Bradford Middleton

Beast

featured in the poetry forum December 12, 2011 :: 0 comments

I am the beast in the bar
The beast who drinks anything and everything
The beast who sits devouring whatever it is that comes my way
The beast inside takes control the more I drink for
I am the beast in the bar
The beast who repels women with my je ne sais quoi
I am the beast who simply can’t say no to a drink or the chance to get high
The beast that drinks just to get drunk
I am the beast who prowls the bar looking for cast-off drink and cast-off women for
I am the beast

editors note:

Stimulation of this alcohol economy by wholesale consumption of the drops and the dregs is just, I don’t know what, “Beastly.” Drink with dignity! – mh

Untouched by Madness

featured in the poetry forum May 10, 2011 :: 0 comments

Driven to the edge of insanity
Twenty years is too long to be doing this shit
I’m at the brink cos of all the drink and drug
There’s no way back from here
Just darkness and madness

I pity those I’m leaving behind
Those untouched by madness must get awfully bored
Can you think of a more depressing life
Than one without the magical twins of drink and drug
Just lightness and mundanity

editors note:

Sanity is under-appreciated without madness to provide stark contrast. The mad provide a public service for the sane – should be funded by our governments. – mh

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A bit about Bradford: Bradford Middleton lives on England’s south-coast in the town of Brighton having been born in London during the long hot summer of 1971. He graduated university late and moved here not knowing anyone and with no money; in those first months and years he began writing stories and poems as there was nothing more to do as the bars were too expensive for his slim wallet. Since he began submitting to magazines in 2010 he has seen four chapbooks published by Crisis Chronicles Press, Holy & Intoxicated Press and Analog Submission Press whilst his poems have appeared in Chiron Review, Paper & Ink Zine, Section 8, Razur Cuts, Rolling Thunder, Alien Buddha, Evening Street Review, Bareback Lit, Glove, Horror Sleaze Trash, Mad Swirl journals and anthologies. Online he has poems featured at, amongst others, Grandma Moses ‘Poet to Notice’, Cajun Mutt ‘Poet of the Week’, Empty Mirror, Runcible Spoon, Rye Whiskey Review, Yellow Mama, Ppigpenn, Ramingo’s Porch, Beatnik Cowboy, Bareknuckle Poets, Heroin Love Songs, Midnight Lane Gallery, Work Lit Mag and Zygote in my Coffee. He occasionally tweets but not too often @BradfordMiddle5.