by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jun 25, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
I want/do not want my daddy He is screaming and crying and wants Me and doesn’t Want me And is not sore and does not want medicine But does not want to stay In bed or get out of bed or go Downstairs or to the window And wants me to go away and...
by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jun 24, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
Bath Soak me in an acid bath As I seek to test my limits For pain I do not fear And want to conquer Like the great warriors who have Come before me Performing magnificent feats Showing mind over muscle Sitting in the midst of a blaze Yet calm and...
by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jun 23, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
PTSD / IET Guidance Notes for Registered Electricians Too many residual memory devices Trip again, over and over Breaking circuits with synaptic transmission Neurons activating Molotov cocktails She says: Love yourself Be kind to...
by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jun 22, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
How Way Leads On To Way Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. (Robert Frost – The Road Not Taken) Knowing how way leads on to way, lane to avenue, boreen to boulevard, It is unlikely I will get to go...
by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jun 21, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
Elegy for The Tumbledown Dick It burnt down twenty years ago. Landlord’s stealing ran it down. New management couldn’t fix a sticky-carpet sea of broken glass each night. Nor dare to clean the toilets. Dealers’ trade kept high in cisterns. Punters...
