dailyprompt
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Title line stolen and mangled from Bob Dylan’s “It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry” Apart from the “F” word, it would have to be “Amazing” It is so over used, a real cliche, “Perfect” is closing in on the rails, but I still think it will be pipped at… Read more
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Life is one big challenge, it shouldn’t be so, we have the power as a species, for things to be so different, but we have taken the wrong path, and followed the god of greed. I’m sorry I have failed on my mission again today, to write a full poem, or at least one that… Read more
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RUN, Run like hell, find a place to hide, and don’t come out. This life to me is like an ill fitting suit, too tight, too constraining. I’m a free spirit and should never have been put in this cage. Unfortunately there is little room for individuality now, and I never thought about it back… Read more
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Dentists, are the most boring (Drilling) people, not only that but you can’t answer back with your mouth wedged open. The Dentists. When the pain from your teeth is like daggers, And the pliers are calling you from your shed, There’s no dentist on this planet you can go to, Just take two aspirin and… Read more
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Another boring prompt, if this is the best Ai can offer, he can take his silicon chips and fry them. I have managed to make something out of it, and had fun doing so. It’s an imaginary character by the way not me. The spelling mistakes are deliberate, stick with it it’s all part of… Read more
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Who are my favourite people to be arround, what a ridiculous question, the answer obviously my friends and family. I definitely no not want to be around the kind of people I wrote about below. The Prince That Was Really a Toad The prince that was really a toadHe lived on Privilege RoadHe had no… Read more
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At seventy one years old, I’ve had lots of pairs of shoes, I sat counting them all trying to remember a favourite, I counted one hundred and fifty one and a half pairs, but it’s a strange thing, I can’t remember ever having only one foot. I asked a friend to help with songs with… Read more
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The supposition here in this prompt request is what physical gift? I find that a rather shallow and mundane request. I will indulge in a bit of shallow thought before todays poem, because it’s unusual and some may find it amusing. The best gift ever bought me was from my wife it was an angle… Read more
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My mother used to say, “Cut your suit according to the cloth” Which meant only spend what you have. If you are walking past a shop, and see in the window, something nice, but useless and you don’t have enough cash in your pocket, you don’t buy it. Enter Mr Bankers favourite toy, the credit… Read more
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Looking on from some foreign country, it probably looks like we here in the UK are making a pretty good job of holding onto our culture. The trooping of the colour, Black Rod opening parliament, The Edinburgh Tattoo, even fox hunting is refusing to die. All the latter though aren’t where true culture lies, true… Read more
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