by David Walshe
Author’s Note: ‘Owd Mahs-siders’ is a list poem that uses actual nicknames of
members of a remote fishing community circa 1870.
Peter Dick’s Pee, Boss’s Jack,
Custard Peggy & Tummy Madcat.
Mailie’s Charlie, Smiler, Peggy’s Nick,
Owd Muff, Sweet & Baylam’s Dick.
Buskin, Pop, Owd Bet, Tummy Slender,
Rice Puddin, Music, Bluey & Bender.
Wild Bill, Miriam’s John, Pee Reet, Pigtamer,
Wirelegs, Will Tag, Chippy Bob & Sailmekker.
Donkey Jem, Owd Saut, Jakie Tite,
Sally Dobber, Stockins John & Jinny Site.
Rigby’s Ails’s John, Prickley,
Dick o’Sutton’s Will’s Bob
David Walshe from Southport, UK, is currently working on a small collection of poems inspired by his passion for local history. Previous work has been published by Black Bough Poetry, The Broken Spine, The Adriatic Mag and Victorian Dollhouse. On Twitter @DJWalshe.
