The chains that link
these words and rhymes
are chains that can resist
the lure of easy offerings
of verses that persist.
You who reads,
and reads once more,
the maladies that transpire
from a poet who meanders
between egos
and midnight choirs.
Pete
Chains
Chains
1974: Brighton Dome 1976: Birmingham Town Hall 1993: London RAH 2008: Manchester Opera House, London O2, Matlock Bandstand, Birmingham NEC 2009: Liverpool Echo Arena 2013 Birmingham