Friday, 12 February 2021

Dirty knees


Yesterday I announced the publication of my new poetry and short stories collection, Small Lights Burning. 

Below is a poem from the book to give you a taste of what to expect if you buy it. 

This is a poem called Dirty Knees.


Dirty knees and nettle stings 
Climbing trees and angel wings 
Trousers ripped and growing pains 
Seaside trips and daisy chains 

Listening to Slade with sherbet dips, 
lemonade, newspaper wrapped chips 
Mars bars and Pick 'n' Mix, 
Matchbox cars and Scalextric 

Lunchtime bells, cold outside loos 
Desktop ink wells, new school shoes 
Silly nicknames, monster munches 
Playground games and packed lunches 

Moon rockets, ice cream van 
Sand filled pockets, Action Man 
Top of the Pops and Airfix glue 
TV cops and Doctor Who 

Space hoppers, Meccano sets 
Teeny boppers, cuddly pets 
Marble scrambling, Noddy lamps 
Weebles wobble, swapping stamps 

Paraffin heater, skipping ropes 
Blue Peter, Kaleidoscopes 
Spirographs and Etch-A-Sketch 
Lots of fun with Armstrong (Stretch)

Muddy knees and foolish ways 
Buzzing bees and endless sunny days 
Fields of corn and buttercups 
Trousers torn but slowly growing up


Steve Wheeler © 12 February, 2021


In the UK Small Lights Burning is available here:

Amazon UK: Paperback £6.99 Kindle £1.99 


The book is also on sale at the following worldwide locations including:

Australia: Kindle A$3.99 Paperback A$21.76

Brazil: Kindle R$13.61

Canada: Paperback C$11.99 Kindle C$3.49

France: Kindle €2.69

Germany: Kindle €2.69

Italy: Kindle €2.69

India: Kindle ₹195

Japan: Paperback ¥1099  Kindle ¥277

Mexico: Kindle $52.60

Netherlands: Kindle €2.69

Singapore: Paperback S$13.45

Spain: Kindle €2.69

Turkey: Paperback TL68.10

USA: Paperback $9.99 Kindle $2.99

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