Greetings!!!

As promised here is a bit about the 18 poems I've completed since the last collection came out in early December. I am working on another half dozen more at the moment - so they'll be plenty of others to join these, which I will preview soon.

Thanks to Anthony T, Stephen W, Brett L, Richard F, Lisa P, Julie F, Harry F, Calum W, Jo O and anyone else I've inflicted these new ditties on - for road-testing the early drafts and saying nice things. Ta guys! :) xx


DARK HORSE.

A silly ditty about the goings on of a - well - quite literally a dark horse - and a secret agent dark horse to boot!

DATING SEASON.

Theories on dating - when to, when not to - why it just won't ever work out!

DECORATING MORRISSEY.

It's Christmas - everyone is happy - everyone is festive - except for one sweet god; the legend that is Morrissey, lost on a street corner sometime in the late 1980s.

DRUNK.

The perils of getting drunk and quite how easy it is to make mistakes along the way...

EXIT, PURSUED BY A YETI.

Have you ever been pursued by a yeti? The result can be remarkably furry but not altogether unpleasant... The same can not be said for encounters with some of the other beasties mentioned in this ditty.

GETTING ON FAMOUSLY.

An exercise in mutual fan worship.

GREAT MAN.

The perils of meeting your idol and how to overcome disappointment.

HE SANG.

Tales from the Karoake bar - where faith in each other's misery is the only thing that is keeping everyone sane!

KILLING TIME.

Ever found it necessary to kill time? What, really Kill it? Well - you obviously didn't succeed cos time is still here - at least for a little while longer...

MARSHMALLOW HEART - 2.

A sequel to last years Valentines ditty. This year one recommends kidnapping hunky waiters to ensure a pleasant evening.

REVOLUTION ON THE 8.15.

It's time for the commuters to rebel. There's only one way in which we're all going to get to work on time... Found out how! It's easy!

ROSEY TINTED LIFE.

How many people live their relationships - wearing rosey tinted spectacles? The character of this ditty is just one of many... But then when the truth is out sometimes folk just want life back the way it once were - even if it means a spot of self-deception.

SHE TAKES OFF HER RINGS.

A woman on the edge of a relationship. Full of extreme and heartfelt statements of intent. She is left on the side - she plans a new life - until...

SOMETHING OLD - SOMETHING NEW.

As Best Man it is necessary to prepare the Groom for what he will need for married life - some of it comes naturally - but what the Bride may not realise is that it may also involve several hundred boxes containing videos of Dr Who... And that's just the start!

SOON ON YOUR WAY : STRIKES BACK?

A leaving poem - rewritten for a serial killer!

STALKER.

Tales of being stalked... Inspired by a friend of mine who was followed home by a strange admirer whom he later decided to go out on a date with...

TEN DAYS FROM HEART BREAK.

Dating can bring out the best or the worst in us all. Sometimes it is the making of us - sometimes it means nothing at all - but then, just sometimes the end of a relationship can break us in two...

WE HAVE MICE.

Discussions with mice and what should be done when one finds one sharing everyday life with the wee beasties...

The full collection, which contains these pieces and is to be called GO 4TH AND DIVIDE will be out by SUMMER/AUTUMN 2003.

Previews of some of these poems will appear on the site over the next few months.

Paul x