Writing poetry is closer to the soul than creating long stories, or short ones for that matter. I was reminded of that by the sad passing of Benjamin Zephaniah. In particular his poem No Problem (see my last blog).
Invisible
Trust me ya
nivver too ard to larn,
even when yer
brort up to
‘teachers
divn’t tark like that.’
yer ower
pitmatic.
But the real
lesson is in those words,
learned
advice from years of experience
of how to
tark reet,
how to act
reet,
how to behave
reet.
how to blend
in.
In fact how te disapeah,
becos yer’ve
nee rite,
not with uwer
upbringin,
te expect owt
else.
Haway bonny
lad,
tha should
kna thy place.
© David L Atkinson December 2023
God Bless
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