Henry Normal, co-writer of award-winning TV and film shows such as The Royle Family, The Mrs Merton Show, The Parole Officer, Coogan’s Run, Paul Calf, and producer of Gavin and Stacey, Moone Boy, Uncle and Alan Partridge, among many others, has written more brilliant poems exclusively for Northern Soul.
THOUGHTS ON TAKE OFF FROM MANCHESTER AIRPORT
Must we arrive at heaven’s door
Via the Wythenshawe streets
Some strange celestial package tour
All sucking boiled sweets.
A TRIBUTE TO L. S. LOWRY
The paintings of L.S. Lowry
could not be considered flowery
Although Salford city
is often quite pretty
more often than not it’s showery
ARTHUR C. CLARKE’S AMAZING WORLD OF MANCHESTER BUSES
I knew I was in trouble after
I got stuck in a queue behind Franz Kafka
He was becoming confused and depressed
Then it came as a shock to both of us
When Godot turned up on an 81 bus
Together with the crew of the Marie Celeste
GREAT BUS JOURNEYS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY – THE 79 TO CRUMPSALL
11.30 the last bus home
A mobile version of Dante’s Inferno
Sat aside some pissed up pubescent
About to drop his first bollock
Whose acne resembled an early Jackson Pollock
A cultured crowd as 3 or 4
Had had their heads sculptured by Henry Moore
THE CHANCES OF CATCHING A BUS TO CRUMPSALL ON A SUNDAY
You’ve more chance crossing the Atlantic on a busted lilo
or
Shaking hands with Venus de Milo
Henry Normal will be at The Lowry in Salford on January 25, 2020. For more information, click here.
