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Meadowhead Bard

Random and surreal poetry satire and short stories.

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  • Genie in a Bottle.

    My dear friend in India says “People nowadays have such a short attention span because of the instant gratification of the screen” but you dear readers are going to prove her wrong. Not only are you going to read today’s poem from beginning to end, but you are going to find someway of ordering my… Read more

  • Ghengis Khan and His Brother Don.

    “Genghis Khan and his brother Don, Couldn’t keep on keeping on, we’ll climb that bridge after it’s gone, after we’re way past it”. From Bob Dylans “You Ain’t Going Nowhere” Greatest Hits Volume 2 album. Please note the line including the Name Hitler says “UNDER HATED” HISTRIONICS. Vlad the Impaler was over rated, Hitler under… Read more

  • Fig Leaves.

    These prompts are getting worse, “What’s the best thing about minimalist living?” I’m not a minimalist, I like to surround myself with familiar items. With the exponential rate of change nowadays I need that anchor. So I’ve just had a bit of fun. FIG LEAVES No ornaments in my house, not even a vaseI try… Read more

  • I was a Social Climber.

    Short of time today, so just a short new poem. I’ve added a second longer one from the archive. HI MY NAME’S BILLY. I ate anything when I was a kidBut I was only doing what other kids didI once ate a hand bag, a shoe, and a coatYou’ve probably guessed by now I’m goat.… Read more

  • Head Banging.

    We have just had our local elections, a very interesting ritual. I have voted for one party or another since I was eighteen, a very long time ago indeed! This time I’d had enough, I still went to the poling station, registered my vote as “No confidence” RITUALS Round the maypole we all dance, dance… Read more

  • An Enigma.

    As in the song by Perry Como, It’s just impossible. One just is not allowed to live the kind of life I would want to live, unless you are wealthy of course, and if you are wealthy you wouldn’t want to live the kind of life I would want to live. It’s a funny old… Read more

  • The Hunters Singing Like a Bird.

    6AM IN THHE MORNING No need for a long journey, bus or train ride6 am in the morning windows open wideIn the comfort of our own bed the orchestra playing for usThe most beautiful concert of all, the wonderful dawn chorus. We have seen Bob Dylan three times, once with The Band on his famous… Read more

  • URBAN BLIGHT

    Sheffield used to have a great town centre, full of independent shops, at one time you could even park a car without a mortgage, we even had public toilets! We have now a few little enclaves that have been regenerated, a winter garden some big silver balls and a fountain but the city has no… Read more

  • Super Sanitiser Man

    I would like to be Super Sanitiser Man. I would make getting rid of all the rubbish in the world my mission. SUPER SANITISER MAN Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s Super Sanitiser Man!He travels the world, getting rid of the stench no one else canSmelly bins and dump it sites,… Read more

  • Expensive Shabbyness

    I hate branded stuff, especially clothing, for one thing it is no better quality than run of the mill stuff and sometimes poorer. Secondly why should I pay to advertise someone’s overpriced product. EXPENSIVE SHABBYNESS. There’s a land called Cheappy Maky Land, where people all for work peanutsPiles of things all the same from one… Read more