A Sticky Itch Your crushing indifference Bears down on me In the grey gloom. You think ‘I’m nothing special’, Just an ordinary tune: Easily forgotten but sometimes, Annoyingly remembered. I walk with many In the struggle to breathe Some life into the dream Of extraordinary being. And when I die, As we all surely… [Read more…]
June 23, 2011
My feet tread the ladder Of a brittle spiders web. Swollen hands and bleeding feet Grab each new moment in turn With trembling disbelief. My innards gorge on themselves, Fed by doubts and insecurities. But I can’t deny the steel hook As it teases me from the shadow and Into an new dance, When I… [Read more…]
May 3, 2011
In this world of celebrity sugar, Where we get a spoon of measure. Too unwelcome and life size; I can find no pleasure. Not in the fatuous and vain And the increments of their incapacity To play the superficial game. But in the slain: The poor souls of this world Who shroud their grief and… [Read more…]
March 21, 2011
There’s been a real spring-like feeling in the air, it’s gone flat (and the Magnolia are in bud) which is a sign that summer is just around the corner! Here’s a poem about how wonderful it is to be a surfer in summertime (which is our natural state I think).… [Read more…]
March 3, 2011
Stuey Campbell pumps a sweet little frontside grab in front of Morte Stone Firstly, a big thanks you to everyone who bought a first edition copy of the book “The Essential Contentment of Futile Wanderings”. The news is that it is now SOLD OUT! Never fear, the second edition is now available and has been… [Read more…]
February 9, 2011
Stuck in a deep hole I can’t carve your name In sand as dry as a desert. The hole has swallowed my sadness, And now I’m stuck. Half way up the beach, Waiting for the tide to return. And wash me out Of this dark and Overwhelmingly bleak place. Taking tiny pleasures From the stillness… [Read more…]
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