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If I Die by Colin Baker Inspired by a conversation one evening at bedtime between my 6 year old daughter and I. Suddenly, she ... [129 words]
A Fibber's Prayer by Colin Baker A short poem about making good some porkies. [291 words]
The Retrospective Chicken
Howling Dog by D G Williford What I hear tonight with senses heightened... [107 words]
Allusions And Musings by Gregory De Feo A collection of poems that mainly bypass consternation to express admiration, the Scrip... [1,223 words]
Pieces Of Time by M Q Walters Ramblings of a heart that cannot go back in time... [110 words]
Changing Of The Seasons by Dorothy Borden -This poem tell the story of growning up and old, and realizing that life has quickly p... [214 words]
Yours Personally by C M S Sharpe It's bout someone sitting down and taking the time out of their lives to make this most perfec... [307 words]
Your So Far Away by Danae Bonomini This 1 is about a guy I really like atm called bowen ;) his a good bloke... so I hope all youz... [117 words]
Your Local Sniper by John Roberts Freedom is often assumed but comes at a price that someone has to pay - someone just like you... [312 words]
You In My Life by Brittany Tellez Mostly about life and how its much easier when you have someone that you love. [72 words]
Years Of Love by John Roberts Another anniversary poem for you know who ! [100 words]
X-Ray My Heart by Dri - [150 words]
Without A Heart by C M S Sharpe It's kinda like 'well without this, then how could so-and-so happen?' lol jus read it. [50 words]
Why To Regret? by Dri - [216 words]
Why Should I Suffer? by Danae Bonomini - [107 words]
What Happened?? by Brittany Tellez As my life fell to pieces ....and all I could do was watch.please give it some reviews I love h... [83 words]
Waiting For Me by C M S Sharpe Thinking about what will happen in the future... What is in store? Something good? Something hor... [62 words]
Val by Carla Thomson - [85 words]
Unexcused Bane by Brien Larson About my parents. Again. [163 words]
Trucker Tony by John Roberts A short poem on the 'joys ? ' of being a trucker. Written with thoughts of my son Tony, who is an ... [249 words]
Tk by Carla Thomson - [204 words]
Three Little Important Words by John Roberts Short and succint ! [50 words]
This Weekend by Carla Thomson - [242 words]
There's Monsters In My Bedroom! by John Roberts A poem about the visions of childhood and how adults should not ignore their re... [181 words]
The Worst Day Ever by LoweE The worst day for a kid. [136 words]
The Wave by Danae Bonomini This poem is kinda weird..but I reeli lyk this 1!! only took me bout 5 minutes 2 write aswell :D so ye... [63 words]
The Mystery Of My Mind-Subtitle:The Things I've Tried by David Daniels I was just about to go to my son's baseball game when sud... [469 words]
The Break Up by Carla Thomson - [126 words]
The Best Of Me by Rae - [202 words]
Tears Without A Cause by C M S Sharpe Haven't you ever had those awkward moments with a loved one crying and you didn't know wh... [83 words]
Take Me Away by Brittany Tellez This is about a girl who feels like there is no reason for her to be alive...and that the only way... [106 words]
Summer Storm by Dorothy Borden - [98 words]
Soft by Rae - [115 words]
Sleeping Memories by Mary Tronti - [63 words]
Simply Love by John Roberts A love poem for my wife. [141 words]
Self Promotion by Richard L Minton This is a poem about someone who sees themself as what they are not, but claim to be. [39 words]
Ruby Drops by C M S Sharpe A regular everyday life of a slicer..... [90 words]
Reminder by Danae Bonomini - [100 words]
Reflections On Life by John Roberts A short poem, written late at night, reflecting on the life and thoughts of a mature person... [206 words]
Quinton by Carla Thomson - [194 words]
Pluck These Petals by C M S Sharpe Do you remember picking up a flower and picking its petals; saying "S/he loves me, s/he love... [52 words]
