The Fallen Chain
The Chain it has fallen
Gone broke, and gone bust
Thousands lose jobs
Thousands bite dust
But still must pay bills
With no more income
Chain-maker's in mansion
No problem, ho hum
Millions, no problem
Stored in the bank
Splash round same lifestyle
Drink sauvignon blanc
A case of one biting
Off more than can chew
A la Roman Empire
This Chai...
Monday 27th May 2019 9:45 am
Haiku - Give Don a Break
Stuck in haiku web
What's going on with you Don?
Write proper poems
What's going on here?
Us Japanese not happy
Give your Don a break
Don Matthews 26 May 2019
Sunday 26th May 2019 9:13 am
Haiku - Obsessions
Obsessions create
But they can also destroy.
Watch. And keep in check
Don Matthews. 24 May 2019
Friday 24th May 2019 9:36 am
My IPad Door to WOL
I've been asked to dig into
The well of inspiration
Provided by my hospital
Ladder-fall duration
As a WOL contributor
Computer (still at home)
You'll know of my frustration
Can't send you up a poem
My WOLers will be missing me
(You've stopped me drinking beer)
It seems they did feel sorry cos
This IPad did appear
Now IPads may be useful
...Thursday 23rd May 2019 9:46 am
No-one Was A Winner
Crying when you entered
Crying when you die
People shocked, they questioned
Why so early? Why?
People didn't reach out
Too wrapped up with their life
To notice you in trouble
To notice you in strife
The scourge of heroin took you
Others 'round were blind
Too wrapped up in their selfishness
To reach out, and be kind
So no-one was a winner
...Wednesday 22nd May 2019 12:51 pm
Haiku For Beginners
Haikus are easy
Just write down words till you reach
Seventeen sylla
Don Matthews 21 May 2019
Tuesday 21st May 2019 2:30 pm
In Rehab Waiting Pelvic Knit
I'm waiting here in rehab
For pelvic bones to knit
Waiting for their mending
From concrete, where they hit
Four long weeks I've struggledi
Balanced on one leg
But rehab staff are happy cos
I eat my meat and veg
Sidetracking for a moment....
Now leg and veg don't aural rhyme
Despite they look they should
They're called 'eye rhymes' and trick the brain
...Tuesday 21st May 2019 11:21 am
Haikus Not Easy
Haikus not easy
No willy-nilly throw down
Much thinking needed
Like this one. Hard work
To achieve this skill level
Needs years of training
Don Matthews 20 May 2019
Monday 20th May 2019 8:35 am
Nurse Caroline on Patient Don
Been asked to tell you my story
Of how I pampered Don, made him well
How he lapped up as patient my offerings
How I ran whenever he rang his bell
He's now become one of my favourites
I hang by the door, wait his call
Then quick as a flash I do enter
To massage pelvic bones (and enthrall)
He can now walk two-legged to the toilet
(But little bit wobbly to be exp...
Sunday 19th May 2019 8:38 am
Nursie Caroline
Nursie Caroline
In hospital, been thinking
(As well as knitting bones)
Nurses are a wondrous lot
They're here for me, on loan
I really do applaud them
It's not a daily grind
It is more like a calling
They never seem to mind
I've still to yet get over
All that they do do
"Please help me nurse I need to
Go now, to the loo"
This doesn't even ...
Saturday 18th May 2019 9:27 am
Orangutan
Preamble
Rhyme comes natural to me. Prose does not. This causes problems as some feelings I want to express need prose, not rhyme. So unskilled as I am in this area 'Orangutan' is a rare venture out of my rhyming comfort zone. The story is true.
Orangutan
The picture waited publication
a grieving orangutan
her infant lost in labour
Where Is the dead infant
asked...
Friday 17th May 2019 11:40 am
Shit! I've Lost My Privacy
Preamble
Having fallen off a ladder and landed myself in hospital I am at the complete mercy of the nurses
Shit! I've lost my privacy
Don't like it, I'm not happy
Exposed myself from head to toe
For everyone to see
Don't worry Don we don't give toss
Whate'er you show to us
We nurses, docs have seen it all
Don't care, no need to fuss
Now getting used to ...
Thursday 16th May 2019 12:10 pm
Hospital
If you've been in hospital
You'll know what I'm about
Routine shot, and traumatized
You want escape, get out
Different nurses float on by
Doctors lead their flock
All observing, taking notes
While you look on in shock
Patient wards all curtain-hung
Beds go in, go out
If you've been in hospital
You'll know what I'm about
DM. May 7 2019
...
Tuesday 7th May 2019 10:44 am
Do you? I do
Do you hesitate when
Your thoughts have all unwound
To press the upload button
And spread them all around ?
I do
Do you hesitate if
Your language seems bit rough
Will it upset readers
Does it sound bit tough ?
I do
Do you press regardless
Cos that's the way you are
Want your thoughts to screen out
Regardless, near and far ?
...
Monday 6th May 2019 1:33 pm
Mute
A flat screen
Is fixed to the wall
People interact
Converse
Mute
By choice
Like my hospital room
Mute
Peaceful
Don Matthews. 5 May 2019
Saturday 4th May 2019 4:25 pm
My Ladder Doesn't Like Me
Shit! I'm on the ground
Excrutiating pain
Ladder stands above me
Looking on in vain
No-one round to help me
Phone in pocket though
Gotta ring the ambulance
Hospital to go
Triple O says please stay still
Ladder says he will
Until you send the ambulance
I'll make sure he stays still
They took me to emergency
Scans, X-rays and all
Found I had s...
Thursday 2nd May 2019 10:29 am
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