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Meadowhead Bard

Random and surreal poetry satire and short stories.

  • a ghost story.

    Hello readers, today I offer you you a little ghost story, I challenged myself to write a normal type story, well it’s not quite that, but I hope you enjoy it. Todays Dylan quote “ My patron saint is fighting with a ghost, he’s always off somewhere when I need him most” Good Eh? Please… Read more

  • a bit of Yorkshire.

    For those of you not familiar with the Yorkshire dialect, that language within a language! A “wesher” can be a washer (a metal disc with a hole) or a washing machine. With thanks to David Bowie for the timbre of the thing. Domestic Pressure. With domestic life, I just can’t cope, Under pressure, Under pressure.… Read more

  • freedom

    The answers in the heading. Read more

  • letter to America.

    First todays quote from Bob Dylan. ”They’re no good the cards that you’re holding, unless they’re from another world” From Series of Dreams. Letter to America. I thought I’d write a letter “Dear Mr American” What did you see, when you voted for that man? Did you see someone that would always speak the truth?… Read more

  • Me Myself and I

    I spend all of my time with myself, I’m quite good company. But without my wife and friends, I’d be totally lost at see. All my friends with me. I don’t have an iphone, but I’m never alone, I have all my friends with me. I don’t travel abroad, ‘cause I can’t afford, to take… Read more

  • toxic

    What is a musktrump? A musktrump is what happens if you mix two toxic elements together. It results in an explosion, and production of a foul smelling gas. Read more

  • Come in number two.

    Come In Number Two. I wouldn’t have name, I’d have a number, Then I’d fit right in the scheme, No worry about misspelling then, You know exactly what I mean. I’d have it tattooed on my front, And even on my head, I could be seen from drones above, And cameras from straight ahead. I… Read more

  • Eulogy to a fine man.

    I lost my best mate November 2024, I miss him like hell, but my loss cannot compare with that of his family.. I wrote this piece for his wife and our group of friends, but back then I had no means of making my feelings known more widely. The part about telling him I loved… Read more

  • Rabjibooli.

    Yes, in fact 60 something years later I still have it, It’s called The Magic Wood Beyond the World, by Grace Rhys. It could easily be what inspired JR Tolkien to write the Hobbit books. The main protagonist is an imp called Rabjibooli, whom at one point I remember being punished for his misdoings by… Read more

  • Ouch.

    The three books the have had the most impact on me are, The Encyclopedia Britannica, War and Peace, and The Oxford Concise Dictionary. The Reason, they fell off the top shelf! I was tempted to kill two birds with one stone, and use a quote from Dylan’s Jokerman, but decided not to as it may… Read more