Without You
Through the mist the sun’s stocky and yellow;
there’s little traffic in the town.
Each veiled day floats past unrecognised, unremembered.
Yet travelling back to a deeper remembrance
the days whizzed along with us carelessly hurtling after.
But now an hour is an age, a day is an aeon.
The morning is only half-filled with words or work,
the afternoons mooch across the fields aimless as cows.
This day-long solitude is the tariff paid for temporary closeness.
John Rice
Please note that the poems are copyright John Rice 2014 and cannot be reproduced without the express permission of the author.
Random Poetry!
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I Can’t Go To School ‘Cause…
I can’t go to school ‘cause my lungs are freezing,got a drowsy chest and my toes are sneezing.
I can’t go to school ‘cause my tongue is itchy,my elbow’s crooked and my funny bone’s twitchy.
I can’t go to school, my toenails are aching,my kneecaps are tender and my kidneys are shaking.
I can’t go to school ‘cause I tend to forget,my skull falls asleep then my teeth get upset.
I can’t go to school; my breakfast is filling me,my belly’s all bubbly and this headache is killing me.
I can’t go to school – I’ve got nothing to talk about;my tongue’s all twisted and my legs have gone walkabout.
I can’t go to school ‘cause my nose is too roomy,my shins are in sorrow and my eyes are so gloomy.
I can’t go to school ‘cause my lips are kind-hearted,my left leg is lumpy and my bones have departed.
I can’t go to school ‘cause my eyesight’s patchy,my ears are disturbed and my big toe’s scratchy.
I can’t go to school ‘cause my blood’s become chewymy feet are fine but my fingers bamboo-ey.
I can’t go to school ‘cause my chin is elsewhere,my backside’s swollen and I’ve got sore hair.
I can’t go to school ‘cause my eyes are all puffy,my throat’s got thinner and my bellybutton’s fluffy.
I just can’t go to school; I can’t take any more,my brain has drained and my heart is sore.
John Rice
The author encourages parents, teachers and librarians to read the poems to children and young people. However, the poems are copyright John Rice 2014 and cannot be reproduced without the express permission of the author.
