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Bass Rock
Forth in the Firth As a rotten tooth Tormented in the storm: Remembrance of its tears within Soaring beyond ornithology. Walled prison silent in foam Sneering at solidarity of prisoners,
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Isle of May
Beneath the brightness of the Stevensons’ burning, Cormorants come to light on the igneous rock. Skuas dive by nesting razorbeaks, Puffin eggs tumble from the cleft cliff.
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Lighthouse
Warning to the way of seafarers Not to tread in the style of the rocks, Wisdom shining from its headland To light the path of the righteous, The ungodly, the stained and the callous
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The Strangers on the Trains ( Part 5)
Emily meets her "Leg Man" and gets quite a suprise.
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A Trilogy of Connected Poems Part Three The Sad Tale of Ruskin, Whistler and Millais!
If I had the skill the world's my lobster!
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A Trilogy of Connected Poems Part Two Art
No, not quite. There's still one more
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A Trilogy of connectected poems - Mozart Millais and Me! Part One Music
That Salieri was always a sly old dog!
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Trash Day
Trash Talking...breaking down an American phenomenon...(approx. 1900 words)
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Secret paths
I draw the paths of childhood.
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Mother Tree
Standing beside the tall sycamore tree, I am reminded of when I was three and standing by my mother’s tree trunk legs gazing up at her face high overhead;
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Poplars (Erotic Nature Poem)
Rain droplets drip on poplars as their green fingers grip the sky. Reflected, they are fingers probing deep between the rivers thighs.
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A dedication to my brother (read out at his funeral)
We’re here to respect David…. we’re here to say goodbye We’re here to celebrate his life…. we’re here to have a cry!
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Seventeen - Chapter Three
Chapter Three
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Seventeen - Chapter Two
Chapter 2
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Maria
Maria She was born in a Mexican prison Nestled at the breast, her mother cursing cockroaches in the dark. She was taken and raised by the nuns in the convent courtyard she closed her eyes,
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dessy dense star
other side of the coin, or something.
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Canal side conversation
You coot carrier, fish keeper, bike sinker reflection tricker, you're a circus mirror a loose corrugation, tongue of water, punctuated by swans' necks; question marks, floating
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Battle Mood
A thief's intensity, scattered yet sharp Barbs that wound an unkempt heart Fettered with kisses and missing 'phonecalls With rum we toast a lover's pall How long the jerk was anticipated
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