The poems in this section were written over a period of years. A few have been published or self-published elsewhere, for example Journeyman was published in 1995 in a short lived boxing fanzine called JABS & JOLTS. Dying For A Fag and The Song Of Mary Whitehouse (one of my finer efforts) were published in July 1994 anthology TAKE IT LIKE A MAN! The ITMA Book Of "Gay" Verse.
I've been called many things in my life but never politically correct, so if you are easily offended or outraged I suggest you look elsewhere for your iambic pentameters.
Alexander Baron,
September 13, 2000
A CALL FOR HUMANENESS
A FEW WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT...
A GOOD CATHOLIC
A KISS BEFORE DYING
A NATURAL HISTORY LESSON
A POSEUR LAMENTS
A PURPOSE STRONG AND BRIGHT (Anthology)
A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES
A QUESTION TO THE HOUSE
A SONG FOR SLIME
A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE
A WORD OF CAUTION
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
AFTER THE SECOND SNOW
ALL THE NASTIES
AN ANTIDOTE TO XENOPHOBIA
AN ODE TO NATURAL SELECTION (with introduction)
AN ODE TO THE GOVERNOR
AN OFFAL THOUGHT
AN ORIGINAL INSULT
ANARCHIST POEM
ANGEL LOST HER HALO
ANONYMOUS (1)
ANONYMOUS (2)
ANONYMOUS (3)
ANONYMOUS (4)
ANONYMOUS (5)
ANTHEM
ANTI-APARTHEID...APPEAL...
APHORISM (1)
APHORISM (2)
ATHEIST'S ANTHEM
AUTUMN EVENING
BASIL
BELT UP
BILLIONS FOR THE BANKERS
BIG MART (with introduction)
BIG SHOT
BIRD
BIRDS IN THE SNOW
BLACK SKY
BLUE MURDER
BONNIE AND CLYDE
BRITAIN'S POLICE: THE BEST MONEY CAN BUY
BRITISH CROWS
BUCKSHOT (with introduction)
BUTTERFLY
CAT!
CHESS LESSONS
CHILDHOOD'S END
CHIMERAS
CHRISTIAN LOGIC
CIDER IN WARMINSTER
CIRCLES
CITY KID
COMING OF AGE
CONTINUUM
CREEP
CYCLOPS
DAYS OF THE WEEK
DECEMBER DAYS
DEER ME
DELIBERATE STRANGER
DON'T CALL IT GAY (with introduction)
DON'T CALL IT LOVE (with introduction)
DR. MAGNUS PIKE TO THE LOVELY AIMEE McDONALD
DREAMS
DYING FOR A FAG
ECHOES OF SPAIN
EIGHTEEN
EMPTY ROOMS
ENCOUNTERS
EPITAPH FOR LORD LONGFORD
EPITHET AND LABEL
EUDEMONIST MAN
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
FADS
FAVOURITE COMEDIANS
FIVE ORIGINAL WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO POETRY TODAY
FLOG IT TO DEATH
FOR ALWAYS AND NEVER
FORCE (ULTIMATELY)
FOUR REASONS I WON'T DO ANOTHER LAP TONIGHT
FOX - THE SECOND PHASE
FOXY KNOXY
FREE THE KRAYS
FUCK OFF (with introduction)
FUTILITY
GHOUL
GIVE US A KISS (with introduction)
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
GOLDFISH
HAIKU (VARIOUS)
HARD TIMES TO COME
HENRY FJORD
HERE'S RAT POISON FOR YOU (with introduction)
HEROES!
HITLER'S BIG MISTAKE (with introduction)
I KILLED A QUEER
I SAW A SHOOTING STAR TONIGHT
I SLEEP ALONE
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE
IF A MAN BE MAD
In Praise Of AIDS: An Ode To HIV (with introduction)
IN SEARCH OF INSPIRATION
IN SEARCH OF RHYME
IN SNOWDONIA
INNER CITY
IT TURNS MY STOMACH (with introduction)
IT'S A DOG'S LIFE
JENNY LIVES WITH ERIC AND MARTIN
JET SLAG (with introduction)
JEWS MUST LIVE (WHY ANTI-SEMITISM?)
JOE MORLEY
JOIN A PRESSURE GROUP
JOIN THE NATIONAL FRONT
JOURNEYMAN
JUBILEE
KADDISH
KISS DADDY GOODNIGHT (with introduction)
LAMENT FOR THE DAMNED
LAND LOCKED
LEAVES
LESSONS
LESSONS OF THE SLATE MINE
LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE (with introduction)
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE GUV'NER!
