I’ve two poems in issue 26, the winter issue, 2009 of Moodswing.

Moodswing
Talking Pen, 12 Derby Crescent, Moorside, Consett, County Durham, DH8 8DZ
Editor: Steve Urwin

Here’s one of the poems ‘Like My Head’

Like My Head

Crossing fields,
snow firm beneath my shoes,
work round the corner,
so cold this morning.

I can’t see the future,
can’t imagine anything
apart from this.

Shipyard’s deathly quiet:
the Time Office fire buckles up the chimney.
Gateman reads Thomas Hood.
Time-Keeper sings light opera.

The workers are angry.
Cold severs emotions.
The manager’s uncaring,
kicks up the toilet seat.
The list is longer
but my fingers ache
like my head.

Tom Kelly