Category Archives: TONY’S POEMS

age of dissent

even the smallest body
laid waste in the smut of war
holds more dignity than you
you titans of craven hatred
titans of grubby fascism

may heavy the hereafter youth
their bones be a blight upon you
& yon god resolutely scorch you
all titans from the befouled earth
then itself from living memory

see the old men declaring war
when they ought to be busy dying
clearing way for the new

fear you the ghosts of our children
& all that they doth represent
may their legacy of bravery
smother all blood of titans
rot you in annals of time forgot

even the smallest body
laid waste in the glut of war
may their bones be a blight upon you
smother you blood of titans
rot you in bowels of time forgot

the strong shall be made weak
& the weak forever strong
clear way for the new

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2025

soldat (a final kiss)

you squeeze the hand of fate
knuckles white in the skull of night
time to choose between fight or kite
will we ever feel ready today

the price of going away
won’t be as high as if you stayed
how on god’s weaned earth has it come to this

another plated community
can you smell the sulphur in the air
mind the inevitable siren blare
more bodies filling moats of fear

the price of going away
won’t be as high as if you stayed
but first i must tell what you mean to me

let’s never forget, woman of my dreams
as i trace your shoulders, broad & free
would you flex those biceps, strong for me
then crushing thighs & disarming sighs

the price of going away
won’t be as high as if you stayed
i’ll miss you but we can no longer believe

the eastern border has disgorged
war, the insatiable hurricane
it swirls & pukes our discarded aims
bulimic in its vile intentions

the price of going away
won’t be as high as if you stayed
& fate always seems to begin like this

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2026

no happy ending club

i’m three blocks over on
the streets of dover beneath
that neon blight pile on
& i remember your teeth
being far too white on that night
in that light where you broke my heart

your nipple tassels
in my fuzzy navel
i’m turning into the
man i don’t want to
be but surly am

triple x never marked the
spot & why would it, i’m a fool
it’s a shame for me but the
fact is you never knew me, you’ll
agree, nor did you ever want to
& nor were you obliged

your nipple tassels
in my blue balls
i’m leaning into that
void more & more each
sexless day & year

why do you live on in my
mind, so long after the fact
you are the ghost in my
neurons & i want to hate you for that
with all the passion i no longer muster
& all the clucks i no longer fuster

your nipple tassels
in my lava flow
i’m turning into that
stone cold incel & i’m
afraid it’s all my fault

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2025

hennadii

a beatles crossing
ghost prints through chechelovka
now here you’re a tree
nourish me with your good cheer
i’ll never wish you weren’t here

your love never fades
nourish earth with your good cheer
we’ll never wish you weren’t here

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2026

indica flower

skitch the match
get inside the blow
& let her know

my pockets be funnels to other lands
as i deep reach to link with the hands
of the better man i wanna be
away from their cruel drudgery
light it up, boyo, light it all up

can you smell the comen rain
can you smell the cherry whip hair
them dreadlocks make above her face
she funky smell, she be moisten turf
tongue in, boyo, drink her up

she skunky munky with the badonk
she fill up my mouth & nostril bonk
she make me loven with dream hands
she taken me to the promise lands
hips quaken into her huffen man

hammer & tongs
get inside the muff
& let her buff

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2026