My Senses

My Senses

I have eyes
so i can see
a tiny star, a great big tree

I have ears
so i can hear
a ringing bell, a roaring cheer

I have taste
so when i eat
i can tell the bitter from the sweet

I have touch
so i can feel
hot like fire, cold like steel

So i can smell
i have a nose
baking bread, a summer rose

These are my senses
i need so much,
ears, eyes, nose, taste and touch

Tea with Tom

Been busy doing nothing recently. Been seeing old mates like Tom Palmer, the football writer and fell runner. Tom drinks a lot of tea and runs about up big hills. It was good to see him. I only get to see other writers at Christmas and holidays cos they are like me and always in schools in term time. Been watching films and going for walks. Getting all ready for the big day now. Its CHRISTMAS this Sunday!!! This year as gone really fast, i mean last Christmas seems like it was only 12 months ago!!

Er, hang on.....

Pants On Tour!!!

I have been driving all over the place recently, reading poems from my new book POETRY IS NOT PANTS and i have had some fantastic days in schools. Off the top of my head there was Ennedale Bridge school up in the lake district, Netheredge Primary in Sheffield, i have been in that school about 6 times and have a really grtea time everytime i go back. Then there is St John VIanney in Blackpool and Thames in Blackpool then what about Carnagill Primary up in Catterick, that one is always great and last but not least there is Whitkirk in Leeeds which was a great day. Thanks to all the schools and thanks to everyone who has bought my new book. If you keep reading 'em, i'll keep writing 'em!!!!

The Sat Nav Has Landed

What, with all the driving i am doing at the moment, 1000 miles a week, all in the dark on busy motorways and little country lanes i kept getting lost so i have borrowed a sat nav. I love maps, always have, love the fact that all those little squiggley lines on the paper are real rivers and roads but when you are on your own in a car and you are driving you can't keep looking at th map or you will drive into a tree!! So i have this magic box now and it speaks to me and says Turn Left, turn right and all that. So far it has worked. It got me to a library across Leeds at rush hour and it got me to a school in Rochdale so i'll keep trying it. Its good, 21st century techno stuff but, its not as good as a crinkly, coffee stained map you can pour over at midnight. All old explorers used maps. I mean how many pirates do you know who used sat navs???