Planting A Weed by C M S Sharpe It's one of my many short poems... Talking about relationships. How you think they're gonna wor... [44 words]
Pink Roses In May by Mary Tronti - [108 words]
Pieces Of My Heart by M Q Walters Just a poem... pieces of my heart. [124 words]
Paperdoll by C M S Sharpe I don't really know how to describe...it.... Erm.. unless you guys can think of something...My ears a... [60 words]
Our First Kiss by John Roberts A poem of sweet memories. [66 words]
O Summer! How We Owe To You! by Sandeepan Sb Bose Angelwithfirewing It'a poem about the season SUMMER with a touich of romantic realization. [124 words]
Nature Of The Seasons by Carla Thomson - [62 words]
My Wonderful Gran-Son Arron by Amarjit Bhambra My first Gran-son....Ahhh. [23 words]
My Invisible Friend by John Roberts A poem about the perception of things from a childs viewpoint. [185 words]
My Gardener by M Q Walters - [51 words]
My Fairy Tale by C M S Sharpe Read and find out.. I don't really know how to describe it without spoiling it! [208 words]
My Death Letter by Bryan King After I died I still hated you, brother. [130 words]
My Apology by Robert Lil Rob Shemwell Since My father went to prison, I have acted out and took it out on my mom, this is my apology. [404 words]
Morning Dew Is Gone by Charles J Williams Think about it...reread it and think again...then look outside as the dew settles, open you... [32 words]
Moor Good Mornings by John Roberts Visual imagery of early morning on the moors. [142 words]
Moments Of Intimacy by Dri - [72 words]
Mitch Hodson by Danae Bonomini This is about ANOTHER guy...i rit it about a month or so ago tho so yeah...some bits of it I like ... [126 words]
Mental Torture by John Roberts A short humorous poem on the mental torture of modern life. [166 words]
Major Highs And Manic Lows by Ian Tronco - [95 words]
Magnetism by Buxton Not sure what this is about, just random poetry. [94 words]
Love's Vortex by John Roberts A poem for the special woman in my life. [141 words]
Love You More by Brittany Tellez The husband that gave me everything I wanted until he died. [109 words]
Life With No 'f' by C M S Sharpe Well let's see... Write out the word : LIFE Take the letter 'F' out and what do you get? [124 words]
Just Being A Woman by John Roberts A poem about the difficulties of being a woman? [98 words]
Just An Ordinary Day by Dri - [127 words]
July 27th by C M S Sharpe I typed up some stuff that I'd written recently... Enjoy or leave critism, I don't care. [413 words]
It's Lying There by Meria Osborn Everyone wants to be in love! [77 words]
It Takes Two by Dri - [163 words]
It Comes Out by Brittany Tellez Uh... I'm not really sure.its mostly about someone with nowhere to go. [24 words]
Impersonation by Aerial A Ace Ace I poem about a teenager who was cheated by her boyfriend. [82 words]
If You Like Me... by Thepratmeister A tone poem, thoughtfully composed by the Pratmeister in tranquil contemplation, whilst takin... [64 words]
If I Could... by Dri - [155 words]
I Still Love You So... by Dri A strange type of love, but it is still love, isn't it?:-) [193 words]
I Remember Eighteen by John Roberts A poem recalling the plans and pains of youth. [208 words]
I Remember Buddy Holly by John Roberts A poem of memories for the 'boomers' [308 words]
I Love The Way You Love Me by Dri - [127 words]
I Fight Life Tooth And Claw by Duke Sekhon - [147 words]
How, Why by Rebecca A Caine A poem about teenage angst and a girls troubles. [177 words]
How Do I Say It? by Carla Thomson - [133 words]
Hoping To Find Happiness Again by David Daniels Many years ago I was diagnosed with manic depression.These last couple of days I... [543 words]
Honesty Is Not The Best Policy by C M S Sharpe Regretting stupid things you say. [87 words]
Hometown Memories by Dri - [200 words]
His Last 3 Words by Brittany Tellez Its about me and my deciest husband and the three words he said the day that he died.please re... [172 words]
Her Soul Remains by C M S Sharpe Haven't you ever cared about a feminine a lot and suddenly they're gone? Death? Anything that ... [138 words]
