Poem 100 of 230:  MONOPOLY ON WEAPONRY Regarding firearm laws, it seems to me,     Practically as well as ideally, In an equitable soci...

Poem 213 of 230:  MORE AMOR PATRIAE There is tai chi and there is tennis,     Line is fine but so is Morris, There is curry and ther...

Poem 38 of 230:  THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES Having, mostly, enjoyed my visit:     Walking and busing along the coast, A Hollywood film in ...

Poem 225 of 230:  AFTER PSALM 118:9 AND MATTHEW 4:8-10 The monarchies,     Now, are blasphemies - The only born-ruler     Is a God-cho...

Poem 91 of 230:  TAX The flouting statement is rife -     How death and taxes are The two certainties of life. And both, to be sure, d...

Poem 101 of 230:  JUST SUBSIST (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR: D2 F#3 G2 F#3 G2 A3 G2 G3 D2 A3 A2 G3 F#2 G3 G2 G3 D2 B3 B2 A3 G2 A3 G2...

Poem 94 of 230:  MOROCCAN TEA Here’s a hint     Concerning mint: It’s very brief,     Just pick a leaf From the backyard,     And wa...

Poem 14 of 230:  NIGHT OR DAY?! In the far north of Sweden     (A "Land of the Midnight Sun”), A strange thing chanced upon me -     An...

Poem 85 of 230:  LANDMINES I’m thinking of Sting’s song “Russians,”     Which notes the ways wars can be fought; He highlights nuclear w...

Poem 79 of 230:  PIE IN THE SKY? From our early childhood,     We’re taught to glorify Conquering the Earth’s neighbourhood -     ...

Poem 84 of 230:  NATIONALISM WITHOUT CONQUEST Everything in moderation..?     Well, with “nationalism” it’s true - It can carry unique c...

Poem 191 of 230:  WEATHERED PIPES…SOMEWHERE? - WINTER 2001/2 As we spun slowly through a warmer winter-night,     Some birds sung sweetl...

Poem 95 of 230:  A GOOD LIFE For fauna,     Home-flora. Falconry -     Starve or free? Hatched-cocoons     For silk looms. Kosher and...

Poem 111 of 230:  THE MERSEY AT DIDSBURY - SPRING 2000 (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF E-FLAT MAJOR: Eb2 F2 G2 Ab2 G3 D2 F2 G2 Ab2 G3 D2 F2 G2 ...

Poem 53 of 230:  WHY THE YEW? To paraphrase one of my uncles,     Showing a church in Hertfordshire: When you see an old English pa...

Theory Slam - like Poetry Slams except folks present a theory – 7.00 P.M. Monday 05.01.2009 at the Urban Cafe, Dance City, Newcastle. S...

Poem 180 of 230:  WHITLEY BAY FISHERMEN - AUTUMN 2001 But for the ghostly lighthouse on Saint Mary’s,     The, matching, moonlit wash of...

Poem 4 of 230:  PICTURING SYDNEY A good place to start is Sydney Tower,     With its enthralling panoramic feast: Olympic grounds - we...

Poem 213 of 230:  MORE AMOR PATRIAE There is tai chi and there is tennis,     Line is fine but so is Morris, There is curry and ther...

part three (cont.) WALKABOUT LANCASHIRE (conclusions) Poem 136 of 230:  LANCASHIRE SUNG SIMPLY (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF F MAJOR: D2 A2...

Poem 12 of 230:  GOLF AT KILLARNEY At Killarney Golf and Fishing Club,     There’s two great courses to be found; Built on Ireland’s fin...

Poem 98 of 230:  REREGULATE One "Premier" world-eleven v.     Another such company/ Or wage-caps, and most of each-club’s squad     Fr...

Poem 37 of 230:  RODEO DRIVE On visiting Los Angeles,     I thought I’d walk Rodeo Drive; I’d passed a few up-market shops     When an...

Poem 52 of 230:  OUT OF PLACE As I paid my bus fee     To leave Nairobi, A woman caught my eye -     From what I could see (Red ...

Poem 221 of 230:  MAJORS If golf taps the world for its players     (And few would deny that so), Why, then, are three of its four majo...

Poem 204 of 230:  ON FISHING REGULATION It’s not just what’s-taken     That needs regulation: Alive, caught fish suffer -     Sometimes...

Poem 213 of 230:  MORE AMOR PATRIAE There is tai chi and there is tennis,     Line is fine but so is Morris, There is curry and ther...

Poem 98 of 230:  REREGULATE One "Premier" world-eleven v.     Another such company/ Or wage-caps, and most of each-club’s squad     Fr...

Poem 49 of 230:  OXFORD Viewing a river at different quays     Is something I sometimes do; And a favourite, on the Thames,     Is Oxf...

Poem 138 of 230:  AN OPIUM National Lottery passes -     Slight chances to be richer,     With lots more than thy neighbour,     Gaine...

Poem 62 of 230:  BIT OF EACH By coach then bus, from Manchester,     A fine place I did reach - The Birmingham Botanical     Gardens a...

Poem 112 of 230:  FROM AN ECCLES FLAT - SPRING 2000 The bedroom window’s southerly views     Contained allottees paying their dues - Al...

Poem 123 of 230:  FONDLY AND VIVIDLY/AN OLYMPICS-SPARKED MEMOIR SONG - AUT. 2000 (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF A-MAJOR: C#2 A2 B2 c#2 d2 d3 c#1...

Poem 16 of 230:  A BEAUTIFUL STAGE If a couple, with plans to wed,     Asked me, off the top of my head, On somewhere I thought well in...

Poem 225 of 230:  AFTER PSALM 118:9 AND MATTHEW 4:8-10 The monarchies,     Now, are blasphemies - The only born-ruler     Is a God-cho...

Poem 53 of 230:  WHY THE YEW? To paraphrase one of my uncles,     Showing a church in Hertfordshire: When you see an old English pa...

Poem 228 of 230:  REPATRIATING - AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND I toast sliced-bread before frying -     Nigh full-English; I like to sunbathe in win...

Poem 18 of 230:  MONACO AND ITS RAILWAY LOO Neither by stealth,                     I was shocked, too,          Among the wealth    By  ...

Poem 95 of 230:  A GOOD LIFE For fauna,     Home-flora. Falconry -     Starve or free? Hatched-cocoons     For silk looms. Kosher and...

Poem 162 of 230:  TEES TO TYNE:  FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001 (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR: E3 F#1 F#1 E2 D2 E3 F#1 F#3 F#3 G1 G1 ...

part two (cont.) WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN (conclusions) Poem 74 of 230:  ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIALISM Anthropology -     World's-cultures s...

Poem 125 of 230:  BLACKBURN CATHEDRAL - AUTUMN 2000 Just out of the station,     And past a new statue On human relation     (Nan, kid...

Poem 215 of 230:  MOODS MORE NICE As haggling     Tends to cause Some wrangling,     Seeing price Tends to cause     Moods more nice....

Poem 98 of 230:  REREGULATE One "Premier" world-eleven v.     Another such company/ Or wage-caps, and most of each-club’s squad     Fr...

Poem 164 of 230:  BARROW-IN-FURNESS, SEEN WITH A PAL - SUMMER 2001 Forests, fell-views, wind-farms and sands behind,     The train, whil...

Poem 36 of 230:  WALKABOUT MEXICO In late December,     1996, I can remember     Being in a fix - For time and pesos -     And, thus,...