Jack Baird : Writing

Play right

Play right

A Poem by Jack Baird


Is this what you think of me?You are taking libertiesI am what you cannot seePart of me is always freeAnd if you must show your handAt least try to un..
Hiraeth

Hiraeth

A Poem by Jack Baird


Somewhere I had lost our dreamIn looking for a lifeThe fruitless, solitary searchWas called off in the night.Somehow we had found a wayOf living witho..
Ant hill mountain

Ant hill mountain

A Poem by Jack Baird


Show me the problemI'll close my eyesSettled it sitsLike a bad dreamOut of proportion,Strangely arranged Niggling and grandLike a hill full of ants
Doubt

Doubt

A Story by Jack Baird


It was a slow day and the doctor had picked a fight with his priest.Father Jack had been staring meditatively at the sea, as was his habit,when a youn..
School of life

School of life

A Poem by Jack Baird


Me? He saysThe school of lifeI didn't get to graduateOr wear a black and flapping capeI bought myself a flatter capAnd found the way without a mapMy a..
Riverslide

Riverslide

A Poem by Jack Baird


No waves wash hereThe taps don't turnDrain pipes slope down The fish sing whale-songs
Green Balloon

Green Balloon

A Poem by Jack Baird


Student life
Kitchen people

Kitchen people

A Poem by Jack Baird


Who brought you?Those twoIn the kitchen? Me too!Come on throughThis room?Now we're talking Sounds good!Guests hurryWindsweptHere to wonderWhat's new?
The toad who stopped the rain

The toad who stopped the rain

A Story by Jack Baird


A fairy tale