David Shoestring

David Shoestring Poems

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After a long absence from the site I will be adding a few verses and poems, some of which feature in my new book - 'Smoke... Gets in Your Eyes' - a book of Birmingham history, tales, poems and memoir. I hope to publish a small anthology in the new year. If you are interested to find out more, the David Shoestring website is www.davidshoestring.co.uk. I like the idea of using poems which add a third or even a fourth dimension to a two-dimensional photo or painting, taking the reader inside the picture, and sometimes back in time. The poems and verses are informal and unstructured. Instead, I try to input verbal rhythms and speech patterns to tell stories or to make comments about current events, political topics and day to day happenings. Some are humorous; some sarcastic; some are more poignant and sad …… - Much of my early life was spent living in Handsworth, a suburb of Birmingham in the UK, and have since lived in a variety of locations varying from the water's edge to bleak moorland; from villages to riot-torn Handsworth. I'm a news-addict with a deep interest in politics, and for a time was the Political Cartoonist for a respected Regional Daily Newspaper. - Poetry & Verse: Books: 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' (243 pages) is available now, post free from my website. (Amazon print, and Kindle also available) 'Shoestring's Grand Tour' - an earlier book currently being revised for publication later in the year. Website: www.davidshoestring.co.uk)

The Best Poem Of David Shoestring

Boris Johnson's Candidate Rap

Boris Johnson & The Candidate Rap

I'm counting on you
As an Etonian ‘old boy',
To win this constituency,
To win the joy
And the adulation of the crowd.
So, stand up straight;
Stand up proud;
Proud, to look the world right in the eye.
Speak out to the people;
Speak out high,
High!
Above their heads
With spirited words
They'll take to their beds.
And the very next day,
They'll tell their friends,
They'll say, with pride,
That they were there in that hall
When you made that speech,
And they could see in your face
That here was a man
Who couldn't be bought;
Who'd speak out for the people;
Speak out what he ought.
And after the vote,
(So your Agent tells me)
You'll win the count,
And then you'll be free
To speak in the House
On matters of State,
As your conscience, perhaps,
Or your Constituents dictate.
But a word to the wise
From a cunning old pro:
It's your career you must think of,
As I'm sure you know,
And if its Ministerial Office you seek as reward,
With chauffeured limousine, and trips abroad,
I need to be sure that you're on my side,
And that constituents and conscience
Can be put to one side
For the truth is known to you,
As it is to me……
You'll vote with your party,
For Brexit;
And Me!

Love, Boris
xx

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