Bill Loveridge

A man wearing a long red wig poses with a guitar in front of a stained glass window

Hi, I am Bill – I am a part of the poetry group, people listen to me and it makes me feel important.

I like to write funny poems, they are a part of me and it makes me laugh. I also like to write about serious things that bring back memories and I write about difficult things that I experience.

The poetry group are a great team of ‘poet-teers’ we work together really well and support each other and our writing.
See below for some of my favourite poems that I have written.

I wrote this poem about the massive mirror ball outside ‘We The Curious’ in Bristol. I saw my reflection in it and I fell in love with it. The poem is about me being strong in who I am and being anything I want to be.

Mirror ball 
 
Stand by ball of mirrors 
Not a rugby ball 
Not a football 
It mirrors me 
Long distance loves me 
Reflecting not an actor 
Not a body builder 
Not a prime minister 
Surface reflects 
Where I am 
Just me 
Born with a purpose 



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This poem is about my experience of epilepsy, I have had it all my life.




Epilepsy by Bill Loveridge 

It comes out of nowhere 
Waits in dark places 
It wipes my memory 
The world goes blank 
 
Don’t know who or what I am 
 
Waits in the dark places  
It comes out of nowhere 
The world goes blank 
 
What’s happening to me? 
 
They shine lights in my eyes 
It’s always a surprise to me 
The nurse says, ‘Oh you’ve had another one and’ 
Red all around, dry mouth 
 
How many minutes are lost 5 or 10 
It happens again 
 
It comes out of nowhere 
I’m at a party 
Having a laugh 
The world goes blank 
I don’t know what I’ve done 
They shine in my eyes 
It’s wiped my memory 
Waits in dark places 
Comes out of nowhere 


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This poem is important to me, it’s about my dad who is no longer here. I think about him all the time and the fun we had.



Me and Dad 
 
You say ‘your team lost. Boo.’ 
 
I say ‘no they haven’t – hooray’ 
 
We laughed. 
 
I say ‘What would you like sir?’ 
 
You say ‘full English please’ 
 
I say ‘it’s Wednesday’ 
 
You say ‘Time for a pint’ 
 
You say ‘never mix your drinks’ 
 
And I listened 
 
You say ‘when I was young’ 
 
I listened 
 
You say ‘when I met your mum’ 
 
And I listened. 
 
You were one in a million to me. 
 
And I listened. 


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Flight  is about me being brave, I wrote about birds being brave and imagined I could fly – it would be great if I could. Sometimes I dream that I am Superman 🙂
Flying is always on my mind 

Be brave 

  I’m doing a nosedive! 
Whoooooosh  
Through the air like jelly blancmange  
 
Birds watching with a fright 
With delight when  job’s done 
 
So be brave bird 
Whoooooosh is natural to me 
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