poems for performance – Page 2

Guardian Witness: It’s A Muffin

September 8, 2014

It’s A Muffin @guardianwitness: https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/53f1fb64e4b038fb92169cac/1131515 chuffed that this is on the guardian website. My grandpa would’ve been proud

The Beer Mat (a cardboard confidant)

August 14, 2014

Resist the urge to shred me I have watched you all my life I know your insecurities – your dog your kids your wife I’ve seen your changing seasons A stoic shadow without her Gnomonic solo time lapse thought surrounded by a blur I’ve been your silent sounding board – your cardboard confidant I’ve mopped … More The Beer Mat (a cardboard confidant)

Watch “Stephen Quinlan – It’s A Muffin – Spoken Word Poe…” on YouTube

August 12, 2014

Stephen Quinlan – It’s A Muffin – Spoken Word Poe…: http://youtu.be/Q6nEt8X_26g

IT’S A MUFFIN

July 13, 2014

It’s a muffin It’s a muffin its a muffin I’d say Till I realised it wasn’t 10 miles away Now its all barms The barm is a manc As dreamt by some benevolent New Labour think tank To market the north we need to be one To knock off the edges and sound like … More IT’S A MUFFIN

#Brexit

July 3, 2014

Nigel Farage With your duck billed visage Pulling right wing views from a broken fuselage loved by the type of leather faced man Who’ll push at an airport But loathes immigration Who vents his frustration On crime and inflation From a bolt hole in the Mediterranean Ukip, doorstepping old dears Spreading fear with a pint … More #Brexit

No journey to make

July 2, 2014

How long do you wait with no journey to make? Low sun dries the morning dew alone on a platform you feel a dull ache that tells you its long overdue Autumn’s coming or is it the fall? The leaves on the line make you wait The phone’s in your hand but there’s no one … More No journey to make

NETWORKINGNOTWORKING

July 2, 2014

I’ve sipped my tea then let it fester Now I search in vain for a wrigleys extra The seminars over but I’m stuck to my seat Preferring death to the “meet and greet” Just how does ‘one’ learn to talk shop stop…(look, listen) then thoughtfully digest? digress Press the flesh feign genuine interest On a … More NETWORKINGNOTWORKING

The wait of anxiety (sic)

July 2, 2014

I’m a slave to the blues and have always been that way I can count down the minutes of a happy holiday I can sink a child’s party with hopeless anxiety And a simmering resentment for mainstream society “I had time, now doth time waste me” Like a Shakespearean soliloquy but a little less twee … More The wait of anxiety (sic)

Catholic guilt

July 2, 2014

What does an eight year old confess? I’ve never understood And with umpteen Hail Mary’s does a priest declare you “good”? If currency was catholic guilt I’d be a millionaire And help the girl who got run over cos I never said a prayer Guilt! For every ambulance that’s ever crossed my path Guilt! For … More Catholic guilt