Some people worry About Friday the thirteenth But I will not let Triskaidekaphobia Ruin that Friday feeling
Category: Poetry
A Haiku That Is In Denial
Today I refuse To settle for a haiku So there won’t be one
A Haiku About My Failure To Meet Achievable Targets
Today I had a goal Write more than just a haiku I seem to have failed
A Haiku About Things You Can Depend On Even During Lockdown
A lockdown Monday Might be unlike most Mondays But it’s still Monday
A Haiku That Demonstrates The Sad Reality That Good Organisational Skills Are No Substitute For Actual Talent
Today is Sunday And I wrote this on Sunday But not this Sunday
A Haiku About How Reasons To Be Cheerful Aren’t Always As Advertised
It is Saturday But I can’t go anywhere And it’s November
A Cinquain About How I’m Entitled To Be Annoyed About Lockdown Even Though It Barely Affects Me
Fridays I stay at home But that is out of choice So I resent being told I can’t Go out
A Tanka About How Little Lockdown Will Actually Affect Me
It is, in England The final day of freedom And I’m stuck in work Tomorrow when lockdown startsI will still be stuck in work
A Lockdown Limerick
Now the world has again gone berserk It is no longer ok to lurk Within public places Or see friendly faces But it is still fine to go to work
A Haiku About The Importance Of Consistency
I firmly believe That standards must be maintained Even low standards
A Haiku About The Futility Of Effort
I wake up early In order to seize the day Most days still escape
A Cinquain About Food That Is Open To Interpretation
Diets Some are healthy But they seldom taste good Unhealthy food tastes much better Eat well
A Haiku Designed To Stand The Test Of Time
I wrote this today Unless you are reading this On another day
A Haiku About The Importance Of Sport In My Life
I like watching sport I find it more compelling Than breaking a sweat
A Haiku About The Main Purpose Of Saturday
I like Saturday Whatever happens today I won’t be at work
A Haiku About Having Realistic Expectations
If you’re reading this In the hope it’s something good It may disappoint
A Poem About My Cynical Relationship With Poetry
There are some who may not know it But I don’t claim to be a poet And though I sometimes write in verse I can think of nothing worse Than reading poetry I wrote That would really get my goat So if you ask me to read this I’ll choose to give it a miss…
Yet Another Poem About
This a poem for Monday Although I wrote it on Sunday It is not an especially fun day It’s not my scheduled run day It’s never been my ‘eat-a-bun’ day Though it’s often my ‘make-a-pun’ day But I do really hope that one day I wake up not hating Monday
A Poem With A Consistent Rhyme Scheme Throughout But Little Else To Recommend It
I sat down at night In artificial light That was slightly too bright And I tried to write But I was not erudite And try as I might I just couldn’t quite Get the words right I was probably a sight As if I’d had a fright I was as high as a kite After…
A Poem About Healthy Eating
Muesli? You amuse me Why would I eat that? I’m as healthy as a lion Albeit one that’s fat I have no need to change My diet is just fine Next you’ll ask me to give up My daily breakfast wine It’s not like I’m inactive I skip, I jump, I hop I burn those…
A Haiku About A Lack Of Equilibrium
I enjoy weekends But a five:two work/life split Seems to lack balance
A Daddy Daughter Poem
The following is something that Little Proclaims and I came up with a few weeks ago. It’s more of a performance piece really. I’m not sure it translates to the page too well. But I’ve transcribed it anyway, because content is content. You’ll have to imagine the performance but if it helps, imagine the lines…
A Cinquain About Monday
Monday Most hated day Because of work mainly Bank Holiday Mondays are fine But sparse
A Sunday Poem
According to 80s hit ‘Manic Monday’ (Performed by The Bangles but written by Prince) Sunday is a ‘fun day’ Perhaps when juxtaposed with Monday Sunday is a fun day But I spend most of Sunday Worrying about Monday So it is not a fun day Anymore than Saturday is a fatter day Although I tend…
A Haiku About Not Living Life To The Full
Weekends are always Full of opportunities And I squander them
A Haiku About The Futility Of Optimism
That Friday feeling A sense of hope just before A vapid weekend
A Poem About My Main Function As A Parent
I tell my child not to jump on the bed Instead she prefers to jump on my head She has the most adorable toes Though less endearing when kicking my nose But sometimes she does give my head a rest And chooses instead to jump on my chest My daughter is a little jumping bean…
A Haiku About The True Villain Of The Working Week
You survive Monday Only to discover that Tuesday’s even worse
Blank Verse About Why I Don’t Really Like Blank Verse
‘Tis time to try my hand at writing verse The kind that lacks a rhyme but still attempts A rhythmic beat maintained by counting sounds A form as prevalent as it is dull Iambic pentameter without rhyme Might be akin to cake without icing Or birthdays without any cake at all Perhaps as bad as…
A Quatrain About Rain
There are very few things in life That give the same level of strife As the metaphorical pain Caused by a whole weekend of rain
A Tanka About How The Seasons Influence My Viewing Habits
October is here With it are the first signs that Winter is coming So the rational response Is to binge-watch Game of Thrones
