Patrick McManus, Poet Laureate of Raynes Park

POEM

his poem

came to him

in a dream

via a sweet

lovely topless

garlanded muse

in Grecian robes

and inscribed on

an amphora

he gratefully

memorised it

and hastily

upon waking

still entranced

put it to paper

but later sadly

they told him

that it was written

in Linear A Minoan

undeciphered Eteocretan

which no one

has been able

to read for three

thousand years

but to wait

they were

working on it

pmcmanus

GEOGRAPHY

he loved

her north

her south

her east

her west

her latitudes

her longitudes

but most of all

her loved her

rampant hot moist

fecund tropical 

equatorial zones

pmcmanus

POETRY GROUP


at his local
poetry group
open crit session
he was minded
of his old
school playground
the bullies in action
putting the boot in
or perhaps of
the TV
nature program
about hyenas
tearing apart
their prey
some fighting
for the liver
others for the
juicy heart
leaving only
gnawed bones
and a lot
of blood

pmcmanus

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Patrick McManus: His biography seems to have been turned over in the allotment. If I dig it up, I'll post it. Otherwise be assured Patrick is a prolific poet, a legend in Raynes Park for his lively readings, a kind grandfather who only occasionally tortures the grandkids with his verse, and a very active contributor to poetryetc, an eccentric poetry site online.