A audio archive of the poems up at http://harryisapoet.blogspot.com/
In case you weren't aware, there's a world outside your window.
In case you weren't aware, there's places on this earth you need to go
In case you weren't aware, life is more than work and a computer…
To those spys sent by the government to track every second of my life,
Let me assure you - you haven't seen anything yet.
I know you think I'm just a distinctly average guy, little strife
In the gam…
I don’t know if you’ve heard, the drumming of the air
You may call it absurd, but I assure you that it’s there
That simple beat, that carries on the wind
Always to repeat, never to rescind
It’s the p…
Its an in joke that I’m not proud
That I’ve never been in with the in crowd
I’m a proud outsider
A socially awkward collider
Making social situations so difficult and strange
That there’s no on…
I wish that I could name countries, that I could read maps,
That I could write essays, as well as I can rap.
That I could go on field trips and get muddy, I guess I'm trying to infer,
My darkest desi…
If you love what you do, you'll never have to live a day in your life.
But if you do then what you love will cause you trouble and strife.
Because then you depend on it for survival, it becomes a cho…
When Mother Earth is getting you down, please don't mind her
This day will soon be through, and tomorrow will be kinder
I understand, dear sir, you've had a rough day
Work has been hard, nothing has…
We don't often acknowledge the existence of people we don't know
Those we don't find safe to talk to
But very occasionally, we give a brief gesture, mumble or glance in their direction
Signals which …
They say that beauty isn't only skin deep
That beneath the surface is what really counts
The bit still alive in the dark when we sleep
It's certainly important, by all accounts
But then why is prese…
I am but an idea,
But that's not much, I fear.
Sure, some ideas are really something to impress
And just happen to find the right cortex to address
Strike the person right down to the core
To be not …
Collecting phrases is a habit of mine, it's just something to do as time passes.
And I have to say I struggle to think of a phrase I find more fine than 'the chattering clas…
The odds may be a million to one, but that hasn't stopped me yet
For it's when you take your greatest risk that you feel most alive, when you place all your chips on one bet
See, I know I'm the etern…
A mission statement for this podcast, outlining my plan to record my poems over at harryisapoet.blogspot.com.
This episode contains an Ira Glass quote, which is shown with excellent typography at ht…