Earlier this year my colleagues and I were asked to give a 5 minute presentation on things that inspired us. Talking about myself and giving a presentation are two things guaranteed to set my nerves jangling so I thought I’d be clever and hide behind a spoken word/performance poem. I thought that by writing a …
No more lemonade
Dear life, I’m pig sick of lemonade Please throw me apples so I can make cider instead. If I see one more lemon I’ll bitch slap you upside your head.
The song not the singer
What do you do when your colleagues want to shine a spotlight on you and you disagree? Get over yourself and suck it up with protest of course. Here’s my protest: I’ve taken all the tests and I know my role, It’s simply to help the collective reach their goal. I work behind the scenes …
Ode to Miss Kitty
I called my kitten Miss Kitty Fantastico after Willow’s cat on Buffy. My family wouldn’t call her that ‘cos they’re really boring and quite stuffy.
I am woman
I’m too busy studying to write a new poem so I’m recycling an old poem of mine for national poetry day. I am woman No classic beauty, I’m more a 9 than a perfect ten. I can down a pint with the best (and worst) of men I can build a computer in under an …
9-5 – A poem
The 9 to 5 The office politics The office gossip The screaming clients The shocking abuse The fun The paper airplanes Team lunches The laughs The chaos The reorganisation The downsizing The changes The fucked up mangers with more pay and less responsibilities The rest of us get more work for the same crappy pay …