De La Soul

By mcmanaman

2013 poems.

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De La Soul

By mcmanaman on Sun, 09 Jun 2013

His son on his shoulders, dancing to De La Soul.
Unclassified
Poem
Certificate 12
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I'm sorry for saying how much you must miss your ex-boyfriend

By mcmanaman on Fri, 14 Jun 2013

Once I saw a girl crying on the street
Unclassified
Poem
Certificate PG
Poem of the week

The train to Sheringham

By mcmanaman on Fri, 14 Jun 2013

there can be few more pleasant commutes than this it might get a little weary but it beats those traffic jams and the Underground.
Unclassified
Poem
Certificate U
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Jed's in LA

By mcmanaman on Mon, 09 Sep 2013

"Stick it on the company credit card" Jed says, laughing. His cleaner is making him a sandwich while he’s on his lilo, Skyping. He’s talking to his...
Poem
Certificate 15

Oceans and mountains and space

By mcmanaman on Wed, 08 Jan 2014

You and me sitting back to back reading each other's favourite books on a piece of land equidistant from my house to yours in the garden of a church...
Romance
Poem
Certificate U

Carrying an urn

By mcmanaman on Thu, 09 Jan 2014

Do not look down Try and relax. Do not think about what’s in that urn. Do not allow yourself to wonder what it is you’re doing. You are a weatherman...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG
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Driving lessons

By mcmanaman on Thu, 09 Jan 2014

On the morning of the funeral I saw the boy down the road get into his driving instructor’s car and I felt so sorry for him because learning to drive...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG

Our daughter the terrible painter

By mcmanaman on Tue, 28 Jan 2014

The trouble with dreams is one day you may realise you have no talent. And what then? Take our daughter the terrible painter with plans of art...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG
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You don't buy furniture

By mcmanaman on Thu, 06 Feb 2014

You go from unfurnished house to unfurnished house rarely more than a year in each often not your fault but blame becomes less relevant with age. The...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG

I wish we went on walks

By mcmanaman on Sat, 08 Feb 2014

I don't trust people who don't like walking they hail cabs to get from one end of a not very long road to the other and the thought of suggesting a...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG

The man who sells roses

By mcmanaman on Sat, 15 Feb 2014

The man who sells roses has never given his girlfriend a rose. The man who used to make up bed time stories to read his little girl at bedtime now...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG
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I love this storm

By mcmanaman on Sat, 15 Feb 2014

I love this storm It’s interfering with my TV aerial Wi-fi has a walking stick and needs help crossing the road Storm clouds sob and sob the sky is...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG
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Giovanni's

By mcmanaman on Sat, 08 Mar 2014

I think that’s Giovanni outside. Texting. At a table by himself. He hoped locals would refer to this as ‘the piazza.’ There used to be a lady playing...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG

Limbo

By mcmanaman on Sat, 08 Mar 2014

That horrible feeling of limbo is worse than rejection because you imagine that one day you will dance again.
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG

Police Interceptors

By mcmanaman on Mon, 31 Mar 2014

This is what my life is now watching Police Interceptors on Channel 5 waiting for the voiceover to tell me the driver of the runaway Audi who took...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG

Little Gangs

By mcmanaman on Mon, 18 Aug 2014

His daughter plays basketball. She’s the captain of the under 14 team. Tonight they’re playing against the boy’s team. He didn’t know the rules when...
Poem
Certificate PG

This toughness

By mcmanaman on Fri, 22 Aug 2014

I don’t know where this toughness came from. It’s like that big jumper in the spare room no idea who left it here we sent an email after the party. “...
Poem
Certificate PG