A lot of modern poetry is too hard to understand,
it has become too complicated for the uninitiated or casual reader.
These poems are by an ordinary bloke, for ordinary folk. © Chris Daws
Monday, 21 July 2014
A message for my children
I've worked all my life to earn a good living
I've brought you all up as best as I can
So now that you've left home and are self-sufficient
it's time for me to be my own man
So I've sold the Volvo and got me a mo'bike
Growing older's compulsory, growing up is a choice
Ninety's the new sixty as I head down the highway
singing "born to run" at the top of my voice
Now I've left no money for coffin or funeral
So when I crash just break me for spares
Take them all I shan't need them wherever I'm going
and maybe the credit will help pay the fares.