The
most common response to reading these poems has been I usually hate
poetry but I really liked this one and that one. So my expectation is
that you will find at least one poem that will help you to step out,
however briefly, from the headlong rush that life has become.
Read
the poems on whatever level you want. Some are multi layered, like
Gobstoppers, and some are as you see them, Aniseed balls, even they
have the seed of an idea. You will find the broad spectrum of life in
here. I have tried to be as honest as I could about my walk through
this world. I have fallen on my face many times, but Im still getting
up and going on.
Love, death, anger, finance, faith theyre all in here and much more.
Three
Glasgow based artists, Peter Howson, Frank McFadden and ally
thompson, contributed 10 illustrations each to the book, this
added to the 10 from myself to create a book with a truely original
feel. Each brought a very personal perspective to the illustrations.
click on the links below to view poems and the work by the artists
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Peter Howson
Frank McFadden
ally thompson
Julien Crispin
more crispin illustrations and poems? click the link
https://www.gobstoppers.tv/julesillustrations.htm
Never Never
Please,
let me stay a kid
Please, Please, Please,
In my cardboard box
And close the lid
Snug and warm in my little den
Coming out for snacks and bickies
Every now and then
Please
let me stay a kid
Oh, go on, go on let me
I dont want to face the things I did
They would just upset me
You could tell me what to do
I really wouldnt mind
Could you think it all right through
Please would you be so kind
Please,
let me stay a kid
Oh, go on, oh please
Ill play marbles on the grid
Ill even graze my knees
I could run about like mad
And it really wouldnt matter
Stuff my face with junk
And never get much fatter.
Please,
let me stay a kid
Ill be your best friend
Give you a million thousand quid
Just let my childhood never end
When a mortgage didn't figure
Pocket money could be spent
And it took at least a year
Before a season came and went.
Please,
let me stay a kid
Arrr!, youre not being fair
You said you loved me, so you did
But I dont think you care
If you did you wouldnt push
Youd leave me as I am
But youd stop things going wrong
Cos I bet you can.
Please,
let me stay a kid
Or Ill shout and stamp my feet
Hold my breath till I turn blue
Youll see, Im hard to beat
Well,
I really didnt mean that
But it is the way I feel
Its scary when you realise
Lifes got a bit too real.