John Edward Smallshaw

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 28

I dreamt a hundred sheep had wandered off to fall asleep,
leaving me alone to drive poor Bo-Peep home.

I dream a lot
some leave me cold, and others make me hot
but I've got no control
it's as if my brain cells take a poll and then decide on
what the dream shall be be.

It's nothing new
I'm sure that you dream too
and I wonder
have we ever met in them
watched the sun set and then rise again?

it's a shame that I cannot remember.

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 27

Birds

funny thing about Kites
you don't have to fly one
they
can fly by themselves.

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 26

Lost religions

A floodlight
but up in old Lancashire
the old Lancastrian
would say a floodleet
which is quaint and rather
sweet.

remembering t'mill
and t'pigswill bins
for pig farm
which did nay harm but
left an awful stink.

and t'stone jetty known as
Tortoise Shell,
never knew why it was so
it were just somewhere to go
when bunking off school.

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 26

Steptoe

Start
stop
horse and crop
the cart comes on behind.

Streets lined with cobblestones
wooden wheels
always feels like
rag and bone
rag and bone
sometimes through a megaphone

days gone by
I wonder why
copper is six quid a ton.

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 25

What?

If ever 'whatever' comes
I'll be ready
whenever that is.

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 25

As the crows fly

Atlas cries as he holds up the sky
Chicken Little is living the dream
the jelly has babies
the world's full of maybe's
Campbell's condensing more cream.

Somehow I awake
so now
I am woke
let's see how that plays out.

I'm getting my act together
I might take it out on the road,
but the weather's against me
my knees are quite dodgy
and my hip is not hip anymore.

John Edward Smallshaw Apr 24

#10word loose ends

Untied
still they tried
to avoid
drifting off to
sleep.