever came
up with a really
memorable poem I wouldn’t
have to write it down

ticked off

paul sheridan Jun 11

ticked off

they say a time machine wouldn’t
be possible
but that’s *******
I’ve got a clock

two old chaps at the bar

paul sheridan 2d

two old chaps at the bar

accepting that I drink too much
is one thing,
but how about another?

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paul sheridan Jun 29

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alright I’m the worst poet you’ve
ever read
I mean what do you want
me to say ?

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paul sheridan Jul 4

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not having felt great for
ages one somewhat ..

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paul sheridan Jul 3

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apparently thought
is out of fashion is all
about how you feel

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paul sheridan Jun 29

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can’t sleep
and so I write

doubly cursed
am I at night

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paul sheridan 6d

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think you have right
on your side, try spending time with
a few of the
wrong people entirely, darling ..

used to linger

paul sheridan May 20

used to linger

aren’t as many second hand
bookshops on the charing cross road as
there were when I was younger
of course, so were they ..

we still felt young

paul sheridan Jun 9

we still felt young

we rented a room
so cold we went to bed
with our clothes on,
but not for long

whatever ..

paul sheridan 3d

whatever ..

could tell you were disappointed,
but then,
you tell it so much better ..

what the f#ck ..

paul sheridan Jun 7

what the f#ck ..

don’t like restaurants
are full of people
who could have stayed
at home and cooked

when all’s said and done

paul sheridan Jun 4

when all’s said and done

opened a bottle of scotch
“how’s that going to help?”
ever tried drinking this stuff
with the lid on ..

you never know

paul sheridan Jul 4

you never know

threw it aside
thinking of course
a poem is never

as good as
it might have been,
though ..

you’ve beautiful thighs, but let me finish the book ..

paul sheridan Jun 6

you’ve beautiful thighs, but let me finish the book ..

your underwears me down
with it’s expectation of
fulfilment, but I’m just not in the mood
right now I’m reading

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