LEVIATHAN'S FAREWELL
LINDA CARTY
LINES ON THE DEATH OF FARAH FAWCETT
LINES ON THE DEATH OF KRISTIAN DIGBY
LINES ON THE DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON
LINES ON THE DEATH OF MYRA HINDLEY
LONG WEEKEND
LOVE SONG (1)
LOVE SONG (2)
LOVER'S LAMENT
LUCRE LIES
(MAD AS A) MIDNIGHT FOX
MAGGIE'S FARM
MAID OF VALHALLA
MALCOLM
MANIC DEPRESSION
MARTIAN LANDSCAPE
MENACHEM BEGIN'S SONG
MICROCOSMS
MISALLIANCE
MOOD
MORBIDITY
MOTHER
MR BROOK, I PRESUME
MUM'S THE WORD
MURDER (FOR PLEASURE) INCORPORATED
MUSINGS IN THE REFERENCE LIBRARY
MYTHOLOGIES
NIHILISM AS AN ART FORM
NINETEEN
NO CHEMISTRY
NO THICKER THAN WATER
NO TEARS FOR A LOSER
NOBODY ELSE'S MAN
NURSE ENEMA (with introduction)
O LORD, MY VANITY, IT'S KILLING ME
OBSCENE LANGUAGE
OBSESSIONS
OBITUARY FOR GERRY GABLE
ODDS AGAINST (AMERICAN ROULETTE)
ODE (1)
ODE (2)
ODE FROM THE CHANGING ROOM SHOWER (with introduction)
ODE FROM THE FRIESIAN CHURN
ODE TO A CAT C SCREW
ODE TO A WANK (with introduction)
ODE TO AN ANAL ORIFICE (with introduction)
ODE TO AN OBSCENE TOME with introduction)
ODE TO ANILINGUS (with introduction)
ODE TO CANIS URBANIS with introduction)
ODE TO COLIN IRELAND (with introduction)
ODE TO CUNNINLINGUS (with introduction)
ODE TO DESPERATE DAN
ODE TO DIARRHOEA (with introduction)
ODE TO FELLATIO (with introduction)
ODE TO SWEET SONIA
ODE TO THE GREAT WHITE BIGOT
ODE: TO THE LOWEST FORM OF LIFE
ODE TO THE MOST EVIL JEW IN BRITAIN
ODE TO THE SKY
Ode To The SLIM Reaper (with introduction)
ODE TO THE SUN
ODE TO URALAGNIA (with introduction)
ODE TO WORMWOOD SCRUBS
OEDIPUS DIDICOI (with introduction)
OMERTA
ON ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM
ON BIGOTRY
ON BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER
ON CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND THE ULTRA-LEFT
ON HIS PASSING
ON MICHAEL HESELTINE AND WORKFARE
ON SOAP OPERAS
ON TAUTOLOGIES
ON TWO TYPES OF LICENCE
ONE GOOD TURN
ONE WAY FORWARD
ONLY MUGS
OUT
OWL
OYSTERS
PARAFFIN
PAST IMPERFECT
PATTERNS
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
PICTURES OF MARGATE
PIGEONS
POLICEMAN'S LOGIC
POLITE CONTEMPT
POSEURS
PRINCE OF DARKNESS
PRISONERS
PRIVILEGE
PROMISES
QUIET REASON
QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES?
R.I.P.
RALEIGH'S REVENGE
READ ALL ABAHT IT!
REQUIESCAT
RETICENCE
REVOLUTION
RIBBLEHEAD AND MORE
RIPPLES
RONDEL OF THE WRETCHED
ROOKERY
ROOT OF ALL...
ROSE
RUISLIP OWL
SATANIC CURSES
SCAB: DURCHCOMPONIERT AND OTTAVA RIMA
SCATALOGINODE: TO A FART
SCATALOGINODE: TO A STOOL (with introduction)
SCATOLIGICUS EROTICUM (Anthology)
SCIENCE VERSUS ART
SCHISM
SCUM
SEPTEMBER SONG (1)
SEPTEMBER SONG (2)
SESTINA
SEVEN WAYS TO EARN A LIFE SENTENCE
SHE NEARLY KILLED ME TOO
SHE THREW ME AWAY
SINC(HER)ITY
SITUATIONS VACANT - LOSERS
SLOW HORSES AND FAST WOMEN
SNOOKER BALLS
SNOWBALLS
SNOWFLAKES
SNUFFED!
