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Security Deposit: A Poetry Collection

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 Hello one and all - I've been writing a lot of poetry over the course of the last few months or so, and I'm pleased to say I'm finally ready to release it out into the world in the form of a collection. I've tried self-publishing things before to no success, so on this occasion, I'm taking matters into my own hands! If you'd be interested in reading this poetry collection, you can scan my QR code below and pay whatever you feel appropriate - anything to help a struggling artist! Leave your email address when paying so that I can send you the PDF as soon as possible. If the code doesn't work, you can find me on PayPal: @liamgovey1 Here's a sneak peak, via the title poem of the collection. There are 62 poems in the collection in total. Security Deposit Hear, hear, the cry comes from The TV, full volume As sociopath number One four seven says something Agreeable to the upper echelons Of this tight-knit Community that only Allows socialism when it suits. I ...
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Four Poems (Free, Painting Roundabouts, Smoke, Kamikaze Moth)

 I wanted to post some of the poems I performed at a recent Comedius event. I hope you enjoy them! The first poem, 'Free', is the result of a random word generator based experiment, and honestly I was delighted with how it turned out. 'Painting Roundabouts' is hopefully a self-explanatory middle finger to the so-called "patriots" who probably won't even know how to read a poem.  The third poem, 'Smoke' is written around a series of images, while the fourth poem 'Kamikaze Moth' is one I wrote ten years ago and recently rediscovered. Free As if to illustrate the point, The spokesman emphatically Gives clearance To another car petrol bombed, The eagle finally landed, As if that had never elapsed before. Peace storms in like a glacier, Parking on the double yellow lines, Perched on the ridge of the curb. Lend me your ears And I’ll twist your arm, Safe in the knowledge that I can Painting Roundabouts St George’s cross But not about The things th...
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