{"id":535,"date":"2020-02-24T13:44:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/?page_id=535"},"modified":"2025-11-18T17:42:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:42:25","slug":"poems-and-antipoems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/?page_id=535","title":{"rendered":"Poems (and antipoems)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As well as songs, Majk writes poems (and occasionally antipoems).<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

His first book of poetry, “Potatoes and Broken\u00a0 Hearts”, is available from Typewronger Books<\/a>\u00a0 in Edinburgh, and his second, “Distracted by Caterpillars” is on sale at Words and Actions for Peace<\/a>. You can also order a copy\u00a0of either or both of them through this website. Here are a few poems to give you a taster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rise<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
You have the right
To let your light
Shine as brightly as you can:
Respect  yourself
And everyone else
And help your fellow man (and woman)
Do what  love would do
If it were you
To the best of your ability
Don't hesitate-
Let  yourself be great!
And show your true nobility
The job that you
Are here to do
Is be the best that you can be
And that best is good!
If only you  could
See the you that I can see
So let go of the worry
And stop saying  sorry
And fulfil your true potential
There's no sense waiting
Being  self-deprecating
And endlessly deferential
It's not too late-
Rise! Be  great!
Let us see your inner beauty
So seize the day
Let it not slip  away-
It's more than your right, it's your duty.<\/em>
Your acting  small
Serves no-one at all
Come on, embrace your power:
If you can't be great
For your own fine sake,
Then, dammit, be great for ours! <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Meditations on Riding a Merry-go-round in a Children’s Play Park<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
This is getting me nowhere!
I'm going round and round in circles
It's all torque and no action <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Swearing at Computers,<\/span> or,  Why My Music Career Hasn’t Really Taken Off Yet<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In the digital revolution\nThat we call the modern age\nIt's all about information\nYou need to have your own web page\nYou've got to be up to the minute\nAnd deal with social media\nAnd so, I'm trying to find myself-\nOn Google and Wikipedia\nI'd update my Facebook profile\nAnd say something wise on WhatsApp\nI'd pin a photo up on Instagram\nAnd all that sort of crap\nI'd tweet something witty on Twitter\nBut the distractions have been rife-\nBecause generally I'm too busy\nTrying to deal\nWith real\nLife <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
And an example of an antipoem:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Gravity is not a matter of opinion,<\/span> or, What, you want me to apologise for being right<\/span>?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
You are entitled
To your views and opinions
On this matter;
They're just demonstrably wrong<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As well as songs, Majk writes poems (and occasionally antipoems). His first book of poetry, “Potatoes and Broken\u00a0 Hearts”, is available from Typewronger Books\u00a0 in Edinburgh, and his second, “Distracted by Caterpillars” is on sale at Words and Actions for Peace. You can also order a copy\u00a0of either or both of them through this website. … <\/p>\n
Continue reading “Poems (and antipoems)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-535","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6076,"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\/revisions\/6076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}