The poems in this section were written over a period of years. A few have been published or self-published elsewhere, for example Journeyman was published in 1995 in a short lived boxing fanzine called JABS & JOLTS. Dying For A Fag and The Song Of Mary Whitehouse (one of my finer efforts) were published in 1994 in TAKE IT LIKE A MAN! The ITMA Book Of "Gay" Verse. (This fine anthology is still in print).
I've been called many things in my life but never politically correct, so if you are easily offended or outraged I suggest you look elsewhere for your iambic pentameters.
Alexander Baron,
September 13, 2000
A CALL FOR HUMANENESS
A FEW WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT...
A GOOD CATHOLIC
A KISS BEFORE DYING
A POSEUR LAMENTS
A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES
A QUESTION TO THE HOUSE
A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE
A WORD OF CAUTION
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
AFTER THE SECOND SNOW
ALL THE NASTIES
AN ANTIDOTE TO XENOPHOBIA
AN OFFAL THOUGHT
AN ORIGINAL INSULT
ANARCHIST POEM
ANONYMOUS (1)
ANONYMOUS (2)
ANONYMOUS (3)
ANONYMOUS (4)
ANTHEM
ANTI-APARTHEID...APPEAL...
APHORISM (1)
APHORISM (2)
ATHEIST'S ANTHEM
AUTUMN EVENING
BELT UP
BIG SHOT
BIRD
BIRDS IN THE SNOW
BLUE MURDER
BRITAIN'S POLICE: THE BEST MONEY CAN BUY
BRITISH CROWS
BUTTERFLY
CAT!
CHESS LESSONS
CHILDHOOD'S END
CHIMERAS
CHRISTIAN LOGIC
CIRCLES
CITY KID
COMING OF AGE
CONTINUUM
CREEP
CYCLOPS
DAYS OF THE WEEK
DECEMBER DAYS
DEER ME
DR. MAGNUS PIKE TO THE LOVELY AIMEE McDONALD
DREAMS
DYING FOR A FAG
ECHOES OF SPAIN
EMPTY ROOMS
ENCOUNTERS
EPITHET AND LABEL
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
FADS
FAVOURITE COMEDIANS
FIVE ORIGINAL WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO POETRY TODAY
FLOG IT TO DEATH
FOUR REASONS I WON'T DO ANOTHER LAP TONIGHT
FOX - THE SECOND PHASE
FREE THE KRAYS
FUTILITY
GHOUL
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
GOLDFISH
HAIKU (VARIOUS)
HARD TIMES TO COME
HENRY FJORD
HEROES!
I SAW A SHOOTING STAR TONIGHT
I SLEEP ALONE
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE
IF A MAN BE MAD
IN SEARCH OF INSPIRATION
IN SEARCH OF RHYME
IN SNOWDONIA
INNER CITY
IT'S A DOG'S LIFE
JENNY LIVES WITH ERIC AND MARTIN
JEWS MUST LIVE (WHY ANTI-SEMITISM?)
JOE MORLEY
JOIN A PRESSURE GROUP
JOIN THE NATIONAL FRONT
JOURNEYMAN
JUBILEE
LAND LOCKED
LEAVES
LESSONS
LESSONS OF THE SLATE MINE
LEVIATHAN'S FAREWELL
LINES ON THE DEATH OF MYRA HINDLEY
LONG WEEKEND
LOVE SONG (1)
LOVE SONG (2)
LUCRE LIES
(MAD AS A) MIDNIGHT FOX
MAGGIE'S FARM
MAID OF VALHALLA
MALCOLM
MANIC DEPRESSION
MARTIAN LANDSCAPE
MENACHEM BEGIN'S SONG
MICROCOSMS
MOOD
MORBIDITY
MR BROOK, I PRESUME
MUM'S THE WORD
MURDER (FOR PLEASURE) INCORPORATED
MUSINGS IN THE REFERENCE LIBRARY
MYTHOLOGIES
NIHILISM AS AN ART FORM
NINETEEN
NO TEARS FOR A LOSER
NOBODY ELSE'S MAN
O LORD, MY VANITY, IT'S KILLING ME
OBSCENE LANGUAGE
OBSESSIONS
ODDS AGAINST (AMERICAN ROULETTE)
ODE (1)
ODE (2)
ODE FROM THE FRIESIAN CHURN
ODE TO DESPERATE DAN
ODE TO SWEET SONIA
ODE TO THE GREAT WHITE BIGOT
ODE: TO THE LOWEST FORM OF LIFE
ODE TO THE SKY
ODE TO THE SUN
ODE TO WORMWOOD SCRUBS
OMERTA
ON ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM
ON BIGOTRY
ON BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER
ON CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND THE ULTRA-LEFT
ON SOAP OPERAS
ON TAUTOLOGIES
ON TWO TYPES OF LICENCE
ONE GOOD TURN
ONE WAY FORWARD
ONLY MUGS
OUT
OWL
OYSTERS
PARAFFIN
PAST IMPERFECT
PATTERNS
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
PIGEONS
POLICEMAN'S LOGIC
POLITE CONTEMPT
POSEURS
PRISONERS
PROMISES
QUIET REASON
QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES
R.I.P.
