Available for freelance writing commissions on a variety of subjects including family history, nostalgic Belfast and its famous people, shops, shoppers & shopping (40 years in retailing), the golden age of Hollywood (including westerns) and humorous pieces on life's weird and wonderful. Op-eds, columns, non-fiction book reviews too.
joecushnan@aol.com & @JoeCushnan
I have a portfolio of features, reviews, poetry and short fiction published in all sorts of places - Belfast Telegraph, Tribune, Ireland's Own, Dalhousie Review, Fairlight Books, Reader's Digest, Reality, Lapwing Poetry, Ink, Sweat & Tears, Spillwords, Dear Reader, Amethyst Review, to name a selection. Oh, and the odd BBC radio contribution. I wrote a book on retailing, on dealing with job losses and a biography of film star Stephen Boyd.
This is a series of (hopefully) funny poems from hundreds I've written over the years (inspired by the likes of Spike Milligan and Roger McGough) to provoke a smile in these odd times.
DRUM BURST
He practised drums for hours,
Morning, noon and night,
Banging away at his drum kit
With all his blessed might.
No time for any breakfast,
No lunch, no dinner, no treats,
No time for tea or coffee,
Just boom-tish-boom-tish beats
But things eventually took a turn,
Just after a paradiddle,
Three days after this session began,
He was bursting for a piddle.
Text © Joe Cushnan 2020
Text © Joe Cushnan 2020
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