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What Most People Think

Submitted by Janine on 19 November 2023 at 19:52

(Ode to Lee Anderson)

  • guest poem by Patrick Murphy

 

When I said I hated men dressed in pink

And that women should be tied to the kitchen sink

I wasn’t being a prat, a bigot or fink

I was simply saying what most people think

 

Mental health sufferers belong in the clink

That’s what our forefathers, bless them, would think

Middle-age Kicks

Submitted by Janine on 03 November 2023 at 20:09

with apologies to The Undertones

A middle-age dream's so hard to beat
Every time I'm offered a seat
A cinnamon whirl in the neighbourhood
With a glass of wine, it tastes so good

I'm getting older, getting older, right
Get middle-age kicks then an early night

BlakeFest

Submitted by Janine on 21 October 2023 at 19:45
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Celebrating William Blake in Sussex

Venue: St. Mary's Church, Felpham, PO22 7PF

Join us for jazz, talks, poetry, roots and more. With performance poet Janine Booth, jazz duo Sloth in the City, broadcaster Tamsin Rosewell, and Poetry in Motion with Charlotte Glasson (sax), Chris Hardy (guitar/words) and Barry Smith (poetry).