Poems by Patrick Mackeown
It was almost by accident that I stumbled over writing poetry. I find this a very suitable format to capture impressions, thoughts or humorous observations. Enjoy!
Fleet Street trembles before Gordon.
Sleepless editors stir steaming, midnight Horlicks.
"Our presses will grind to a halt," they wail.
"What's to be done about Gordon?"
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Posted: 19 May 2007
Do you recall the Christ Child born?
So small in Mary's arms forlorn
Beneath the star the Magii saw
And then crossed deserts to adore
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Posted: 5 Dec 2006
A man's blood stains tides
Grotesque and twisted
A bloated, floating corpse
bobbing in an apathetic sea
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Posted: 31 Oct 2006
Centuries of sailors knowing
Setting sail and cutting ties
Bravely waving tears unflowing
Beyond an age of longing lies
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Posted: 21 September 2006
The Worst Aspects of Human Nature
Salem Witch Trials were conducted
Victims pressed to death with stones
Crowds of common people gathered
to hear the cracking of their bones!
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Posted: 3 August 2006
Sir John and Robert Massacre All At Cesena
Hawkwood, mercenary general, condotierre
L'acuto, "keen one" was his nom de guerre
In Renaissance wars he fought on every side
But Robert's massacre crushed his pride
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Posted: 18 July 2006
Twain replied, are greatly exaggerated!
Of Miss Heming Jefferson said Callender
had the situation grossly aggravated!
Clinton did not have sexual relations
Kennedy always in compromising situations!
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Posted: 31 July 2006
There was a group who wanted power
To ensure opponents always grew fewer
They used phrases like nigger-lover
Prevent folks speaking to one another!
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Posted: 31 July 2006
Magda Goebbels beautiful was she
And surrounded by admirers
Though attention for children was
Most of hers was Hitler's
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Posted: 31 July 2006
Internet Fora, places to discuss
Talk about the changing weather
Members love noticing stupid acts
Then all moan about it together!
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Posted: 30 July 2006
Warfare details require cunning
One must be mindful of pretext
Find examples of grave misdoings
Plan carefully what happens next!
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Posted: 30 July 2006
Prince Metternich was midwife to many nations
Goebbels, propagandist, stuck to allegations
Lawrence wrote Chatterley to consternation
Dyer of Amritsar received our Lords' ovations!
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Posted: 30 July 2006
To you and me a pencil is trivial!
But see, in an office who owns it?
Tis the managing director's pencil!
Now jobs are sure to be axed!
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Posted: 30 July 2006
Saville Row is my suit! Caviar Diplomatic Dinner
Solana, Kofi Annan my guests. "Condi! How nice!"
See me swagger? Statesmanlike wave. Stern voice.
"The fight isn't about oil."
"A lasting Middle East Peace..."
Do I look important by this lectern, Channel Four?
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Posted: 30 July 2006
In Palestine early feet were Canaanites
Archaeologists study ancient Ugarit rights
As Cananaum, scholars recall that land
Of cana'ani, their word for a merchant
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Posted: 29 July 2006
I'm the emperor look and see!
I burned Persepolis, twas me!
Unseated the Dali Lama, OK?
Needed to keep religion at bay
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Posted: 12 July 2006
My poem is the best you've seen
Its rhyme is elegant and clean
A timeless message aging through
Tis more than other poets do
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Posted: 30 June 2006
Another young child is taken
snatchers in broad daylight too
Now that the Kraken has woken
What must the web citizens do?
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Posted: 30 June 2006
Helicopter flight is very uneven
You're constantly bobbing about
Tis surely no pastime for the seasick
Nauseous attacks are never in doubt
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Posted: 29 June 2006
A chef worked on Salad-Prep one day
Making the most of Head-Chef's day away
He took his whites off behind the scenes
And performed tricks for passing teens
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Posted: 20 June 2006
Louisiana Jambalaya Giant Bird Chew
Louisiana, Jambalaya Capital of the World
Recipes that kings envy are here unfurled
Crayfish and sausage, oysters and shrimp
Combinations making hardy tastebuds limp
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Posted: 21 June 2006
We don't want an empire
We're a republic you see
So when we take over a nation
we do it on the QT
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Posted: 30 May 2006
Welsh Black mountain cattle
loping off down the road
With fences torn and gateposts worn
Tell Farmer of trouble he has sewn
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Posted: 30 May 2006
We sit in empty offices all day
Wise people ignore everything we say
To shuffle paper really is our goal
We do well when staying off the dole
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Posted: 30 May 2006
It's a fact that some people feel worthless
It's an impression some of us can't hide
And there's a permanent suicidal solution
which is a thing that some of us tried
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Posted: 30 May 2006
"I'm dreaming of meaning,"
said AJ Ayer to Noam Chomsky
"What," replied the Statesman,
"do you wish to relate?"
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Posted: 24 May 2006
The office is looking grey today
The air is oppressive and heavy
Locked inner doors signal who's away
I get my presentation ready
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Posted: 21 May 2006
Have you ever been without a display
in a sea of endless whiteness
with no ability to communicate
unless you decrease your brightness?
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Posted: 19 May 2006
In the flow of Green River
the swans float serine
The lock gates there open
Pleasure boats glide in between
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Posted: 19 May 2006
In an age before there was time itself
in the Achean Period of Earth's existence
was it not sulphur which filled the atmosphere?
And did being not issue forth
from deleterious surroundings?
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Posted: 11 May 2006
Hemispheric Verse 2007
A poetry collection by Patrick Mackeown
