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Barking (poem first published in Krax 1999)
Today I heard someone Growling in the street. It was just the sort of thing A dog does through its teeth, Not a snarl around someone’s feet, But in...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 12
Chet April 10 Now on these days when it is getting warmer and the snow is mostly gone, the guys are playing softball on every opportunity they can. I...
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Rewind repeat
I don't like you this conversation, My mind flits away like a disturbed fruit fly, Then I miss your comment, Trouble returns, Rewind repeat.
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seagull memory
The wind picks up by Barbican, doglegs me through St Paul’s, past a nut-seller huddled by his stall on the bridge that will wobble no more whips foam...
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Pens
Silver Pen, click perfect. Parker a favourite but bloody expensive, ain't it? What're the chances that a ten pound pen is worth more in literature...
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A Tree Branch
Shake with life in the wild, within the breeze of a special invitation. Pause for a moment and listen to it swing ing high -- that birch limb...
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Owl and the Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussycat Went for a ride, on the number 9 Bus from Clovelly, They took for their lunch some honey nut crunch And a carton of milk...
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Rest Little One Rest
Little One, Rest A little candle just went out Rest little one, rest. Three short days Now forever young Rest little one, rest. I can’t supress my...
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Black
Cuts in the clouded sky reveal flashes blue, Like moth riddled bed sheets I see the world beyond, and it me. Am I looking out or they in? Such silken...
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…in 25 minutes (poem first published in Iota 54, Spring 2001)
It was the 25 minute cab ride into hell. The driver started with: You won’t remember me but I remember you well . And then proceeded to describe What...
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Class Based Analysis (poem first published in Iota 51, Autumn 2000)
His explanation was That when his neighbour came to the door The man attacked him with a phone. So he defended himself With a karate chop— That was...
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What You Will See
is Billy breaking out of his breeze block bunker With a bust of Bloodaxe. You’ll see the concrete Of his tenement crack to reveal corroded filigree...
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Late Blackberrying
Late for blackberries, missed it this year - let’s go up Wort Hill – ‘look-out point’ over Shropshire dips and ups, and on to Edgton – enjoy the air...
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Get In Its Way (Part 6)
Watchman woke him up at six in the morning, “There’s an urgent call. You’re expected at the reception in thirty minutes.” Nadal asked half asleep, “...
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Chet and the Prisoners - 11
Toyo 3 April Today is pay day and at 10.30 I received compensation for my labors. After lunch I listened to the news. As a replacement for Mr. Wada,...
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Environmental Interlude
Environmental Interlude We sought repose and found disarray along the trail, a litany of litter defacing the beauty, its refreshment awaiting those...
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Anxiety
I wish I could be something different; I wish that each time a situation arose that I didn't recognise my eyes didn't open as though surprise was my...
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