In this new world
Which is quite strange
You’ll need to adjust
And rearrange
The way you thought
Or what you knew
It’s no longer clear
Just what is true
There seems to be
An agenda at play
Rolling out
More day by day
What came before
Now feels long past
What was once normal
Is changing fast
Rhyme and Reason
(c) K Wicks
I have always been interested in viruses and before all this happened I had speculated on what might occur if we were to discover a strange new organism… Just didn’t realise within a couple of years we would find ourselves involved in something similar!
“A discovery in the Siberian tundra turns the entire world upside down, rewriting history and setting seemingly unstoppable forces in motion. In a race against time in a quickly changing world, they must learn to adapt to survive. Will people accept their fate or fight to save an existence that was always meant to end? Can humanity survive?”
And not benign
What is unfolding
Is by design
In no way subtle
In fact hell bent
With obvious tones
Of malicious intent
For your safety
Was a clever way
To get all the folk
To do as they say
But with our eyes
In reality
What’s being said
Is not what we see
So shut away
We must now wait
For them to decide
And roll out our fate
Rhyme and Reason
(c) K Wicks
Every day
They change the game
Moving the goalposts
Never the same
It’s really hard
To comprehend
Where this is going
And if it will end
What they have changed
Is the playing field
Pushing the people
Until they yield
With veiled bribes
Laced with threat
It does now seem
That this has been set
In motion and can’t be
Thwarted or slowed
We look like we’re headed
Down the long old road
To disaster
Rhyme and Reason
(c) K Wicks
Volume 1 – Rhyme and Reason (published 2018) – available, volume 2 coming soon
Under the Apple Tree and other dark short stories.
I have been very lucky to get some awesome reviews for my first book of short stories, so thought I would share a few with you. They can also be found on Amazon with the book (link at bottom of post) and of course just in case anyone is looking for a creepy read to fill the time 😉
Reviewer 1 – Six creepy stories that are guaranteed to lodge themselves firmly under the skin. Each story invites the reader into a world where you are certain that from the very first word, things are not going to end with a cheery musical number. They are ‘dark’ stories for a reason. A quick read for those looking for a chilling end to the evening, each tale comes with its own twist. Personal favourites include ‘Doctors Visit’ and ‘Clocking Off’.
Reviewer 2 – Thoroughly enjoyed these short stories reminiscent of Roald Dahl’s ‘Tales of the unexpected’. Particular praise for ‘Clocking Off’
Reviewer 3 – All the stories here have their own flavour. Another review mentioned Tales of the Unexpected and I’d say that’s on the money. Imaginative, well-written, I’m looking forward to more from this author.
Reviewer 4 – Although the stories are set in present day, the author’s writing style is reminiscent of classic horror like Stevenson or Shelley, which can feel odd at times but carries the stories well. And, similarly to the classics, there’s not a lot of gore or curse words, which makes this collection enjoyable for fans of all ages. In a way, Under the Apple Tree: And other dark short stories remind me of scary stories you tell around the campfire or are passed around during sleepover parties, and like those stories these tales stay with you for a long time.
The full review for No.4 is much longer and covers each story separately, but this last paragraph made me smile very much.
I can only hope that people get as much enjoyment from reading my stories as I did all those years ago reading every one else’s.
It’s strange but all
I can presume
Is that the masses
Accept this doom
That has been set
Through clever disguise
With stats and figures
And twisted through lies
There won’t be what
We had before
We don’t even know
What is in store
The ones who think
It’ll be just fine
Seem not to know
This is by design
All I can hope
That this coming year
Will be less fraught
With gloom and fear
Rhyme and Reason
(c) K Wicks
Volume 1 published 2018 – volume 2 coming soon.
The question asked
Was how can we
Make the sheeple
Really see
What is there
Before our eyes
A dastardly plot
So riddled with lies
All the sensible
Logical folk
Are seen as mad
A bit of a joke
Strange to think
That people find
It odd to query
Or use your mind
Because it’s safer
For the blind to keep
Their self-denial
And stay asleep
It becomes more obvious
Quite plain to see
We’re not in the same
Reality
But were we ever?
Rhyme and Reason
(c) K Wicks
My first book of Rhyme and Reason poetry published in 2018. Volume 2 is on it’s way, 2020 has been motivational for trying to make sense of the world even more than before!
I give some thought
To where this goes
There are theories
But nobody knows
For sure what’s really
Going to unfold
Just sit tight
And do as your told
Is what they say
But it makes no sense
Treating us all
Like we must be dense
Lies and deceit
Right from the start
Each person picked
To play their part
In taking that
Which we hold dear
And replacing normality
With a landscape of fear
Rhyme and Reason
(c) K Wicks
It’s taken a turn
And not for good
Who could foresee
This year we would
See our futures
And lives destroyed
With not a thought
Thrown into the void
Not one in which
There is an end
Or one from which
You can defend
What once we knew
Has really changed
Before our eyes
They rearranged
Our thoughts and lives
Nobody can know
What next will come
In this live shitshow
Rhyme and Reason
(c) K Wicks
We’re told to try
And do what we can
But the shit has really
Hit the fan
We’re in this together
A big fat lie
They swan around
And still deny
They haven’t got
A fucking clue
Of what is truth
Or what to do
The wildest claims
But no evidence
Shall have the direst
Consequence
A fallen nation
With no foe to see
Instead ground down
By tyranny
Rhyme and Reason
(c) K Wicks
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