Worlds change when eyes meet

Take me as I am or watch me as I go

If the wind stops blowing, row.

Tell me what you like, come play

Don't look back, you're not going that way

Sometimes darkness can show you the light

Don't wait, the time will never be just right

Let's meet in our dreams tonight

You say I dream too big

I say you think too small

But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel 

like nothing changed at all?

(A found poem using post from spam accounts that followed me on Twitter in the names of...

(Olivia Smith) (Nicole Johnson) (Nicole Lee) (Jennifer Jones) (Michelle Taylor)

This is not The Treachery of Images

This is not a pipe

This is not a drill

This is not a love song

This is not America

This is not a VAT receipt

This is not happening

This is not what I expected

This is the day

This is pop.

(Found poem with painting titles, song titles and other things starting with 'this is not' and 'this is'. If I stumble across any more they'll be added in.)

Imperial Fledermaus

I walked up two flights of silver stairs

The crows look very different today

Every moment of truth

You can't compete with it

Suffering

I can't get it now but I can get it

French windows don't open any more

'cause I'm on the outside of time

In silence

Another balloon string held at bay

I can't get it now but I can get it

Sent out into the cold again

But they went off forever

More time to wonder

And I'm beyond redemption

I can't get it now

But I can get it

(A found poem based on one line from the tracks on the Fall's 'Imperial Wax Solvent' album (in track list order) and extra lines from Von Sudenfed's 'Fledermaus Can't Get It')

Bookies share festival fears

'Who do we fear? Put simply, the Irish'

a similar 'greenwash' again this year.

Mullins shuffles his powerful pack

it could be the last race of his career.

Do not mind where the winners are trained,

multiple mayhem causing most sleepless nights.

All the ingredients are in place

which sets the handicaps alight.

There will be the plunge horses – as yet unknown

these short ones costly if they all oblige.

Two classy rivals go head-to-head,

handicap horses who come alive.

(from The Racing Post, Friday 11 March 2022)

in Deer Head Nation style!

(It's Good) To Be Free*

Day has come, now you’ll have to accept

Now is not the time to cry

You can’t live your life if your heart’s not in it

Time keeps rolling by

Talk of better days that are yet to come

Wipe that tear away now from your eye

Take the time to make some sense

Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be

Paint no illusion, try to click with whatcha got

Feed your head with all the things you need

You can have it all, but how much do you want it?

The ways are high and steep

You need to be yourself

We will find a brighter day

All the roads we have to walk are winding

Don’t let anybody get in your way

There’s a light that shines on

A better place to play

We know it’s gonna be okay

So what do you say?

You gotta make it happen

You gotta make it happen

*aka Champagne SuperNeaveo

(on the occasion of Ian Neave leaving Nationwide)

A poem with help from Oasis

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Here's the key to where the lines come from

14. Day has come, now you’ll have to accept

3. Now is not the time to cry

16. You can’t live your life if your heart’s not in it

12. Time keeps rolling by

15 Talk of better days that are yet to come

9. Wipe that tear away now from your eye

19. Take the time to make some sense

11. Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be

27. Paint no illusion, try to click with whatcha got

26. Feed your head with all the things you need

1. You can have it all, but how much do you want it? 

18. The ways are high and steep

1. You need to be yourself

6. We will find a brighter day

8. All the roads we have to walk are winding

7. Don’t let anybody get in your way

13 There’s a light that shines on

10. A better place to play

23. We know it’s gonna be okay

25. So what do you say?

4. You gotta make it happen

4. You gotta make it happen

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1. Supersonic

2. Shakermaker

3. Live Forever

4. Cigarettes and alcohol

5. Whatever

6. Some might say

7. Roll with it

8. Wonderwall

9. Champagne Supernova

10. Don’t look back in anger

11. Stand By Me

12. All around the world

13. The Hindu Times

14. Little by little

15. Songbird

16. The importance of being idle

17. The Masterplan

18. She is love

19. Morning Glory

20. Slide away

21. Rock n roll star

22. Fade away

23. All around the world

24. D’You Know what I mean?

25. Half the world away

26. Stay Young

27. Go let it out

Weapon of Choice (one)

People just want more and more
Don’t let them get to you
Make that change, let’s start today
You know you can do it if you try

Breathe in

Like the calm before the storm
You're the sun and as you shine on me

I won’t let you down

All the vampires, walkin' through the valley
Turning into voodoo
May the last one burn into flames
We got a thousand points of light


(All lines taken from the following songs)

Title – Weapon of Choice – Fatboy Slim (2001)

Freed from Desire – Gala (1997)
Free Me – Joss Stone (2009)
Free – Ultra Naté (1997)
Set Me Free – The Kinks (1965)

Freedom – Pharrell Williams (2015)

Free to Fall – Debbie Harry (1987)
I Feel Free – Cream (1966)

Freedom! ‘90 – George Michael (1990)

Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty (1989)
I’m So Free – Beck (2017)
Freedom – Beyoncé ft Kendrick Lamar (2016)
Rockin’ in the Free World – Neil Young (1989)

The Village Centre

A stained satellite dish looks down

On a shorts day, mustard trousers join a queue
The blind Westie in a red collar hesitates at the sound of traffic
The 'g' and 'e' are missing
A Maserati looks out of place
I don't know the names of trees.

Russell Hobbs: My Secret History

The storm reaches fever pitch
Blink
Wild flowers, rocks and minerals

Let's make a plan
Play I-Spy
Sing a soviet song

Touch me, Sparklebright
Drink chai with me you happy egg
While I'm basking in your six perfections

I'm sorry, I love you.

And When the Sky Was Opened

I shot an arrow into the air
The monsters are due on Maple Street
A penny for your thoughts

Spur of the moment
A short drink from a certain fountain
I shot an arrow into the air

No time like the past
On Thursday we leave for home
The monsters are due on Maple Street

Black leather jackets
The changing of the guard
A penny for your thoughts



(The title and every line are episode titles from the original run of US sci-fi series The Twilight Zone 1959-1964.)