Contents
Nothing Else
A Simple Story of Accrington Stanley
Charlotte’s Dog
Round
Advice to Spiders
Granny Tom
Mothering
The Cobra’s Crimbo
Sadie Goes to Sea
March Dusk
Fishing Vessel
Sid the Rat
Dave Dirt’s Jacket Pocket
Get This Straight
Zoe’s Ear-rings
Mr Angelo
Drinking Song
Zoob
Fast Food
What Was It?
Mercy
Dave Dirt’s Christmas Presents
Irish Haiku
Acorn Haiku
The Head’s Hideout
The Singing Spud
Freeze
Let’s Hear it for the Limpet
The Site
Something He Left
Dave Dirt Was on the 259
Frosty Winds Made Moan
Strange Service
Objection
Horace
Afternoon of a Prawn
Mirror Poem
Finbar
Just Before Christmas
The Moody Messenger
City Rain
Snarl
Applause
Dialogue between My Cat Bridget and Me
The Magic Box