Poetry

If there's one thing I've always enjoyed writing, it's some poetry. It's often therapeutic to write down your thoughts and channel the energies into something that others may enjoy over time. If you like what you see and wish to obtain some more, please use the contact me page to do so. Thank you.

The last five years' worth of poetry are archived below (apart from April 2021 and January 2024, no poems those months) which you can also check out:

2024
Dec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

Here's the poems for December 2024:

It's Not Christmas Til Noddy Says It Is

It is past the first of December
So at least it can feel like more festive
Despite being bombarded by songs
That were all of a snowy collective
There is one song I'm waiting for
Which is a classic from fifty years ago
And it isn't Last Christmas
Or the fireside evoking Let It Snow
Oh no, this is one is a classic by Slade
They made us come on feel the noize
But there was something special about
The Christmas songs from the Midlands boys
It immediately makes me think of the time
And is a staple classic of every year
Once you've heard that intro
You know it's a time to have festive cheer
However, it's not been heard on radio yet
Too much focus on the Band Aid Forty
Which, by regurgitating the old versions
Just smacks of being cheap and naughty
You know full well it'll be Christmas Day
When having some festive Bucks Fizz
That Noddy Holder will yell "It's Christmas!"
Because it's not Christmas til Noddy says it is.

(I have two Christmas rules in that it is not Christmas until December and Noddy Holder from Slade has proclaimed that it is. Then it is officially Christmas for me. That is the rule and no correspondence shall be entered into.)

The Vanishing Kir Royale

Many years ago in Marks and Spencer
There was a Christmas drink that my love would get
It was a bottle she would share with her niece
And their Christmas was sorted with no regret
It was the excellent kir royale
The black bottle and purple label was a giveaway
You would see it had some sparkle
And was something special for your party
We would go into the food hall each December
And stock up ready for the festive time
I had a glass and quite liked it myself
And Christmas without that was to her niece a crime
But then for some reason it was off the shelf
Never ever to be seen again
Each December I always pop by the M & S near me
But unfortunately my search is always in vain.

(Okay, yes, you could potentially make the drink yourself and get the ingredients to do so. But for The Love In My Heart, this drink felt like Christmas and was special - and now you just cannot get it anymore, despite me asking in Marks and Spencer every year. Meh.)

Riding Home for Christmas

Off to Euston Station
In the hope my train is running
I'm riding home for Christmas, yeah
With a first class ticket I'm going
I've waited so long to be with my love
And be home soon
All wrapped and warmed up
In the Pendolino, riding home for Christmas
Top to toe in signals
As the train leaves Euston on time
I'm riding home for Christmas, yeah
And want to hear those sleigh bells chime
I get my coffee, and festive beer
As I travel trough
The Trent Valley, I'm on Coach K
I'm riding home for Christmas
Where my love is waiting for me
I know everyone is excited
I take a look at the passenger next to me
They're just the same.

(You may have worked out the influence of this one, and well, why not? It'll be me on a train heading to The Love In My Heart for Christmas, and to be with family, friends and loved ones.)

Panel Result, Score Draw

The weather has played havoc with the fixtures
Your team isn't playing today
And yet there is still excitement come Final Score
Where the pools panel have to sit and play
Guesstimating what the result might have been
Had the teams been able to play at all
With their influence deciding a jackpot
The pools win could be within reach after all
The teams are announced with match posponed
And the panel result, score draw
Which means three more points on the coupon
And hoping that you will then get more
The other panel results are away wins
Mainly for the bigger teams playing it seems
Is there really any expertise in this panel
Or do they just side with the top teams?

(Cancellations of fixtures brings out the Pools Panel, which for anyone doing the football pools was always vital in deciding how many points you would get and if you would win a sizeable amount of money...)

Christmas Tree Cat Haiku

Brian loves the tree
He now snuggles underneath
Out of Mummy's way!

(Brian the cat has tended to snuggle himself under the foot of the Christmas tree, so he can be out of reach of Mummy or me fussing over him too much. He is absolutely adorable and cute when he does snuggle though.)