‘POETRY FOR THOSE WHO HATE POETRY‘
‘COMMON AS MUCK: The Ramblings of a Northerner’ is a poetry collection of working-class rants, dark humour, satire, pub chat, and sometimes painfully honest reflections – written by a Leeds lad still searching for a decent chippy in London.
Blending social commentary with everyday graft, the poems dig into modern life: depression, meal deals, political chaos, digital doomscrolling, nights out gone wrong, and the tiny joys that keep us going, like spam butties.
“CHUFFING BRILLIANT” – My Nan
Track listing
COMMON AS MUCK/ BREADCRUMBS/ LOVE/ BLIGHTY/ FLYING THE FLAG/ BASTARD REVOLUTION/ A TO B/ WORK/ SAME/ NOTIFICATIONS/ M[AI] FRIEND/ CHAT WITH GP, T/ SAD OLD TOWN/ CHIP PAPER/ BESIDE THE SEASIDE/ SUN’S OUT GUN’S OUT/ HOLIBOBS/ NOTHING/ LOVE LETTER/ REPEAT/ A QUIET PLACE/ THE BEAUTIFUL GAME/ GAME’S GONE/ ANXIOUSLY AUTISTIC/ JUST ME AND MY GUN/ SOULLESS/ DARK CLOUDS/ BINGING/ ALONE/ DEVIL’S JUICE/ NINETY-NINE PROBLEMS/ SUICIDE FACTORY/ LONELY HEART/ ESCAPE/ LONGING/ ZEN/ THREE WISHES/ DREAD/ THE LONDON SOUND/ ANOTHER MONDAY MORNING/ COMMUTE/ LIFT CHAT/ OUT AND ABOUT/ PISSED UP/ THE MORNING AFTER/ POISONED FRUIT/ HAUNTED BY A GHOST/ DIGITAL LOVE/ DOOMSCROLLING DEVICE/ THIS IS THE LIFE/ THIS ISN’T THE LIFE/ BLUE MONDAY/ DRINK/ THE DAY ALCOHOL RUINED MY LIFE/ CANDY FLAVOURED PUFF/ NOT A QUITTER/ NARCISSISTS ARE TAKING CONTROL/ FASH HUN/ SHE SAYS/ WANNABE GANGSTERS/ SPAM/ HIPSTER CAFE/ CLUCKING KURSED/ BIRDS/ LIVE FOREVER/ ALL WOMEN ARE WITCHES/ HARD DRUGS AND SAFE SEX/ SCENESTERS/ TWENTY-NINE AGAIN/ MILES AWAY/ WATCHING PAINT DRY/ PARDON MY FRENCH/ TOOTING/ CANCEL CULTURE
+ 12 NORTHERN HAIKUS
WANNA CHAT ABOUT YORKSHIRE TEA? THEN LEAVE A MESSAGE AFTER THE TONE
THE RAMBLINGS OF A NORTHERNER 