Some of the poems that didn't make it in to the pamphlet. Not that they weren't good enough!*

(* NB Some of them weren't good enough.)

 

TEAM JESUS

Too slow at polo?

Plain wrong at ping pong?

Football and rugger an absolute bugger?

Couldn't mix it at cricket?

Too tense for fencing?

A case of lumbago made judo a no-go?

A tool in the pool?

A loss at lacrosse?

Too small for hockey, too big for a jockey?

Sport's not fair, don't despair, Join a team full of winners.

It's called TEAM JESUS! (and we accept sinners).

 

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LOVE SONGS IN AGE

A hint of sweet ardour, something suggested

Through a shy alluring glance

To catch of eye contact, an opportunity

Taken, given the chance

 

Anticipation is the seat of all pleasure

A glimpse, a gait, a taste

Your eyes entrusted, my wild loins thrusted

An instinct too sensual to waste

 

Your smell seemed somehow familiar

Like cut grass, a fruit, a pipe

And in one brief moment my heart became yours

When we met semi-naked on Skype

 

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MISSION STATEMENT

Task: create my Mission Statement

Comprising: words (brevity is key)

Purpose: a guide for my existence

Audience: just me

 

Format: pen on paper

Responsibility: mine

Deadline: passed last Thursday

Conclusion: waste of time