Hurdy Gurr

Nothing manlier
In all of history, than
Chopping down a tree

Bliss

Two weeks in heaven
Would certainly be quite nice
I did not get that.

Heed This Warning

Tiredness will kill you
If you are driving a car
Towards a spiked wall

Journey of 26 English Speaking Stops

On the road again
Travelling from A to B
The alphabet way.

The Dilemma

Staring at blank page
Should I kill someone today,
Or make them happy?

Try Out This Newness

To new beginnings

Feelings of trepidation

More words I don't use.

Inner Self

Our lives always change
Our personalities, too.
I am always me.

Futures

Making connections
The initial spark of love
Greatness expected

Horten

Now I am at home
After leaving another
To start something fresh

Noise

My voice was but one
In a drowning sea of screams
One more left unheard.

Title

My ability
To string a thought together
Is not impressive.

Ownership

My time is not yours
Nor is it really my own
I am but renting.

Listen The World Over

I cried the first night
I was threatened with my death.
The third, I fought back.

Act Like Everyone Watches

Desperate measures
To prove that we are unique
Make us all the same.

Fuelling a Feud

Red sky fills the night
My family is mourning
Bloodshed everywhere

Nights Out

Sleep is beckoning
It tells me to get to bed
But I am homeless

In The Beginning

Debt precedes money
This is not chicken and egg
Debt always came first

The War For Equality

Me, the feminist
Fighting for women's heaving
Personalities

Truth

Mum knows everything
Even things I never will
Since I am a man

The Name Of Things

Boats are like flowers
I don't know any names yet
And I don't plan to.

Warning

Beware of the step
Absolutely serious
It's terrifying

Foretold

Winter is coming
Every creature waiting in
Anticipation

Expression

Word generator
Can fake feelings better than
My beating man-heart.

Stop Start

I know where I am
But not where I am going
Reality halts.

Starting Points

The blank page scares me
Less than the expectancy
Of a half-filled one.

En Dag

Everything may change
From the lifestyle to language
But I will stay me.

100

The centennial
Is a milestone or a mark
Outstaying welcome.

Ding Dong

Hello hello hell-
O, it's you. What do you want?
No. I don't want one.

Thought

Just because you speak
And can string words together
Doesn't grant you sense

Without Your Own Ideas

Asking permission
As a terrible writer,
Can I write that down?

Best Car Scene

Perfection believes

The brilliance of Singham

A true Indian.

Writing

Regularity
Gives me hope that I'll achieve
A finality.

Assumptions

The future isn't
Perfect, but given time it
Certainly will be.

Volume 2 Totally Globbing Out

Mathematical!
Finn and Jake, What time is it?
It's Adventure Time!

Expectations

Concise and gripping
With impressive aftertaste
Man of Steel is not.

Not Enough

We are all lonely
Want more friends, more sex, more love
Some more than others

Burden

Do not ask for help
Or for added assistance
When none is needed

A Book Collected

To be a writer
You must tell lies with the truth
And throw in corpses.

Once More With Feeling

This apathy is
Our best method of hiding
Insecurity.

Land

Learn geography
As you will never escape
This world we live in.

Quiz

Quiz night will test you
From big butts to the planets
All you need to know.

Free

I am truly glad
That I can be myself now
Since I am alone

Crowds

Noise hides the silence
That creeps across the surface
And fills me with doubt

Teaching

Take a moment out
Allow me to demonstrate
Nothing. Whatever.

Sleight Of Hand

I took another
Just couldn't hold myself back
Truffles to die for.

Darkness

Silence in the night
Everybody is sleeping
Except for myself

Skin

The meat that you eat
Will inevitably start
To be what you are.

Belief

Dragons fly among
Those that truly believe them
And kill those that don't.

Bad Day

Back to front boxers
Uncomfortable feeling
Must clothe self better.

Notes

Keep to the schedule

Don't make a late appearance

Become a robot.

Past

Tell a tale of love
Through tears of your bitterness
And smile for the kids.

Summary

Watching Game of Thrones
A show dedicated to
Boobies and violence

New Flavour

Tried Skittles milkshake
Disgusting taste explosion
What the fudge was that?!

Care Less

My enemy, time
Stares with an apathy that
Rivals ignorance.

Deception

That ragamuffin
Customer looked in my eyes
And squeezed out a fart.

Dinosaurs

With their little hands
Tying shoe laces would not
Be an easy chore.

Supervision

A young kid's party
With cakes and games and laughing
The adults enjoy.

Contradiction Of Ideas

Our freedom is trapped
And held hostage by order
And rule after rule

Excess

The well will run dry
If you drink more than you need
Be responsible.

Inverse

Raindrops keep falling
Upwards and to the sky since
Gravity gave up

Expectation

Time passes slowly
When we want it to be rushed
Strange sense of stage fright.

To Know Someone

What is in a name?
Can your identity be
summed up in a word?

