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Poetry

by Steven Richardson

Written and narrated by Steven RichardsonShort stories#Poetry#Piano#Comedy#Politics#Religion#Books#Art#Music#Spiritual#Gender#Psychology#Education

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  1. THE RED WINE IDEALIST

    I asked of a priest who I was living with for a decade "If it be the blood of Christ, how come it weakens the saints and strengthens the sinners" at the time he was a little taken aback but then again we were both floating on red wine at the time. The second poem was in response a friend of mine...

  2. COVID CONFUSION

    Wearing masks in the covid-19 is causing terrible confusion whilst at a recent coffee bar I was listening to two old English people speaking from behind masks with the young Portuguese /Spanish girl the simple order turned into a comedy of errors or Covid Confusion --- Send in a voice message:...

  3. THE LION THING

    Looking at my Godson Watching the Lion king I cast my mind back to childhood and when I saw a pathetic beast a lion that was used as a pet in a scrap yard chained, toothless clawless castrated, so cruel it died of pneumonia because of cold and cruelty terrible how man leaves these beautiful…

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  4. A VIRGIN DEATH

    A poem about lord Kitchener's sabre rattling speeches/sermons,his soldiers were dying at the rate of 6000 a day aged between 16-18, he had printed into their war guide books that they must avoid wine and women meaning prostitutes, with a life expectancy of 17 Hours catching a little pox would…

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  5. ROAD RAGE.

    A musing about road rage and how it affects all of us even the elderly and how when we're boiling in a tin can we quickly revert back to using our primitive brain stems --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  6. TEN CIGARETTES TILL DAWN

    If you partner starts wearing black leather reading Mein Kampt and Le Marquis Dr Sade order yourself a stab proof vest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  7. BIG JUDD.

    In the 1980s Yorkshire towns were all male prowess, which usually ment attempting a liquid suicide of drink each night to show your tribe what a man you were. It ended with some terrible casualties. The Yorkshire accent is extremely harsh and to most people I would think almost incomprehensible....

  8. AMBRE SOLAIRE.

    A poem for supertramp who had a unique way of curing his halitosis by drinking your bathroom cabinet bare mixing aftershave aperitifs but I say beware beware of the AMBRE SOLAIRE. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  9. MACHO MAN

    20 years ago it came as quite a shock when someone we knew became bisexual especially as they'd been such a lady killer and then became such a man eater, still what then seemed such a big squeal is now an every day done deal. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  10. SCREAMING TOMATOES.

    An English king's breakfast could consist of swine flesh, various embryos fungi ,congealed fried blood , kippers, herring's, pike , roach snipe bird, woodcock, venison, cockles or pilchards . Thinking about the Buddhist belief of reincarnation wouldn't it be a devine justice if these gargantuan...

  11. STARGATE

    Listening to the spatial spiel of scientists sometimes it sounds like gobbledygook but then the next thing you know we'll be on our way with fragile fate through that intergalactic Stargate. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  12. MISSION BELL

    A tune written and performed by your humble servant forgive my old battered piano its recorded straight onto my mobile phone ,I've played it in forth's and fifths to give it a church mission bell feel. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  13. A ROYAL LOVE AFFAIR.

    A poem I wrote about the sixty three year love affaire between a member of the royal family and a one of her dutiful long standing servants. known as G M for short ,the queen mums old cool companion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  14. LILY'S BIRTHDAY TUNE

    A little ditty I wrote for lillian's birthday on the first of may age nine --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  15. A SECOND HAND SPUNK BUNNY

    Love seems such an old piece of clothing , threadbare, out of style. Untill you try it on then you find it's still very much in fashion. one I wrote about the different aspects of finding a love to fit....

  16. DIY

    Buying power tools from the DIY store you may as well be ordering a weapons of war ,in America last year there were 250000 casualties with over 100 dead . In the 50 year period since the DIY store , it can claimed to have a high body count equal to that of any war....

  17. THE KILLING OF MRS MAPLE

    A short poem I wrote about the savagery Of humans towards mother nature scaring her beautiful face with their callous cruelty. #follow#art#quote#poetryofinstagram#wordporn#love#poetry#writing#wordswag#stevenrichardson5#wordsofwisdom#slampoetry --- Send in a voice message:...

  18. RUBY

    A little muse for a girl called RUBY the teenage dream queen that's made in heaven on sound cloud seven. follow#art#quote#poetryofinstagram#wordporn#love#poetry#writing#wordswag#stevenrichardson5#wordsofwisdom#slampoetry --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  19. SANCTIMONIOUS STAN.

    Short poem about a man who couldn't help but be miserable after he had everything and then nothing . --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  20. NAME AND SHAME.

