Our Poem of the Month for March 2021, selected by Anthology editors, Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally, from poems read at the March Open Mic.
A KICK TO THE HEAD
Avalanche
A kick to the head will do you in,
You may well be Rhonda Roussey
But none of that matters,
A vicious rumour will finish you off
And you may even be Oscar Wilde,
But truth will be a casualty in any case.
A trick question evaded can still do you harm,
See what happened to JC himself –
Someone you trusted will turn you in…
And a broken leg won’t help you dance,
Even Nureyev worked this one out
No winning that bum-kicking contest,
The father of the nation is no such thing
Look at how poor old Leonidas finished,
Metaphors make such poor policy.
Well, it’s all a numbers game, cups and shells,
Pick a card pick any card, it’s all snake-oil my friend –
And none of this matters,
You may well be Rhonda Roussey
But a kick to the head will do you in.