He Loves Me,He Loves Me Not by Kasey Ann Miller Kinda like a girl gettin forced into things she doesnt wanna do by the one she love... [133 words]
Harbor Of Dreams by Dri - [77 words]
Gripping Grave by Buxton A dark, edge, of a poem...Welcome it, share it, fall in to a deep abyss and let it be your compa... [83 words]
Gettin Run By Racism by Bryan King The title speaks for it's self. [90 words]
Gettin Run By Racism Pt. 2 by Bryan King More... [95 words]
For My Mom by Bryan King - [59 words]
For Little Mary by Sharon Odonnell A poem. [167 words]
Fifty Comes Around by John Roberts For Jane on a momentous occasion. [144 words]
Exención De Amar by Davianna Morris Amor. [117 words]
Every Thing I Know by Nash Inspired by an old love letter read at the wrong time. [163 words]
Every Man by Tom Bomb - [63 words]
Ending Fear by Buxton A poem about feeling's that sometimes make us weak, and our ability to confront them through the po... [145 words]
Elusive Translucence by Tom Bomb - [87 words]
Elixer Of Life by Dorothy Borden - [103 words]
Dumped For The First Time by Carla Thomson - [134 words]
Drea by Carla Thomson - [209 words]
Diatribe Of An Emerging Scribe by John Roberts Ah - the joys and heartache of writing ! Where does it come from and why ? Ideas... [224 words]
Devoted Love by Dri - [155 words]
Day Of The Drunken One by David Daniels About 20 years ago I got engaged and my fiance and I threw ourselves a nice engagement p... [424 words]
Commuting Hell by John Roberts A poem in memory of many wasted mornings spent waiting for the train when I commuted to work in ... [211 words]
Comfort by Rae - [120 words]
Cheap And Nasty? by John Roberts A short poem with an ecological warning. [100 words]
Castle In The Air by Duke Sekhon - [143 words]
Carmen, Open That Door! by Sasu A discreet poem about..well Im not going to spoil it, but it's cool. [293 words]
Call Of The Guardian by Robert E Higgins Story of a firefighter's view of duty. Inspired by the writers experience on September 11t... [388 words]
Cabal Of Cowards by John Roberts London 7/7 - the cowards strike again ! Let's not glorify them with any name other than what t... [216 words]
Build Them Up by Ashley Burdett My thoughts on the reflections of a condemned man listening to someone build his gallows. [131 words]
Brown Eyed Girl by John Roberts A poem for the woman in my life. [251 words]
Boy Confusion by Cecelia Cooke It's about my life and how I deal with boys I guess. [178 words]
Black Boots by Desi Williams This is to my sis. [94 words]
Beacon by Kayla Meadows I've had five weeks of college experience with more time to write than I expected. Being here has inspir... [83 words]
Autumn Hearts Fall by C M S Sharpe Talking about having love for someone that treats you terribly. [111 words]
Aura by Men Walkalone The energy that connects us all. In us. Spread by us. [51 words]
As Far As I Go, For Now! by Tom Bomb A horror poem...kinda. [233 words]
Are You Finally Coming Home? by Ashley Ann Park THIS IS ABOUT MY BOYFRIEND.HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE ME AND MOVE TO GEORGIA.IT TORE U... [100 words]
Apparently, I've Gone Insane by David Daniels Just a pleasant little poem that came to me one night while listening to the radio... [296 words]
Anniversary For Maggie by John Roberts For Maggie - My Soul mate - My Best friend - My Lover - For the last 38 years - Ich Lieb... [89 words]
Angel Of The Morning by John Roberts A poem for a loved one. [122 words]
Africa - Where's The Gain ? by John Roberts A bit of a political rant - triggered by recent events and the coverage of Live 8 -... [174 words]
A Low Man by P J Llewellyn This poem illustrates the evils of 'The American Dream', inspired by my visit to New York where I tru... [120 words]
A Letter To My Father by Robert Lil Rob Shemwell I'm 15, my dad was just convicted of 2nd degree attempted murder on my mom, this is what ... [254 words]
A Few Words Away by C M S Sharpe It's about those moments in life where after you were with someone, you're thinking back and r... [88 words]

