John Bartholomew

John Bartholomew May 30

Orange

Think of a word that rhymes with orange
Sporange?
Blorenge?
Syringe?
Door hinge?
No. Me neither
Could be scratching my head for a month
Hmm.
Now find a word that rhymes with month?
Stumped
Flumped
Gumf...............
Orange you say?
🍊

JJB

John Bartholomew May 26

False Front

Never trust the pictures you see
A made up scene they want you to believe
Jealousy your only response
None of it real,
scroll on with nonchalance
Their lives, all an improvised stunt
Don't be suckered in
This made-up,
social,
false front.

JJB

John Bartholomew May 20

Planet Birth (A New Earth)

Let's start again...
Adam and Eve onto all we can please
Extinguish these dominant powers
No religion, sexes and land
Not having to play the assertive hand
Wiping out this all empowering rule
Helping those in our time of need
Humanity, our enriching tool
Our well being not suffering in war
A neutral planet
Not goverened by federal law
Kindness is a trait now fading from our soul
And I am not sure how much more this world can take
As she surrenders to this burden,
we have taken on her earthly toll

JJB

John Bartholomew May 9

Nick Knowles

A mountain could not move this man
Whether building a house or catching a tan
Adventures that never seem to fail
From travelling the world,
or installing a school sign in braille
Brushing his hand through that ruffled brown hair
One objective in life, to love and to care
From Julia Kendall onto Billy Byrne
His laugh and his frolics
They all get their turn
But only one man could make me feel this whole
It's him,
The one
The only,
The God that is,
Nick Knowles

JJB

🔨🔧🪚🪛🔩

😉

John Bartholomew May 3

Die Happy

You can't die happy
You're dead
That's it
The end

JJB

👻

John Bartholomew May 2

Midges

Summers here, hello Mr. Sun
T-shirts and shorts, time for some fun
Pump up the tyres, out on our bikes
Scratches on legs, bitten by mites
Steaks on the grill, fire up the barbie
Think that I'm cool, think I'm Tom Hardy
Beers now cold, well stocked in the fridge
All bitten to hell, must've been a midge!

JJB

🐜🦟🪰

John Bartholomew Apr 29

Mountains

I seem to build a problem
If easy is one
Then throw me a ten
Not liking a normal life
Stumbling into chaos
It seems to be my bias
Even my daughter asks why I'm in a chair
One night not to be ordinary
Living, without a care
Audre est Facere
To do is to dare
To be reborn from a fresh new fountain
Instead of climbing these heights
These fights
These blights
These mountains

JJB