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Meadowhead Bard

Random and surreal poetry satire and short stories.

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  • 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

  • Trust the Ones You Love, Love the Ones You Trust.

    I have found that in general the only people one can ask for advice from, are friends and family. Nearly everyone else, has the “What’s in it for me” attitude. ASK ADVICE. Ask advice from a doctor if you want to stay healthyAsk advice from a banker he knows how to be wealthyAsk advice from… Read more

  • Voting for Votings Sake.

    I wrote this for our last UK general election, before I started my blog, so it should all be new to you all. Based on the actual manifestos for our general election, and one other! So, Clear Stoma = Kier Starmer (One can see right through him and what he’s full of) Richy Nonacs, no… Read more