Oh Teesside, oh Teesside, take me back home
Where the River sweeps down to the sea
And history reverberates wherever I roam
From the high Cleveland hills to the quay
Where the...
It’s New Year’s Eve, it’s New Year’s Eve
And everyone’s first-footing
The snacks, the alcohol, the sausage roll stuffing
The waiting for chimes and fireworks galore
The texting,...
Let’s dance to the tune of this proud Boro lad
To this modest-born son of the Tees
And we’ll think of his songs that he left in his wake
And those lyrics that still call and...
A joy wrapped in fur
A huge bundle of mischief
And their tail wagged for hours through the day
They would bound, and they’d bounce
Through the trees and green hillside
In a...
Once freed, my silken thoughts will skyward soar
In unabandoned earthly flight
Unleashed, unfettered flow through liminal lands
Past brightest day and blackest night
And ghostly...
If life did but a day long last
Then yesterday is left unborn
Tomorrow’s sun will not exist
And each day past you would not mourn
Today is yours to do what will
To grow the heart...
Hope is a light that stops us from crumbling
Hope is the shield for despair
Hope is belief that we have to keep fighting
Hope is a dream we all share
Hope is the light that...
Put on a sad song and set about crying
Lie back, breathe slowly, then contemplate dying
Allow the bad memories to wash over you
And think of the people, lost in time, you once...
Grief moves through time at its own pace
It can never be hurried along
This living and breathing embodiment
This dirge, this lament, this sad song
With its coat stitched with the...
Loss is so loud it is deafening
A symphony of hurt and despair
A cacophony of noise and distraction
A reminder that someone’s not there
Yet grief is a timely reminder
And...
We’re not racists and fascists, cried the racists and fascists
Will you please stop calling us names
Just because we use language that is fascist and racist
Your words are just...
THE PLUMBER
The copper pipes were buzzing
The plumber was here to please
She’d passed exams and brought her tools
And all her expertise
They looked in awe; she pulled her wrench
...
Leavings and meetings, arrivals and goings
Into the station, the trains to and froing
From places to places, from southward and north
From eastward and westward, backwards and...
