You are the audience
You…
are the audience;
and
I
am the poet
(If you are, at any stage of my act, amused – please show it –
if you have any overripe fruit
I ask you, please,
‘not’ to
throw it),
and we should get on fine.
These poems,
that I am about to perform,
are all mine;
unless they stink,
in which case, ‘Wordsworth’ wrote them in indelible ink.
I begin this evening’s performance
with a poem that has an overlong title;
but considerably few ‘actual’ words in it.
This poem is called, ‘What chance have you got, when the world gives you lemons, and oranges are the only fruit?’
Vitamin C
means
‘little’
to me.
And here I do the universal gesture for ‘my current poem has finished’ (puts arms to side like a poorly Harrier Jump Jet), please be clapping or raucously ‘cheering’ but only for two point four seconds, as I have a schedule to keep to’.
Thank you.
My second poem… of twenty – just joking! – is called, ‘Whither did you come from, my love; and was there a stork or a gooseberry bush involved?’
I looked upon your face,
and paused;
three hours later, sad to say,
I remembered what it was I’d caused,
found the remote control,
and pressed ‘play’ –
you were not at all impressed.
Graeme Sandford 
This is so sad. Why is there over 1,000 followers on your blog and so few people stop and read?
They have become immune to the quaint charm that my poetry might have. And because I don’t generally do “proper” poetry. Who knows if all those followers still exist? They might have all been lost in a traumatic speed-reading incident. G:)
I think my followers have dropped off the planet. During Covid my publisher for my 2 books died. The partner lost his wife then he died too. I only had 2 books. There were thousands of poets and writers who have published way more than me and they have lost there books too.
Lost books are not good – do you not have copies? Could they not be republished by a new publisher?
Sadly, a lot of good people have been lost during the Covid times.
Jane and I are self-publishing to Amazon – have you got copies of mine yet, I could send you some author copies. Or you could just read the 14,000 items on WordPress! G:)
I had only just updated language for my team book so I have the latest PDF. I have about 6 hard-copies of each of my poetry book and teen book. The publishers website is shut down. I’m hoping that once the solicitors for their estate/will is finalised we will all at least receive some feedback.
Yes, my poetry book poetry and devotions I’m publishing on Wednesdays and Thursdays mostly. I have had a few followers request it.
Amazon has dropped my books because they can’t get them. I went P.O.D after I sold the first 5,000 of each.
I’d love to read your books. Hard copies might be to costly for postal services but I can still read on WordPress.
Two of mine are available on Amazon as Kindle downloads – some of the old poems – but with editing – and some newer ones, then short stories that had a special bout of editing for publishing.
At least you have copies / options of your words – and hopes for access to come.
My Bardly Writ book is available as a free download from the link on my WordPress front page or my http://www.graemesandford.com site – that really needs Vol. 2 to accompany it – hopefully this year. And more poetry / short story books also to come this year.
My what a lot of actual writing we are doing.
Take care, enjoy the moments. G:)
Thanks. My husband has a kindle so I might ask him to download for me.
Good night. Bedtime here but still too warm.
Nos da! G:)
teen book. sorry
No worries – auto correct doth make fools of us ool!