Twinkles In Nightspot lights

For unsound bones.
(Mirrorball, swing-dancing,

tall, brimming glasses.)
Be the chitchat.
“Voguish Solutions” ™ introduce

Plaster casts moulded from reprocessed
vodka bottles,
Crunched to harmlessness.
(Good cheer smiles.)
Issued with protective lining
Effortless to apply,
Dries in a flash.

Copyright © 2017 By Christopher Barnes

Whisk Away Your Purchases…

In a “Mother Sweet”™ basket
Tastily woven from sugar cane fibres.
(Pyramid of meringues.)
Cherry-pick a hood,
Butterscotch or marzipan.
(Steaming Toffee Pudding.)
For gateau and roly-poly nibblers
Who unmistakably crave it all.

Copyright © 2017 By Christopher Barnes

In 1998 I won a Northern Arts writers award. In July 200 I read at Waterstones bookshop to promote the anthology 'Titles Are Bitches'. Christmas 2001 I debuted at Newcastle's famous Morden Tower doing a reading of my poems. Each year I read for Proudwords
lesbian and gay writing festival and I partook in workshops. 2005 saw the publication of my collection. LOVEBITES published by Chanticleer Press, 6/1 Jamaica Mews,
Edinburgh.