Maintenance*

When God made Adam to be the First (As recorded in Holy verse) Did he have in mind a man of strength  Prepared to go to any length Or was this chap a prototype And in so being, devoid of hype? His will to explore, to hunt, shoot, fish,  Daily providing a nutritional dish, Somehow through the […]

Resolution Ablution*

There’s just three hundred and sixty-one days til we celebrate again… New Year, Fresh Start, Peace and Goodwill to all men: Self-imposed pressure to make a change That will, inevitably, involve pain If not to oneself then to those near and dear Expected to tolerate bizarrley  severe Self-imposition of unfeesible goals All in the name […]

Gender Pay C(r)ap*

When Faith displaces compassion,What then?Another advance in the name of MenWho cleeve to their right to lead in all thingsOverlooking the pain and discord this brings?Women in their turn still second class citizens:Not all- but sufficient to justify denizensBurning a torch for division of RightsWhile girls and women are kept out of sight:Trapped by parameters […]

Space 1969*

I don’t remember when rock was young ¹ But I do remember the freedom and fun Of being a child before I.T. -Sitting in front of the black and white TV; An old one in a cupboard-on-legs, I recall, Irregularly used in the old school hall… We were poised to watch the first moon landing, […]

Protesterone*

If women took to the streets to protest,Sporting balaclavas and yellow vests,Journalists (by default, likely male)Would doubtless spin some amazing taleAbout fluorescent lemon being this season’s hue-accompanied by jibes about enhancing the view…Not all, but some- with constructed authority:Enough to impinge on assembled sorority.Not that women with purpose are likely to care.We also serve by […]