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Meadowhead Bard

Random and surreal poetry satire and short stories.

  • Over Inflated

    I like this prompt! “What villain do. I think had a good point?” Two for one day today, please take you voucher to the checkout. OVER INFLATED. Vlad the Impaler no doubt had a good and excellent pointSo did Guy Fawkes, getting rid of those idiots from that parliament jointYou need a good point to… Read more

  • Everything Is a Little Upside Down..

    “Every thing is a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped, you’ll find out when you’ve reached the top you’re on the bottom”. A line from Bob Dylan’s “Idiot Wind” on his “Blood on the Tracks” album. In answer to the prompt, I would live almost anywhere where there are… Read more

  • The World is in a State of Kiosk.

    I remember in my early working life, someone saying the phrase “The world is in a state of kiosk” Deliberately replacing the word chaos with kiosk. Funny how these things stay with you. KIOSK. There’s a kiosk for train tickets, a kiosk for the busA kiosk for car park attendants, football they can discussA kiosk… Read more

  • You Little Bloggers

    I have two favourite bloggers, I wrote something for one, but tired got me, and I couldn’t keep my eyes wedged open for the second. I know both care about our home, so here is something I wrote a while ago. EARTH TO DOCTOR “Hello Mrs Earth, what can I help you with today?”“Doctor I’m… Read more

  • Rats and Ships and Certain Facts.

    I’m fascinated that the main protagonist in the decimation of our planet, are making plans to find somewhere else they can rape. RATS and SHIPS and CERTAIN FACTS My perspective hasn’t changed, its rooted firmly in truth and factI’m anchored here like some old oak I’m not falling backTell me “We can go on like… Read more

  • Sleep Is a Blessing, Waking Is a Curse.

    I am good at many things, but sleep isn’t one of them. Laying away thinking, how do I make this, how do I fix that, how do we pay the next bill, how can I make people understand they are doing wrong? Sleep “Just shut your eyes and go to sleep”, is what my wife… Read more

  • Steppidoodlies.

    These prompts are driving me mad, how can I write anything deep and meaningful, with such bland trite questions. STEPIDOODLIES. Thirty nine steps, Spanish steps, three steps to heavenSteps to my door, three or four, I’m glad it’s not elevenSteps to success, steps to undress, steps in an intricate danceSteps to impress, I’m in a… Read more

  • When Gravity Fails, and negatively Don’t Pull You Through

    The title a line from Bob Dylan’s song “Just like Tom Thumbs blues” From his album “Highway 61 Revisited” Dylan at his most enigmatic, the line seems to be nonsense, and yet conveys a feeling of desperation and abandonment. Poetry at a level, I can only ever dream of attaining. So here’s a bit of… Read more

  • It’s Easier.

    IT’S EASIER. I love the way folk are addicted to their phones and techI just feel sorry for them shrug, say what the heckIf they just want to let the world slip by, stick their heads deep in the sandLet the monster Trumps and monster Musks, destroy us it’s Ok I understand. After all “It’s… Read more

  • Got the Guts to Follow my Guts

    The following is a bit of fun, I don’t have a paunch, so it doesn’t apply. Where my gut goes there go I, it’s difficult to separate usMy gut is there, I can’t help it, I’ve tried diets, and slimming apparatusMy gut tells me I should loose some weight, but he don’t want to goIf… Read more