Niamh

Biography

A 19-year-old student from Manchester interested in poetry and songwriting. Trying to build up the confidence to start properly sharing my work.

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? ? / ? ? Parka hoods up Cover hollow faces The party people Of the nineteen-eighties Long gone now are the smiley faces Too busy working Bringing up their babies Raised in the rouble Of the towns you left behind Clinging to any hope That they might find The toolboxes gone Now the men carry knives The only love they get Is from their pregnant wives Club prices up Wallets are empty But the kids drink up Cos the booze is plenty Enough to help Forget the fate Of the slow dismantle Of the welfare state They live in the past The music was better They never saw it But the kappa sweater Their dad once wore To the hacienda Now parties with them Through three day benders They’ll relive the past Or at least try At reunion concerts They’ll wave goodbye To the childhood heroes Who have now grown old As they age themselves And reality takes hold.

All poems are copyright of the originating author. Permission must be obtained before using or performing others' poems.