Tuesday Poem – Two Poems by Rob Lamb

1. My Music Teacher – 1973

My music teacher is
Jack Body. He’s asked us
all – one by one – to come
up the front and press
our fingers to the ivories.
The boring kids are hesitant,
The bad kids saunter and squint,
The sporty kids are all embarrassment.
I cover 6 notes
two chords
Major and Minor
Black and white.
Press lightly.
Jack looks up quick, walks forward,
says
‘what did you just do?’

2. I was a middle aged Zombie

I was a middle aged zombie a while back
carried my crutches all day on my back
with my white contact lenses
and golden syrup blood
talking movies with the other zombie’s
braking for lunch
The Heroine and her Shining axe
that matches Jack’s axe
chopping down doors
with Kubricks love -
I was a middle aged zombie
it was awesome fun
I’ve never worked so hard for love
I got to lie
on a pile
of dead zombies
my leg left leaning against the bus
while the Heroine stood above me
with her Shining axe -
the golden syrup blood encrusting
my crutch
I’ve never worked so hard for love
I was a middle aged zombie and I’d do again
in a minute although I’d take a spare pair
of trousers cos golden syrup drying in one’s
pants isnt the most pleasant
feeling – but i did it for the love
of movies we all love -
like a Clockwork robot
named Hal and Barry Lyndon’s
gloves
I do it again in a minute
I’d do it for the love
of the movies
we all love.

Since I had a marvelous response last week, here is another poem by Rob Lamb of The GumTree Press. More Rob! If you haven’t done so, please check out his beautiful publications! You can also view some letterpres poetry by Jenny Powell at the press’  facebook page.

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