After-Party Silence

There is no more time
Stopped as soon as we began
An awkward moment.

Evening

As the night draws in
Darkness and quiet conquers
The daytime stresses.

Dashing

Running late today
It keeps us aware that we
Are not all robots

If Nothing Else

I am looking for
Eternal life and all that
A biscuit will do.

Downside

A little stubble
Never hurt anybody
Except for rug burn.

Backwards

Looking at the past
As preferable because
You have survived it.

Targets

So close to the end
There seems little point to stop
Yet my will weakens.

Perspirate

I sweat when nervous
Or particularly hot
Or from fear of pain.

Portugal

Fallen from deck chair
European dictator
Died two years later.

Late-Life

Chasing the dream of
The octogenarian
Living on the edge.

Night

Another late night
Ponder unanswered questions
Sleepless and thought full.

Mysteries of Etiquette

Recreational
Past-times spent on the toilet
Sadly not discussed.

Priorities

I will sleep right now
When I am dead I will be
Probably busy.

Silent Sigh

The air is putrid
I hope nobody noticed
Time for another.

Manipulation

Give me your bias
And fill me with those half-truths
We will live your way.

Unliving

Eyes that see no sense
A mouth that speaks no language
A mind unaware.

Mind

My mind is a box
Like a Chinese finger trap
That will not let go.

Activity

Inside a cafe
Conversation flows freely
Coffee pours likewise.

Anticipation

My last day on Earth
My send-off, my last hot meal
Was rather mundane.

Limits

Infinite is not
The scope at which we can think
Nor can we fathom

Obligations

My heavy-weight eyes
Suffer from early mornings
And plead for a rest.

Balance

I am become Death
Notable adversary
To all that must live.

Swerve

Witness reality
Slip by our line of vision
And into a ditch.

Hopes #2

If that is enough
I shall sit on the sofa
Known as victory.

Hopes #1

I shall push myself
Past the grasp of the basket
Named Mundanity

Acceptance

Today's Haiku is
Not particularly good
I am a giraffe.

Pressure

Our hopes and fears should
Not be based on the outside
But solely by you.

Jump

The world stopped spinning
And everyone suddenly
They started to move.

The End

The apocalypse
Is our secret hope and dream
We will start to live.

Self-fulfilling

Speak of the devil
Of course he shall come, for we
Are his creator.

Pancakes!

Food in the morning
Drips greedily off my chin
And spills on the floor.

Limits

Infinite is not
The scope at which we can think
Nor can we fathom.

Truth

My self reflected
Squinting in the shattered glass
We are both broken.

Stories

I have lived a life
Telling my tales aplenty
They stop feeling real.

The Game

Beauty is a myth
Taken from shallow nonsense
We all play along.

Sound Logic

Take a leaf from me
Your appearance matters not
When I hear your voice.

Bad Writing

The twist at the end
Was so obvious that it
Seemed not important.

Escape

Take me away from
The mundanity of this
And show me a life

Irony

Escape from prison
Into a world of hideouts
A whole new prison.

Lost

Throw me in a well
Lend a map that can't be read
In such a dark place.

End

Waiting in a queue
Filled with robots and corpses
Only survivor.

Longing

Take my breath away
Promise me a single thing
Never give it back.

Disagreements

Broken glass table
Too many things left unsaid
No trust anymore.

The Promise

Forget over-kill
For death comes only one time
So don't be greedy.

Emotion

I knew a girl once
Who read with too much feeling
She cried the whole time.

Legacy

Everything we made
Smiles, tears, and kids with our names
Was made out of love

Plan

Gripping the pencil
Keeping to rigid schedule
Twice daily haiku.

Love

Show me paradise
And a hidden truth laid bare
I'll open my heart.

Telling

The pretty horses
All have darker tales to tell
If you care to pry.

Perception

None of this is real
But my eyes see only this
So let me believe.

FLDSMDFR

Twenty five plus views
Cloudy With Chance Of Meatballs
And it gets better.

Journeys

I travel the world
From one blink to the other
Letters on a page.

6

Here comes a saga
Please leave well enough alone
And call it a day.

The Wild

In the wild wild west
Squeamish was never a word
So forget your qualms.

5

A quintology
Leaves a lot to be desired
And some more loose ends.

Enthusiasm

Once more with feeling
Throw your arms up in the air
Cheer me with your heart.

4

Now we are dragging
A story through muddy grounds
Stretched to my limit.

Unexpected Evenings

Shaving brother's hair
Is infinitely more fun
Than anything else

Change

Times are a changin'
Said a man of some standing
And so are my pants.

3

But a trilogy
It marks a finality
See melancholy.

Obligations

Sad are early nights
Even earlier mornings
What's a chump to do.

2

Sequels are funny
With hope and expectation
We are disappoint.

Seeing

I was never old
Simply a variation
Of my present age.

1

Everything must start
With a bang or a whimper
So let us begin.