IS OUT... AGAIN, AFTER ALMOST TEN YEARS!!Hello beasties,
Today I have released a new edition of my 6th poetry collection. It was first published in 2004 - so this is the 10th anniversary, although originally it was published a little later in the year. My 6th, 7th and 8th collections all came out over a period of a year - so I wanted to stagger the re-releases a little.
LOVESONGS FOR THE BITTER AND TWISTED, published in 2004, was Paul’s sixth self-published collection and his fifth to include completely contemporary compositions. Even back then he was writing his daft yeti verse, but until now LOVESONGS has only been available alongside its sister volume THE AUTUMNAL E.P. (re-issued in autumn 2013), so this is the first time it has stood alone. This 10th anniversary edition contains photos and facts about the book and many of these poems Paul still regularly performs today, CRASHTESTBOYFRIEND, CUDDLE HIM, DANCEFLOOR SLAUGHTER, FLAUNT TRADITION, GRANNY ETHEL KEEPS THEM DECENT, JEALOUSY DID HIM NO GOOD, THE SMALL PRINT and WICKED SANTA, but many that he doesn’t! At least not yet… So, sit back and enjoy!!
Paperback: www.lulu.com/shop/paul-chandler/lovesongs-for-the-bitter-and-twisted/paperback/product-21573107.html
Hardback: www.lulu.com/shop/paul-chandler/lovesongs-for-the-bitter-and-twisted/hardcover/product-21578787.html
There's a piece from this collection at the end of this post called DEATH ON AN EMPTY STOMACH...
Tonight I have a gig, so I may not post until the following week after the Easter holiday.
More soon!
Yeti hugs.
Paul xx
DEATH ON AN EMPTY STOMACH…
Death on an empty stomach’s –
Death on an empty stomach’s –
Not
a recommended choice!
Not
something bound to make me…
Jump around nor sing “Rejoice!!”
I
reckon t’would be painful…
Empty
tum – switched down on LOW!
Death
on an empty stomach –
Don’t
sound good to me, you know…
A gurgling of belly –
A gurgling of belly –
Might just throw the Reaper’s stroke….
He might slip and strike a Kitty –
Newly born and just awoke!
How’d you feel if you were blame-ed –
For such tragic feline end of days?
Simply ‘coz you’d missed your dinner…
That’s why a diet never pays!
Death on an empty stomach –
Death on an empty stomach –
Well,
it won’t amount to bliss!
If
you find your standards slipping –
Well
then – just consider this…
Don’t
you reckon t’would be rotten…
To
be requiring one last snack!
Yes,
death on an empty stomach –
Leaves
you open to attack!
A croaking in your belly –
Might just knock Death’s blow aside!
Which could set a nun on fire –
Causing cars to swerve – collide!
Make all clowns bereft of humour!
Moby Dick to sink and drown!
Leaves may fall from off the trees tops
–
In mid-summer – shrivelled brown…
Death on an empty stomach –
Death on an empty stomach –
Only
leads to feeling “off”!
So,
DO persevere with eating –
Please
chow down and really scoff!
That
way you’re gonna feel much better;
Having
quit that pointless fast!
Death
on an empty stomach!
Fill
up now – your life has past…
A grumble in your belly –
A grumble in your belly –
Could well spoil the Reaper’s plans!
So tuck in without any conscience –
On the pies and beer and flans!
Death on a silent stomach –
Ensures that nothing will go wrong!
On the day you meet your maker…
When dear old Death she comes along!
This post is Copyright Paul Chandler 2014.