SOLITUDE
SONG FOR A SOPHIST
SONG FOR BIN LADEN
SONG FOR SHARON
SONG OF BLUEBEARD
SONG OF CUCKMERE
SONG OF MUMIA
SONG OF POLANSKI
SONG OF THE GIRAFFE
SONG OF THE HAPPY HOMOPHOBE (with introduction)
SONG OF THE LEARNED ELDERS
SONG OF THE NECROPHILIAC
SONG OF THE TABLOID HACK
SONG OF THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER
SONG OF TRAFALGAR
SPIRALS
STANZAS ON ONE OF THE PITFALLS OF HOMOSEXUALITY (with introduction)
STONED
STOP HUNTING: FOR FOX SAKE
SURVIVORS
TABOO
TAKE IT LIKE A MAN (Anthology)
TAKE IT LIKE A MAN (Poem - with introduction)
TATTOO
TEMPORAL BLISS
THE AFRICAN
THE ALCHEMIST
THE AMBULANCE CHASER
THE ASIAN GROCER
THE BALLAD OF A WELL GREASED BUM (A MORAL TALE) (with introduction)
THE BALLAD OF BRIXTON GAOL
THE BALLAD OF JOHN REGINALD HALLIDAY CHRISTIE...
THE BEAST OF CRANLEY GARDENS
THE BLOOD COUNTESS
THE BRITISH AND THE ENGLISH
THE BUSMAN'S MENTALITY
THE CAMEL
THE CARROT AN' THE STICK
THE CINCINNATI KID
THE COME-ON
THE CRUEL MISTRESS
THE DATING AGENCY
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO SQUARES
THE EXILE
THE FEARFUL MASTER
THE FEMINIST
THE FIFTY STATES
THE GAMBLER
THE GAMBLER AND THE MARTINGALE
THE GOOD DIE YOUNG
THE GREAT DESTROYER
THE HUNTER AND THE BEAR (THE STORY OF A COMPROMISE)
THE HUSTLER
THE JUDGE
THE KREMLIN'S VIETNAM
THE LAST FAIRY TALE
THE LONDON DUNGEON
THE LONDON RAILWAY TERMINII
THE LONDON UNDERGROUND
THE LOST POEM
THE "LOVE" THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME (with introduction)
THE "LOVE" THAT HIDES ITS HEAD IN SHAME
THE LUCKY ONES
THE MASK
THE MORE THEY LEARN, THE LESS THEY KNOW
THE NEW REALISM
THE NOUVEAU RICHE
THE NUN
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
THE PAINFUL TRUTH
THE PERFECT CRIME
THE POPE ON MATERIALISM...
THE POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE (with introduction)
THE PRICE OF AN ORGASM
THE POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE
THE RAVEN
THE RIGHTEOUS ONE
THE SOMNAMBULISTS
THE SONG OF GEORGE MICHAEL
THE SONG OF MARY WHITEHOUSE
THE STRANGER IN THE MIRROR
THE STRANGEST HATRED
THE TATTOOED FACE
THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHAIRMAN AL
THE TWO NATIONS
THE WORD
THREE LITTLE WORDS
THIS AGE OF REASON
TIME TO PUT THE QUEERS BACK IN THE CLOSET
TO A FART
TO A STOOL (with introduction)
TOMORROW THE WORLD
TWO PHANTOMS
TWO POEMS FOR NIGEL BROOKS
TWO SOCIAL CREDITERS
WASTED YOUTH
WATCH THE BIRDIE
WATER BOATMEN
WAVES WITHIN
WE'RE COMING FOR YOUR TELECOM SHARES (Anthology)
WHAT IS A POEM?
WHAT'S IN A FACE?
WHERE THE HEART IS
WHERE TO NOW, SAINT BRENDAN?
WHO SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH?
WHY EVIL?
WHY THE ROMAN EMPIRE REALLY FELL
WINDOWS
WINTER WORDS
WHIP ME, HARVEY (with introduction)
WISHFUL THINKING
WOMAN OF SHADOWS
WORDS
WRONG SIDE OF THE RIVER (Anthology)
YANKEE GO HOME
YOU NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD
YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT (with introduction)