Poems on You Tube

I`ve read a few poems out on You Tube. Cos I`ve only got crap webcam the qualitys not very good so I`ve used a blck and white flickery mask on it to give it an old fashioned look. I know - it doesnt look great but I`m hunting out a decent camcorder this week so I can make some better quality films.
If you want to take a look the link for my channel is http://uk.youtube.com/liverpoolboxingbaby
Dont expect too much though...............................

Liverpool Ode

Liverpool Ode

Once a thriving shipping port

Now more famous for its sport

Men grew rich through human trade

Slaves transported fortunes made

Trading links brought untold wealth

Splendour bought with pain and stealth

As years roll by and time moves on

Those trading links long since gone

The docks fall into disarray

We learn the phrase urban decay

As jobs are lost along with pride

Life seems bleak on Merseyside

But as sail through eighties gate

We hear the term regenerate

The Albert Dock restored inside

Houses built or gentrified

No longer desolate and forlorn

The City Centre is reborn

Now this city has new fame

The Capital of Culture name

A chance for growth and to create

Will culminate in year 08

Art and culture celebrated,

Musicians, writers, artists feted

But urban troubles still remain

The yobs that treat us with disdain

Graffiti, litter, theft with knives

Guns and violence blight our lives

Still Liverpool's spirit can't be broke 

No longer always England's joke 

The people full of fun and humour 

Rise above the scorn and rumour 

Always changing, vibrant, cool 

The dynamic city Liverpool

A poem about love going wrong!

Losing You

Today I looked at you 

And wondered who you were?

You looked the same

Smelt the same

Had the same air about you

But you were gone

Your smile curls with contempt

When once alight with pleasure

And eyes that crinkled with love

Now flat, Artic orbs that do not see

Although they look at me

In dispassionate scrutiny

Today I looked at you 

And wondered where you were?

A lover's bed

A winding road

A player's turf

Anywhere but here

Today I laughed without mirth 

And bought you wine and beer 

I laid on the floor and cried 

Wore a new dress 

Started a diet 

Pretence is my only defence 

Against losing you 

Although I know you've gone

After Christmas - poem

After Christmas

After Christmas

Fat and bloated we sit

Amongst discarded packaging

Of toys, already forgotten

And chocolate from selection packs

Piled high

Too much for even greedy mouths

To consume

And still we drink with festive cheer

The dregs of whisky

And sparkling wine

Its sparkle depleted

And eat

The sausage rolls

We cannot waste

But where is the renewal of our spiritual joy?

The human warmth

The tears of gratitude for a single toy

Forever loved

A precious gift

And not a moments diversion

Until a newer, sharper thrill

Arrives to take our eye

After Christmas

We wait

And hope the coming year

Will bring us the renewal we crave

Our hopes and aspirations reborn

Our resolve for better lives

Reaffirmed in resolutions

For the coming joyous year.