we snorted white from thenar space,
popped uppers as our hearts matched
the rave of The Farm out of the door
float on to the second floor of a bus
into a luminesent city dancefloor
bright eyes alive to likely lasses.
Year: 2017
I Borrow by Paul Brookes
Thankyou to Tasha of Inbetween Hangovers for publishing this poem of mine
distortions. I want to look
like her or him, so I can be
her or him. I buy their perfume,
their makeup to look a million dollars.
I want to be distorted into them.
Only by doing this can I be true
to myself, and who I am. Plastic
surgery would make me feel better.
I could be younger, fresher more vibrant.
Adverts tell me this, because I’m not.
Adverts tell you how to distort yourself
into who you are. Are you with me?
Paul Brookes was poetry performer with “Rats for Love” and his work included in “Rats for Love: The Book”, Bristol Broadsides, 1990. His first chapbook was “The Fabulous Invention Of Barnsley”, Dearne Community Arts, 1993. He has read his work on BBC Radio Bristol and had a creative writing workshop for sixth formers broadcast on BBC Radio Five Live.
Thankyou to Duane for publishing my “A Competence” in his stunning “Poetree”
Thankyou to Duane for publishing my “A Competence” in his stunning “Poetree”
http://duanespoetree.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/paul-brookes-writes.html?m=1
“in AUGUR ation Always A World’s End” Published In “Literally Literary”
Jessica of engrossing Literally Literary has published “in AUGUR ation Always A World’s End”
Jake From “The Creative Café” Kindly Published My “Discoveries”
Jake from The Creative Cafe published My “Discoveries (From ‘A World Where’ chapbook)”
https://thecreative.cafe/discoveries-from-a-world-where-chapbook-677b74c73b9b#.prr30n1i0
“Vacuums” Appears In “Poetry In Form”
“Vacuums” appears in Poetry In Form. Thankyou Rachel.
“The Need” Featured In “The Poet By Day.
My “The Need” kindly featured by Jamie Dedes in The Poet By Day
Under the Mango Sky, a poem … and your Wednesday Writing Prompt
Shadow
brings radiance. Shafts
glow on forest floors, endarken
light entrenched, light murked
knowledge. Let us learn more
move the rays of darkness
over the text screen to clearly see
universal ordering of catalogue furniture
whose spun screws hold together
digital marketing of your brain
in single use bag recovery positions.
Grateful To Jason And Renee For Publishing”She Says” In The Literati Magazine
Thankyou to Jason and Renee for publishing “She Says” in The Literati Magazine
Tremble
as ear to shook wooden floorboards grain
rises and falls with the ever louder strain
deliberate leather and sharp heel
ever arrives at your closed door seal
with a military click and hard knock
that bows the wood inwards a thock
as if punishment is that ruler thwacked
on your disobedient knuckles, whacked
on your alternative beliefs and drummed
into guilt cogito et summed.
The Wombwell Rainbow 