    A minute musing about giving your offspring a strong polysyllabic sounding name something to inspire them to aspire towards fortune and fame. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  21. AN EYE FOR AN (i)

    A short poem about how Ai's are learning from Ai's competing in AGi's what with all the sci-fi, hi fi , WiFi, let's hope the new computer's know the difference between "an eye for an (i)". The poem is written in a continuous haiku 5,7,5 syllable continuous, which is probably more to an Ai's...

  22. CHIQUITITA.

    A little Ditty for Unis a Filipino irish girl who worked at the crown hotel and blew all the trousers of the pensioners at the rotary club. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  23. THE TRUTH.

    The human hunter gatherer brain is so very hard to truth train but maybe not so using the new silicon scopolamine. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  24. SWEET AND SOUR.

    A little improvised piece of music composed by myself onto my mobile phone excuse my old piano ,a use of blues and Chinese fourths. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  25. LADY NIGELLA.

    A poem for a greasy spoons NIGELLA ,who was definitely licenced to kill serving swine flesh from the grill. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  26. MIDNIGHT THUNDER .

    THAT BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WHO'S LAUGHTER ROLLED AROUND US LIKE THUNDER. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  27. FIFTY SHADES OF FILTH.

    when you get to fifty something plus tax and you're sporting those ashtray locks of the sexy silver fox you may be better forgetting about the fifty shades of grey and putting your old sex pistols away. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  28. VOODOO DAWN.

    if ever you have a drink with a witch, make sure you leave that very night, because in the morning you may find yourself completely naked ,wet shaved with every single hair,an laid out on a gravestone with a little furry cat purring out your name. --- Send in a voice message:...

  29. SPEECH FOR A DEAR FRIEND.

    A QUICK SPEECH FOR A DEAR FRIEND WHO LIVES A BOHEMIAN LIFE STYLE AS AN ARTIST IN BOHEMIA. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  30. BLIND DATE.

    A poem about friends who have now gone through divorce and are now back on the dating scene one who's 70 something plus tax and seems so keen to rekindle a teenage dream ,his pals kidding him on about how he should be on crumble or grumble instead of bumble, I've done my best to reproduce his...

  31. Big Ben

    A small piece I composed at the piano after listening to the bells of evensong accompanied by big Ben on the news . It must have been very boring playing music in just 4ths and 5ths taking the tones from their Bell's as the priests did, thank heavens for syncopation. --- Send in a voice message:...

  32. FISH'S BIRTHDAY.

    A poem I wrote for my friend's 50th birthday a right Yorkshire poem for a right Yorkshire lad --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  33. BUNNY.

    The little improvisation piece on the piano I wrote for Lilly who was 3 at the time and had lost a little bunny rabbit . I made it jump around in thirds and feel as if her cloth bunny was jumping back, but he was later found in the washing machine. forgive the recording as it's always bad from...

  34. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS.

    Birthday greetings for Todd who was 1 years. of age + Nino who was 40 something plus tax --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  35. A LONG TALL LOVE AFFAIR.

    A tune I wrote for Lilly on my decrepit old piano , Lilly who then 5 years old was having a long tall Love Affair with her long tall Frigidaire sticking magnets and pictures all over it I thought we also should sing a song to it , the lyrics aren't too bad the tune is more complex than you think...

  36. THE INNOCENCE.

    A short piece of piano music I wrote about the Innocence of a young child's mind and how our hallowed docterines must sound to them almost as serious nursery rhymes, hence why I've thrown in a few holy hollow fourth's Church intervals . Your humble musical servant apologizes for the recording yet...

  37. DÉJÀ VU.

    Chapter one of a short story I wrote about crossing the great Devide, and how things don't work out too well for one sacred sapien . --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  38. THE WAR !!.

    A short sketch I wrote about a Christmas bash with the old deaf relatives , cooking programs and war movies on alternative TV s daughter talking between both . --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  39. THE PRINCE OF PRIMARNI

    Life in year thr'ee is such a tragedi'ee, Lilly's obsession with her hair . age 5. Poem based on her own words. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  40. NENO.

    Neno"s Birthday poem. about her obsession come fetish with her food blender. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message

  41. THE M62.

    Trapped in a traffic jam on the M62 ,Monday morning 7.45 Remember that old saying, Why do they call it the rush hour when nothing moves ?, except a quick melody of music, that I made up on the spot with a diesel truck accompaniment. --- Send in a voice message:...

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Written and narrated by Steven RichardsonShort stories#Poetry#Piano#Comedy#Politics#Religion#Books#Art#Music#Spiritual#Gender#Psychology#Education

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