Welcome to my poetry showcase. This is where I display the dozen or so poems that I am currently keen to share with the rest of the world. Of course, nothing stays the same, and my reaction to any particular poem will veer from wonder to despair, often depending on the weather. So the choice of poems will change from time to time. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my current selection.
- Coots (July 2006)
» Look at you, sloven shortwings, your nests - Gossip (December 2007)
» I heard your news. A quarrel of tits - Hangman (February 2001)
» I'm hunting you down - drafting a list - Judgement (May 2001)
» This was not the way for a man to die, - Take this Man (January 2007)
» I married you on a couch in Clerkenwell, - The Case of the Man Who was Dead (April 2009)
» 'Come,' she says. 'I'll show you - The Lammas sun has gone (September 2007)
» Beyond the glassed face, fish - To Posterity (February 2010)
» I am not your friend.
Copyright notice
Please be aware that all the poems on The Rikverse Website are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License, unless otherwise stated. In essence, this means that you are allowed to copy, distribute, display, and perform these poems; however you must give the original author (that's me, Rik Roots) credit, you may not use this work for commercial purposes, and you may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.