Meadowhead Bard

Random and surreal poetry satire and short stories.

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  • Hey Hey Mr Dylan.

    I like the challenge of this daily prompt, but I’ve struggled with this one, As most will have gathered I’m a Bob Dylan fan, I’m not sure what genre one would call it. “Rubish can’t sing” I hear some people shout. For me though it’s the words, the fact that the poetry comes with music Read more

  • What Makes a Teacher Great. One who has the skill to make a pupil feel small? One who recognises potential not at all? One who’s way to control his class is by shouting? The ability of each individual he’s doubting? That was my experience of school, When I left each day feeling nought but a Read more

  • My favourite food when I was a kid was brontosaurus burgers, you can’t get them now of course brontosaurus are extinct, as I will be soon. I remember also someone saying “Try Ceratops” but I didn’t like it. Talking of food, I have been compiling a list of food Bob Dylan my like. It has 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