My new collection of poetry, Removals, will be published December 1 2012 by Carreg Ffylfan Press. Price £8.
Carefully chosen words
or complete and utter poetry: Poems by Martin Locock Copyright 2005-2011
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Dead man walking
A well-balanced gait
May be misleading: I am
Limping with both legs
3/11/11
May be misleading: I am
Limping with both legs
3/11/11
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Fallen
On this red earth world
We are distracted by
The earthly pleasures
2/11/11
We are distracted by
The earthly pleasures
2/11/11
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Losers
The trouble is, there's too much peace
The union leader said
There's no demand for guns and planes
What can we do instead?
The trouble is, there's too much peace
The politician sighed
I can't fly in to show the flag
Reflect our national pride
The trouble is, there's too much peace
That's the phrase they use
I'm not sure that's the problem
When I read the news
27/9/11
The union leader said
There's no demand for guns and planes
What can we do instead?
The trouble is, there's too much peace
The politician sighed
I can't fly in to show the flag
Reflect our national pride
The trouble is, there's too much peace
That's the phrase they use
I'm not sure that's the problem
When I read the news
27/9/11
Monday, September 19, 2011
Removals
The car waddled over the speed bumps
And entered the college car park,
Sitting low on its springs,
Weighed down with stuff
And expectations
We climbed the stairs
And saw the room -
Blank and unobjectionable,
Then ferried the awkward boxes up
Adding personality and clutter
By increments
In no time it was finished
We parted
I returned in an empty car
To an emptier house
19/9/11
[a revised and extended version of this poem appears in the new collection Removals]
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Treatment
At the sex clinic
There's no appointment system:
It's first come, first served
10/9/11
There's no appointment system:
It's first come, first served
10/9/11
Saturday, August 27, 2011
All change
A child leaving home
Is a very stressful time
(for the child as well)
22/8/11
Is a very stressful time
(for the child as well)
22/8/11
Monday, August 22, 2011
The dating game
Every one-night-stand
Always ends the same, she sighs:
The men come and go
22/8/11
Always ends the same, she sighs:
The men come and go
22/8/11
Monday, August 08, 2011
Futures
Chinese lanterns soar
Taking our wishes and hopes
To unknown endings
8/8/11
Taking our wishes and hopes
To unknown endings
8/8/11
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Time machine
Italian cafe
Glass tables and strong coffee
50s atmosphere
28/7/11
Glass tables and strong coffee
50s atmosphere
28/7/11
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Changeable
Two days of the heat
Is enough to remind us
Why we don't like it
27/7/11
Is enough to remind us
Why we don't like it
27/7/11
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The waters of Lethe
Grasshoppers kvetching
River runs slow and clear
Casts a drowsy spell
26/7/11
River runs slow and clear
Casts a drowsy spell
26/7/11
Still got it
A shop girl looks up
Steadily she meets my gaze
Then smiles a welcome
26/7/11
Steadily she meets my gaze
Then smiles a welcome
26/7/11
Monday, July 25, 2011
Gifts
The Prodigal Son
All callow thoughtlessness
Outshone his brother
Unfair or unwise
To favour the miscreant
Yet it's instinctive
We value others
For the love that we give them
Not the love returned
25/7/11
All callow thoughtlessness
Outshone his brother
Unfair or unwise
To favour the miscreant
Yet it's instinctive
We value others
For the love that we give them
Not the love returned
25/7/11
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Distance
Retreating ridgelines,
Increasingly hazy, fade
Into the dusk sky
20/7/11
Increasingly hazy, fade
Into the dusk sky
20/7/11
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