How He Didn’t Tell Her…

Hello Poetry Lovers

Well, it’s official. I’m going to marry Michael Rosen! It’s so secret even he doesn’t know about it yet! (How he’ll laugh!).

Mr Rosen captured my heart at Morecambe Poetry Festival recently, such a wonderful and intelligent man.

The following piece is quite old now but it is one of my favourites of his. It simply reflects the awfulness of people. How many people here have waited for that phone to ring?! And have known doomed romances?!

Come on, hands up! Yes, nearly all of you! Well, you will love this poignant piece. Read on

How He Didn’t Tell Her That He Was Seeing Someone Else

she rings and says: hi it’s me, you didn’t ring

no

so I’m ringing

right

Is there anywhere you wanted to go, tonight?

no not really

is that why you didn’t ring?

sort of

you mean you didn’t want to ring?

I wasn’t going to say that

you didn’t want to ring though, did you?

I dunno

so what am I supposed to do? hang around waiting for a call

I didn’t say that

what are you saying?

nothing much

is anything wrong?

no no no

I’ll ring you when you’re in a better mood.

right

shall I?

sure

don’t sound so pleased about it

right

bye ter-rah

M Rosen

Isn’t it a painfully relevant piece?! I hope she packed him in first!

I’d welcome any favourite Michael Rosen poems. Answers on a postcard please…..

Thanks for tuning in, PL’s. We’ll be back with more poetry action real soon….