Eryri

Eryri May 2019

Forced

Forcing words from a tired brain
Isn't worth the bother and pain.
A glowing screen:
A headache induced.
A suppressed scream:
A low slow groan.
It's like getting blood from a stone,
Writing bad rhymes on a phone
But I'll soldier on
Given this is poem 151.

Eryri Apr 2019

MinMax Schism

minimalism
schism
MAXIMALISM

#napowrimo2019 #napowrimo

Eryri Apr 2019

Notches on Your Doors

The two of you rely on the two of us.
Such trust you place unknowingly.
No other life do you really know;
No yardstick but the notched door
That charts your slow-quick-slow growth.
But read between the notches:
The spaces between them represents nurture and nourishment,
Sustained by our love for you both.

#children #family #love

Eryri Apr 2019

A Wholly Inaccurate and Imagined Day In The Life Of Mr Brontë

Are you kids reading those ****** books again?
Get some fresh air.

You're addicted to those sodding books!
Go forth and play, it's nice out!

You'll get nowt but square eyes staring at those pages!

You like to read about gossip and dancing
But you don't even gossip and dance in real life!

You're hooked on ****** books!

There's no future in novels,
They're just a fad!

With apologies to Mr Bronte

Eryri Apr 2019

My Own Worst Critic

I'm my own worst critic:
I think my 'work' is good.

Why do I stick to it?
Because I'm sure to think I'm good.
It's the best I can offer
All I have to proffer,

I know why I bother,
I quite enjoy my own poet's corner,
Which for me is a sanctuary;
In which to spend a stolen private moment
From a day tending to my children
And retaining gainful employment.

#autosatire #selfbias #dont #know #better

Eryri Apr 2019

Reflecting on Love From a Distance

The further away I get from you
The more I can see into your past.
Time and space offer a grander view
Of how we made it last.

When we were joined at the hip
And our love was new,
All your faults were totally eclipsed
By my romantic idealised view of you.

Eryri Apr 2019

The Jesus Mug

"Jesus Makes You Smug"
Is was it said on his coffee mug.
"****** atheist is lucky I'm a pacifist"
Thought the very angry Jesuit.

More nonsence.