Poems by
Martin Doyle
Reflections
 

Reflections

Love

Memories

Breakfast

Reference Section

The Way It is


Mile End Purgatorio

Contact

Poems copyright
İMartin Doyle

Illustrations copyright

İStephen Hicks

Martin's CV

 

THE TRUTH

I was told
that the truth hurts.
It was true
and it hurt to know.

 

STICKERS

You toucha my car
I smasha your face.
That's a sticker
for the tough lads.
You toucha my car
I'm not unduly bothered.
That's mine.

 

IT WAS A HACKNEY MORNING

I saw a cat
dead in a gutter on its back,
and an up-ended chair
as I walked by.
I saw a busted street-light
twisted so it faced the sky.
Things are looking up I thought.

 

NEVER THIS TWAIN

Here's a riddle.
One man.
One woman.
No trouble.
The answer?
They've never met.


 

Illustration from book of poems by Martin Doyle