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It’s a gloomy day again.
Another gloomy day again!
When will the sun come out?
When will the winter end?
© Daniel Stephens, 2021
‘No Permit’s Required’ is a 113 page .pdf format ebook containing “some verses for those who like to laugh or ponder”. Download the FREE sample chapter (.pdf) or BUY the full version from our online shop.
The highlight of my long
but sporadic career as a poet
(a single day when aged eleven
two weeks now at fifty-two)
was when our teacher
Mr Palmer one day announced
that our class would spend the morning
writing poems, and couldn’t go out
in the playground until we’d each
completed at least one
It doesn’t have to rhyme
he reassured us
just write down what you feel
A strange instruction at the time
which lead to lots of head-scratching
After some minutes before
a blank sheet of A4
some silly idea
probably copied from
something I’d seen on TV
came spurting from my pencil lead:
half a dozen verses in dramatic style
I wish I had them still
Later, I was called to the stage
to read aloud at assembly
The headmaster introduced me:
Daniel Stephens
has written a poem
Famous for two minutes,
there followed
a long hiatus
© Daniel Stephens, 2020
‘No Permit’s Required’ is a 113 page .pdf format ebook containing “some verses for those who like to laugh or ponder”. Download the FREE sample chapter (.pdf) or BUY the full version from our online shop.
a fruit fly
chases another
on a purple globe
an overripe plum
i should chuck it
or eat it
but instead
sit and watch
© Daniel Stephens, 2020
‘No Permit’s Required’ is a 113 page .pdf format ebook containing “some verses for those who like to laugh or ponder”. Download the FREE sample chapter (.pdf) or BUY the full version from our online shop.