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TITLE (EDIT)
The Retrospective Chicken
DESCRIPTION
Introspective journey of a chicken.
[255 words]
AUTHOR
Colin Baker
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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[October 2014]
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
clnbkr@tiscali.co.uk
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (117)
25 Years On (Poetry) - [85 words]
2 Am (Poetry) - [115 words]
A Bus Commuter's Sonnet (Poetry) - [107 words]
A Choreographed Breakfast (Poetry) - [68 words]
A Dreamer's Song (Aka Wishful Thinking) (Poetry) - [85 words]
A Fibber's Prayer (Poetry) A short poem about making good some porkies. [291 words] [Humor]
A First Class Service (Poetry) - [15 words]
A Lost Generation ? (Poetry) - [52 words]
A Pious Gent (Poetry) - [11 words]
A Restraining Order For Jesus (Poetry) - [258 words]
A Smoker's Pledge Of Allegiance (Poetry) - [98 words]
A To Z Of Adolescence (Poetry) Ever been a parent ? Of three daughters ? [21 words]
A Visit To The Planetarium (Poetry) - [31 words]
Africans, Westerners And Intelligence. (Essays) A reply to Dr. James D. Watson's recent assertion that Africans are of inferior intelligence when compared to Westerners. [7,297 words]
An Apple A Day (Poetry) Fun poetry. [36 words]
Believe In Better (Short Stories) A philosophical alternative to the current mindset. [804 words]
Beneath Her Window (Poetry) - [34 words]
Benefit Cutting For Dummies (Non-Fiction) Benefit cutting is politically and ideologically motivated. [2,411 words]
Bill Gates Should Take A Tip From Karl And Fred (Essays) Bill Gates recently criticised capitalism. Hooray! one might be minded to cry out! But all is not as straight forward as it seems. [872 words] [Drama]
Bill The Bus Driver (Poetry) - [61 words]
Blackvein (Poetry) - [103 words]
Britain's Festival Of The Juggernaut. (Essays) Capitalist Britain and the Hindu tradition of Vishnu's incarnation have much in common. [1,277 words]
By Night When Others Soundly Slept (I'd Pinch Lots Of Stuff) (Poetry) - [114 words]
Christmas Conundrum (Poetry) Christmas can be a confusing time for some children. [197 words]
Coming To Terms (Poetry) Extolling the virtues of the human brain. [177 words]
Contradictory Deliverance (Poetry) - [37 words]
Cost-Effective Indifference (Poetry) - [29 words]
Cough & Drop (Poetry) - [114 words]
Debt (Poetry) Debt, Emily Dickinson style. [178 words]
' Doc ' (Poetry) A very brief reflection of the continued erosion of free health provision in contemporary Britain. [80 words]
Douglas R.I.P. (Poetry) - [270 words]
Ends And Means (Non-Fiction) The world we currently live in is a topsy turvy place. [215 words] [History]
Evening Class For A Grownup (Poetry) - [58 words]
Favour (Poetry) - [21 words]
Fruit And Vegetable Shortages (Non-Fiction) A spurious argument [269 words]
Get On Board, Iraqi Children (Poetry) Allah's train keeps a-comin' for thousands of Iraqi children. [181 words]
Good News Is No News (Short Stories) Good news isn't always what it seems. [470 words] [Literary Fiction]
Growing Up (2006) (Poetry) - [28 words]
Hey John! How Are Things My Friend? (Poetry) - [134 words]
Hit The Sack (Poetry) - [299 words]
If I Die (Poetry) Inspired by a conversation one evening at bedtime between my 6 year old daughter and I. Suddenly, she wanted to explore the concept of dying. [129 words]
Imperialism Dear Boy, Imperialism (Poetry) Limerick on the theme of the current Gulf conflict. [27 words]
In A Seaside Street (Poetry) - [167 words]
In The Top Right-Hand Corner (Poetry) - [21 words]
In The Union Of Myanmar (Poetry) - [38 words]
It's Like Hurricane Ike... (Poetry) - [112 words]
Kidney Stones (Poetry) - [13 words]
Killing At Camp - Justice? (Poetry) - [55 words]
Labour Pains (Poetry) - [93 words]
Last Wednesday: Peterchurch, Herefordshire. (Poetry) - [31 words]
Little Donkey - Revised (Poetry) A poem for christmas [16 words] [Humor]
Lovers Walking In A Lane In Summer (Poetry) - [126 words]
Margaret Thatcher's Funeral (Non-Fiction) - [270 words]
Meop Citsigoloen A (Poetry) - [28 words]
Milton! Art Thou Dying (Again)? (Poetry) Is Milton Friedman's free-market mantra now in tatters? [28 words]
Monday Morning (Poetry) - [59 words]
