Boris Looks Back … It may be that we need to do things in the coming weeks ….. Take your time, Boris, why don`t you? Wait until the problems pile up and then, perhaps, take action! Tis always best to have the benefit of hind sight, isn`t it? Copyright owned by Jay Cool, 1st January…
Author: The Silly-Savvy Salopian
Freelance writer and descendant of the cave dweller and outlaw, Humphrey Kynaston. Banished from Shropshire for my eccentricity, I have made my home in Suffolk. I write poetry, short stories, travel journals, comedy gig reviews and non-fiction articles. My wish is to write my way back into the heart of my birth land. All writing commissions (and free holidays in Shropshire!) considered.
To My Beloved Boris
Dear Beloved Boris, Mixed messages from you this morning. The virus is out of control and further restrictions may be necessary. Schools are safe! Of all places, how can a classroom full of 30+ children, sitting in twos, who are not allowed to wear face masks[1], be safe? Where is the logic in your statement,…
Impacted
Tightening, squeezing, pulling. Shrinking and thinning into a collision with what lies within. Finally, the essence of what is me makes an impact. Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay
Mutation
Mutation More or less. Doubly sure, Might not. Replicate. Might not. Migrate. Might be able to. Definitely not. Really useful Information. Not. Snippets from the BBC News, 20 December, 2020, pieced together by Jay Cool. Image by Aneta Esz from Pixabay
“Clarity & Simplicity”
A poem inspired by the words of Boris Johnson, BBC News at Ten, 13 December 2020 “Clarity & Simplicity” Detailed discussions. Dead deal. Done. Copyright of poem owned by Jay Cool. Image by Pexels from Pixabay
Looking At Where I Am
A poem inspired by Boris Johnsons Brexit negotiations, as reported by, BBC2 Newsnight, 10 December 2020. Looking at where I am, I find myself at a dinner table, in Brussels, and devoid of the anticipated fish dinner, feeling downbeat, hungry, full of regrets and with just three weeks to go before my people, The British,…
Of Most Concern
Of Most Concern It concerns me, mostly, that of most concern is my concern that most of us have no concern for the concerns of others whatsover, insomuch as that, mostly, most of us have no concern whatsoever about being the cause of those concerns. And that really does, and inordinately so, concern me. Copyright…
Lockdown Dance
Lockdown Dance Lonely in lockdown I keep company with the colours of the many versions of myself, all of them, dancing, wriggling, moving and shifting, adjusting to a new idea of what it is to be alive and thriving a life-force, freeing themselves up from the conventions of what it once was to be constrained,…
BBC1 News Summary, Nov 26, 2020
BBC1 News Summary Bumpy, crystal clear, action and rules. Shut down. Dramatic. Recap. Can do; cant do. Will do. But, some, won`t do. Will I do? Summed up by Jay Cool Nov 26, 2020 Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay
`Measly, Nasty Cut`
‘Measly, Nasty Cut‘ With ease, he calls it measly, a nasty, nasty cut, but how can a cut be measly, when a cut is a lot less than a gash? Copyright of poem owned by Jay Cool, November 2020 Written in response to a response (quoted from a guest on Channel 4 News, 7pm, Nov…
