Mother has her reasons (I've been watching too many British mysteries!)
I thought he grabbed for my hat.
I felt him pull at my neck
can't remember after that
Where are the places you have been
to get such blisters on your feet?
Written in high school, this was in the year book in grade 12
Nobody would come to visit me ... by god, this sounds as lonely as 2020!
A king and a queen and a motorcade
Also see the video, I did it back in 1988! Probably listened to too many conspiracy theories. Download this poem
maybe the bleakest words I've written.
I shudder at me: a barnacle on the gist of life, clinging to rotten planks of happiness,
floating in a foul, polluted pond
I went to beauty and I asked her how she felt adorning you.
You need to imagine a woman's voice speaking the 3rd and 4th lines of each verse. Maybe this will be put to video.
that's why dying is such a cruel thing to do
for more about this poem, see the video, I talk about the circumstances that led to its creation
Normally falafels are not recommended on a first date ... Download this poem
After my father died I found this first line among his unfinished poems and I added the rest
went to turn back, slid down a crack
written following a hike in the Scottish highlands at Tillicoultry
Jack Mac and his brother Drew
would not eat their father's stew
video available on this page, starring said brothers!
I wish to live the gruntled way!
This was a CBC word-of-the-day thing, the opposite of disgruntled. Download this poem
It withered like a marathoner, exhausted at 25 miles
I find it hard to write poems about positive things, like Tuscany or stuff. This is no different. Download this poem
Our two lives that couldn't fit
Written with the tune of So Much For Everyone by Dan Mangan in mind, listen to the CBC Sessions version, it is fantastic with the audience doing the background vocals. Download the poem
written and recorded in 1988 … don't laugh, I was a lot younger!!
written in 1986, recorded in 1988