Moral Instruction (Poetry) - [107 words]
My Child X 3 (Poetry) - [23 words]
Newport - Stow Hill (Poetry) - [4 words]
Norman's Unemployment Policy - Britain, Summer 1981 (Poetry) - [158 words]
Oh Jesus! (Poetry) - [18 words]
Oh La La ! (Poetry) - [118 words]
On The Beach! (Poetry) - [48 words]
Over My Dead Body (Poetry) - [52 words]
Pardon Me But................... (Poetry) - [11 words]
Parliament? - It's History! (Essays) The role of Parliament as an institution here in the UK must now radically change. [1,398 words]
Partnership (Poetry) - [30 words]
Playing Pétanque (Poetry) - [141 words]
Pleasure Island (Poetry) - [114 words]
Poem Of The Cross (Poetry) - [32 words]
Poetry - No Doubt (Poetry) - [8 words]
Potential Human (Poetry) - [33 words]
Pregnancy And Politics (Non-Fiction) An argument against capitalism [1,096 words]
Prophecy (Poetry) - [28 words]
Psalm 17-30 (The Rush-Hour Psalm) (Poetry) - [261 words]
Psalm 23 (New Labour's Psalm) (Poetry) - [108 words]
Psalm 23 (The Mcjob Psalm) (Poetry) McJobs abound in capitalist society.... [122 words]
Rain Heading In From The West (Poetry) A poem written to mark the many innocent deaths brought about by Western political aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan. [243 words]
Raining Cats And Dogs (Poetry) Do you believe in metaphors coming true ? [187 words]
Reflections On God's Actions (Poetry) - [62 words]
Remembering (Poetry) - [144 words]
Saturday Night Dilemma (Poetry) Saturday nights out are not what they used to be. [92 words]
Saviour Self (Poetry) - [86 words]
School (Poetry) - [107 words]
Screwball Scramble (Essays) There is a good reason for the phenomenon of frenzied shopping in the Western world. [2,381 words]
September 03, 2007 (Poetry) To mark a particular President's recent visit to Iraq [18 words]
Social Inequality Is Not One-Sided (Non-Fiction) - [1,035 words]
Society, The Family And A Thatcher. (Essays) When UK conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher asserted in 1987 that 'there is no such thing as society', she overlooked all that it is to be human. [5,380 words]
Something For Nothing (Short Stories) The irony of political correctness [90 words]
Sometimes (Poetry) Sometimes, contemporary work roles seem to necessitate wishful thinking in a person. [69 words]
Spitting (At) Images (Poetry) - [28 words]
Take O Take Those Chips Away (Poetry) - [44 words]
Taking Leave (And All That) (Poetry) - [36 words]
The B B C (Poetry) - [12 words]
The Chair (Poetry) - [235 words]
The Chinese Medicine Shop (Poetry) - [43 words]
The Lords (Poetry) - [28 words]
The Poisonous Dart Frog, Politics And History (Essays) - [2,477 words]
The Religious Sum Of The Iraq War (Poetry) - [14 words]
The Sack Race (Poetry) A short poem, written to mark the occasion of my youngest daughter's recent triumphs in her school sack race. [207 words]
The State (Poetry) - [22 words]
The Sum Of Amon Goeth's Execution (Poetry) - [14 words]
The Valleys (Poetry) - [68 words]
The Western Alpha Bit (Poetry) Topic of Iraq [182 words]
Thoughts On The Evolutionary School Of Life (Poetry) - [177 words]
Thoughts On Youth Crime (Poetry) - [16 words]
Topsy Turvy (Poetry) - [33 words]
Up! (Poetry) - [64 words]
Up-Hill (Till M4 Junction 3, Then Head South) (Poetry) - [138 words]
We'd Sit And Sing Alway (Then Came A Barratt Team) (Poetry) Greenbelt, in certain parts of 21st century Britain, is a dwindling phenomenon. [71 words]
We'll Go No More A-Dogging (Poetry) - [70 words]
What Do We Want? Concrete Fairness! When Do We Want It? Now! (Essays) Live Aid and Live 8 failed because they made metaphysical appeals to fairness and justice. [4,232 words]
While God........... (Poetry) - [15 words]
Why And How We Spoke God Into Existence (Poetry) Have you ever wondered how God came to be? [234 words]
Why Bother At All? (Non-Fiction) Why bother struggling to save a decaying economic system like capitalism? [483 words]
Withdrawn Loners And Sparkling Drops (Non-Fiction) The recent shooting at Sandy Hook school in Connecticut USA is tragic beyond question, yet also revealing in some ways. [856 words] [Crime]
Yesterday (Poetry) (Inspired by one of Brittany's recent tree-climbing experiences, she being our youngest daughter) [177 words]
The Retrospective Chicken
Colin Baker



