Is it a symptom of age,
That watching TV these days,
I spend all my time, in committing the crime
Of debating just what else they’ve been in
Watching House MD tonight, I’m being taunted by a gallery of faces I’ve seen in something else before.
(10.02.25)
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Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash
Leon, like, I literally love,
But loopy Linda what a laugh!
Lisa left her liturgy, whilst
Shameful Charlotte shifts her tongue.
Manipulating Minah makes her move
But fearful Freddie finds the answer.
Francesca chooses to chew things over
But artfully, Alex avoids attention.
As Alexander articulates
Leanne angrily argues back.
Jubilantly Jake announces, ‘I knew it!’
but Anna never knows it’s coming…
Will feuding faithfuls find the faithless
or treacherous traitors survive in triumph?
The opening admiration of Leon was uttered by one of the contestants on The Traitors last night (15.01.25). It’s alliteration immediately caught my attention, I knew it had to become a poem…
(16.01.25)
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Photo David Kratz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Today, all day,
I sat in a meeting
And found myself
Wondering
Wouldn’t it
be more fun
If someone was
A traitor…
From time to time
We’d break into
Subcommittees
And scheme
And then we’d draw
Our pens and cast
A suspect out
Before
The constitution
Affords the traitor
A chance to veto
Someone’s voice.
After a six hour meeting, it was good to come home and catch up with Traitors, a complete contrast!
(11.01.25)
Tricky decisions have to be made as
Round the round table divisions are played.
Against one another in plotting and scheming
In devious manoevers, of success they are dreaming.
Tripping each other with unfolding feelings
Of who they suspect of foul play in their dealings.
Respect has no place as they race to the gold,
So gather your wits or be left in the cold…
New Year, new series of Traitors, and once again we’re hooked.
(09.01.25)
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Photo by Tyler Quiring on Unsplash
Slouched on the sofa
Watching programmes on the box
With my other half
It’s the weekend. A night to relax.
(29.11.24)
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Photo by Michael DeMoya on Unsplash
This programme may contain…
…violence
…scenes of a sexual nature
…strong language from the start
…flashing lights, predictable plots, and wobbly sets
…nuts
…a former contestant from a singing competition
…actors you’ve seen in something else but you can’t remember what
…someone who appeared in Casualty once
…people whose diction is difficult to follow
…advert breaks at inappropriate moments
…a cliffhanger that makes you scream in frustration
…a moment that makes you shout, ‘Yes!’ in celebration
…a twist that you’ll share in the office tomorrow
…characters that become an inspiration
…a theme tune you’ll be singing for weeks
…revelations that will change a nation
…an institution the country will gather around
…tomorrow’s nostalgia today
Inspired by the warning at the beginnings of TV dramas and our personal Gogglebox conversation.
(27.08.24)
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Photo by Pawel Kadysz on Unsplash
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