NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2026
Theme – Wonder
NOT MANY BARBERS
I wonder where we all would be
if everything was left up to me
you see life is not as simple as you think
there's always someone better
or worse off than me
I've got a tin roof over my head
and it goes at seventy miles per hour
on a good day with the wind behind me
but watch out for roadworks
Traffic jams and congestion charging
can ruin your day if you let them
not to mention numberplate cloning
driverless cars mobile phones delivery drones et al
I can't get a word in edgeways sometimes
but it don't matter much these days because
not many barbers or fishmongers agree with me
there's definitely more questions than answers
More religions more denominations than ever
fair-weather friends beware things are changing fast
there's always someone better or worse off than you
power to the people if only democracy was that good
Who knows the end from the beginning God does
and who else knew that I was born in the barber shop
on Royal Oak Road all those years ago I wonder
or that my great grandmother was a fishmongers clerk
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