MR FIXIT From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (92 days old)

TO OLD BLOG FRIENDS I can't fix my blog! Sometimes it lets me in (Superb) otherwise not. Contacting friends now Is like using a Ouiji board To reach another world A place free of wires E… more

LOST ENVOYS From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (164 days old)

LOST ENVOYS (song) Bust open the clock Think of a rhyme Tick Tock lock stock And six Gatling barrels The Viet Kong practice Shooting the messenger Flown in by Kissinger * Ring ring W… more

TRAVELLING WITH BARE CHESTED GOETHE From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (202 days old)

EXPRESSIONS CATCH - 1 There is a tap-root pushing in the Dark -White, ironic and insistent; There is a splendid melodic line at High altitude (I think it is A splash of jazz - a lark) There … more

THE POETRY EMPORIUM From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (205 days old)

TREE OF POETRY This poetry will be empty; A sphere of possibilities A receptive negative, before The click of realisation. The lightning tearing down A human tree of nerves THE POETRY… more

TRUE GRIST , FALSE GRIT From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (206 days old)

SHE SEES CLAIRVOYENTLY... To where waves in his muscles Store the peaks and troughs of Seven crashed relationships, Employee shouting matches, the Sensitive arabesques and curlycues Of lumbar … more

THE PERFUMER From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (207 days old)

THE PERFUMER Distilling pearly vials of red Into a bucket, spitting daffs Out of his mouth, he tastes Meat and two veg in mashed petals Then turns up the bunsen To max, to hear fields sing; … more

DEMOLITION JOB From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (209 days old)

STANDING TALL March by, clench fists Reveal patriotism - Heavy duty thoughts Salute this chimney, busted Door - A ghost of a warehouse With leather-clad workers... The whole ensemble stoo… more

COASTAL JUMBLE SALE From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (213 days old)

MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE SEA I want to live still beside The manic ocean, unburden These fazed emotions and In that broil and tumble Join arms around the world.… more

A BRADFORD SUMMER IN A GONDOLA From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (213 days old)

BEAUTIFUL CLICK Your wonderful camera Has a poet's eye You point it up It drinks the sky. LOST Every falling flake From a wildflower Each swirling snowstorm In which men are lost T… more

CHILDHOOD IS A GREAT BUCKET OF FUN From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (214 days old)

THE SECRET TRUNK Mum and dad Never explained creation - The fission at the centre So I learnt it from a tree trunk Hollow with criminals, Venus eyes, and fantasy A BODY WITH NO SCARS C… more

CORRESPONDING TO DARKNESS From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (214 days old)

POEM CHAPEL Cliche as it sounds and Contrary to expectation, This poem is a chapel Where criminals may beat On the door - seeking sanctuary WRITING IN THE DARK Writing to friends In the … more

THE SALINE SAVIOUR From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (214 days old)

DREAM Dream til the sunrise Fills your eyes with Things beyond Manipulation. THE TAPE DECK Are you concentrating? Time to speak Mr Smith On love childhood your Obsessions Did you breat… more

SHAKESPEARE AND MILTON CATCH RATS From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (215 days old)

SCRAWLING...IN LOVE Love is a silky Molten nib of ink HOW TO PROVE YOUR IDIOT CREDENTIALS Open the throat Gulp in moist air Form dozens of vowels mixed With liberal consonants Dre… more

TURNING AN ANGEL INTO A BLOKE From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (215 days old)

AT THE CIRCUS Roll up roll up for The fun-of-the-fair! See the Sweet talking Wire walking Chance taking Lip stick wearing Obesity sharing Bear hugging Testosterone making Freak 'O' natu… more

THE SEARCH FOR THE WORLD'S... MOST SELFISH POEM From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (215 days old)

SEARCHING FOR THE CENTRE I'm an exciting advert for Blonde auburn mousy straight curly Hair - obese svelte pear shaped Maverick kid-mogul - an opinionated Shy tongue tied pathalogical Liar - c… more

FISH AND FLYTRAP From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (216 days old)

NO CONTEST In a no holes contest Between fur and flesh, I know I'd come off second best. BEARS IN THE WOODS I'm a lonely human Prone in my log cabin With a primed imagination Rows of tin… more

ISLAND ZERO From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (216 days old)

DREAMINGS OF THE REEF Someday I will have more Energy, from a larger than Expected crop of shellfish - Someday I will dive down To the boat where I was Lost to civilisation And struggle b… more

DREAM PHOENIX From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (216 days old)

RED IMAGINATION Love a link From wing to beak Break the shell * Tears in an inferno Of handwritten notes * Cracks in the soil of The tongue, signs of life? … more

THE AFTERMATH From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (217 days old)

ASHES No man can Live long on cold ashes - Yesterday the fire came In war, then hot smoke. Everything was destroyed Now my body is charred - I look at my heart Cold as a stone - Not… more

THE PARTING From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (219 days old)

THE PARTING Tears are daggers Falling from A glass ceiling Into my heart Words are spikes To impale the moon And sun on - How am I going To make it right, When our Milky Way Is off it… more

BUSHWACKED From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (221 days old)

RANGE TRUE Freedom to roam To follow seasons Freedom to sow - To place my face Against a sunset Mountains Are tall - Unattainable And after Much ranging So much heartache - Only I … more

THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (221 days old)

FIELD NOTES FROM A MEMBER OF THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY Some stay static as cows Drowsing all day in a meadow Of white fluffed grass One or two range at speed - Magical clouds that have … more

THE BIG RED HEART From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (221 days old)

RUBBER HEART My heart Is a big red Rubber ball People like to stroke Or lean against it Or (if really tall) Bounce it hard Against a kerb However, as my Grip improves I'll cram it Ba… more

THE FIRING STICK From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (223 days old)

CITADELS Packages get brighter The choices get wider The citadels of thought Becoming stronger as Ninety populations unlearn What they were taught Brighter whiter longer Harder - but what … more

THROUGH COLOURED GLASS From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (224 days old)

GOD SPEAKS I have been making babies Since the start of time Putting two and two together To create nine new faces - Reuben, Marmaduke, Marlyn, John So many to choose from like rubber Bands… more

BOXING RAINBOWS From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (227 days old)

CLOSING THE FILE I show affection By putting everything In alphabetical order Study those photographs The decades we inhabited The smiles we shared out On ski slope and beach Then reach … more

DEEPLY DEPARTED From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (228 days old)

OH NO I'M DEAD My vocal chords are getting Slack, my belly seems rather blue - Can't hum a decent tune A WATER RESISTANT MORAL (GUARANTEED FOR LIFE) As I talk And drink Ten men die Pe… more

FREE ADS ABOUT BEARS From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (230 days old)

HELLO...IT'S A BAD LINE I heard about the stuffed bear today - Is it waterproof? HELLO...IT'S ME (AGAIN) Sorry to intrude but I once Was taken to A & E attached To a bear from the late… more

THE THREE LETTERED WORD From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (231 days old)

WHY DOES BRADFORD CATHEDRAL WORK?... Can't say exactly why, I do not follow these rituals - But on a lunchtime foray This place does it for me... It's clean Every stone or block of wood Is … more

THE RAF SOUND EFFECTS DEPT. From Chris_Andrew in tit for tat (231 days old)

AUDIO DOG FIGHT Rat-at-at-at-at Kaphut-kaphut Ping...Shreeeeeee (sound of fuel escaping) Ten second pause (Indescribable - long scream) whistling sound on burning fusilage (krakapow PH… more