People Pie

‘People Pie.’ These are poems about real people, with laughter, sadness and drama, and only the slightest amount of exaggeration! Meet the courteous bottom surgeon, the philosophical street cleaner, the fat clown in prison, the lord of disrepair, the girl of a thousand lives, Cedric with the wild whiskers, the Ukmuds and the Snoobs, the omphalaphobic, Mr Gadget, the man of few words, the dirty old man, the teenage flirt, the poser, and many many more. All real people. You might be in here too!

John Ling is a humanist, and a mediator, spends his life helping people to resolve conflicts. A former teacher of children with special needs, he is a great people watcher, fascinated by the idiosyncrasies of ordinary people. He tries hard to keep that anarchic sense of humour under control (but not always, thank goodness).