RALEIGH'S REVENGE
READ ALL ABAHT IT
REQUIESCAT
RETICENCE
REVOLUTION
RIBBLEHEAD AND MORE
RIPPLES
RONDEL OF THE WRETCHED
ROOKERY
ROOT OF ALL EVIL
ROSE
RUISLIP OWL
SATANIC CURSES
SCAB: DURCHCOMPONIERT AND OTTAVA RIMA
SCIENCE VERSUS ART
SCHISM
SCUM
SEPTEMBER SONG (1)
SEPTEMBER SONG (2)
SESTINA
SEVEN WAYS TO EARN A LIFE SENTENCE
SHE THREW ME AWAY
SINC(HER)ITY
SITUATIONS VACANT - LOSERS
SLOW HORSES AND FAST WOMEN
SNOOKER BALLS
SNOWBALLS
SNOWFLAKES
SNUFFED!
SOLITUDE
SONG FOR A SOPHIST
SONG FOR BIN LADEN
SONG FOR SHARON
SONG OF CUCKMERE
SONG OF THE GIRAFFE
SONG OF THE LEARNED ELDERS
SONG OF THE NECROPHILIAC
SONG OF THE TABLOID HACK
SONG OF TRAFALGAR
STOP HUNTING: FOR FOX SAKE
SURVIVORS
TABOO
TATTOO
TEMPORAL BLISS
THE AFRICAN
THE ALCHEMIST
THE AMBULANCE CHASER
THE ASIAN GROCER
THE BALLAD OF BRIXTON GAOL
THE BRITISH AND THE ENGLISH
THE BUSMAN'S MENTALITY
THE CAMEL
THE CARROT AN' THE STICK
THE CINCINNATI KID
THE COME-ON
THE CRUEL MISTRESS
THE DATING AGENCY
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO SQUARES
THE EXILE
THE FEARFUL MASTER
THE FEMINIST
THE FIFTY STATES
THE GAMBLER
THE GAMBLER AND THE MARTINGALE
THE GOOD DIE YOUNG
THE GREAT DESTROYER
THE HUNTER AND THE BEAR (THE STORY OF A COMPROMISE)
THE HUSTLER
THE JUDGE
THE KREMLIN'S VIETNAM
THE LAST FAIRY TALE
THE LONDON DUNGEON
THE LONDON RAILWAY TERMINII
THE LONDON UNDERGROUND
THE LOST POEM
THE "LOVE" THAT HIDES ITS HEAD IN SHAME
THE LUCKY ONES
THE MASK
THE MORE THEY LEARN, THE LESS THEY KNOW
THE NOUVEAU RICHE
THE NUN
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
THE PAINFUL TRUTH
THE PERFECT CRIME
THE POPE ON MATERIALISM...
THE PRICE OF AN ORGASM
THE POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE
THE RAVEN
THE RIGHTEOUS ONE
THE SOMNAMBULISTS
THE SONG OF GEORGE MICHAEL
THE SONG OF MARY WHITEHOUSE
THE STRANGER IN THE MIRROR
THE TATTOOED FACE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHAIRMAN AL
THE TWO NATIONS
THE WORD
THREE LITTLE WORDS
THIS AGE OF REASON
TIME TO PUT THE QUEERS BACK IN THE CLOSET
TO A FART
TOMORROW THE WORLD
TWO PHANTOMS
TWO SOCIAL CREDITERS
WATCH THE BIRDIE
WATER BOATMEN
WHAT IS A POEM?
WHAT'S IN A FACE?
WHERE THE HEART IS
WHERE TO NOW, SAINT BRENDAN?
WHO SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH?
WHY EVIL?
WHY THE ROMAN EMPIRE REALLY FELL
WINDOWS
WINTER WORDS
WISHFUL THINKING
WOMAN OF SHADOWS
WORDS
YANKEE GO HOME
YOU NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD