As I began to recover from the stroke that kept me in hospital from December ’23 till March this year, I managed to write – or rather, type – a significant amount of poetry and other things, all of which helped me to focus on thoughts which were not just about the depressing and disorientating … Continue reading FROM THE STROKE WARD 2
POETRY
EAT YOUR HEART OUT EDWARD LEAR
I was having fun keeping up with the Trump cavalcade of chaos and confusion - largely Trump's own confusion - on Youtube, and on one thread I found myself writing this limerick. I know I'm in the UK, but I feel I've hit on a truth: 'There once was a MAGA in Maine Who woke … Continue reading EAT YOUR HEART OUT EDWARD LEAR
HONESTY IN POLITICS
1.How can any-one tell the truthWhen no-one knows what the truth is?How can any-one sort out the liesWhen no-one knows who lying? 2.Truth is a housewith scaffolding round it;the windows need glazing,the door needs its flap. Lies are pigeonsperching on the roof,staining the tileswith their stinking crap. 3.So how can you possibly do what's right,when … Continue reading HONESTY IN POLITICS
The Ethical Watchman 