First head, then carcass follows, discarded in the garbage.
Soon the rats will come for me, thinks Chicken.
Merrily picking at my bones as they bleach
beneath this yellowing sun.


Chicken pauses, then she thinks;
I don't want to be like this.
So she begins a magical retrospective journey, dreaming back.


Thinking first of a time when her skin is crisp and golden.
A gloriously garnished bird, encircled by great clouds of white steam,
billowing from just cooked vegetables served up in elegant tureens.
Farmer, frantically criss-crossing knives, readying himself to carve.


Chicken pauses, then she thinks;
I don't want to be like this.
So she continues her magical retrospective journey, dreaming back.


Thinking next, of a time when she is a deep frozen bird,
in her very own ice kingdom. Beautifully plucked and trussed.
Sandwiched in space between waffles and oven chips.
Weighted down by many minted lamb chops.


Chicken pauses, then she thinks;
I don't want to be like this.
So she continues her magical retrospective journey, dreaming back.


Thinking next, of a time when she is so handsomely restrained
upon a stained and splintered chopping block.
Eyes, two black pools of fear as she spies the silver sunlight
zigzagging along the sharpness of the falling cleaver.


Chicken pauses, then she thinks;
I don't want to be like this.
So she continues her magical retrospective journey, dreaming back.


Thinking next, of a time when she is a free bird.
Her brothers and sisters all about her.
Feathers dancing gingerly to the wind's wishes.
Her days spent freely foraging the red earth .


Chicken pauses, then she thinks;
I do want to be like this.
So she halts her magical retrospective journey, dreaming no more.



 

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STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
August 2007
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