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Interlude

Remembering that street and the gown of rain Which varnished her feet Her cracked hands walking over my loneliness in to avenues of my yearning. I...

Bells and Other Sorrows, IX

The Will at war with itself.
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Bells and Other Sorrows, III

The second departure
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He's too clever by half

Mam has taken the kids on holiday with the polls win - but what will Dad do with the rest?

Marketing Poetry

Mark and Dave get creative in their strategy - but will it work?

Bells and Other Sorrows, V

Connection is a cosmic cord

Beyond the picture frame.

Deranged glances, in the eyes of estranged parents, mock a breaking man from behind glass.

Refuge

Acrobats seek shelter.

Haar

The tarmac speeds past my window I feel alone, detached, the heavy darkness edges in, like the haar coming from the sea my mind cannot see through it...
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The Vigil

A little vampire story of a different kind!
Cherry

What's Urdu for diarrhoea?

A holiday to Pakistan six years ago
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Damage

Damage needs gentle handling; drop them and they'll splatter, not bounce but don't overlook the shelf; there are good things to be found among the...
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Zap - YOU CAN DO MAGIC

Poem!
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EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE

(There are no breaths in this poem, it is food-based!)
Cherry

VICIOUS CHOCOLATE LOVER

Poem (probably a bit of a silly one)!
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A FRIEND OF THE EARTH

Light-hearted poem.

to the beach

I stalked out to the beach, Slow-legged, weighted Equally with bucket and spade, And feeling sand trickle Into all the nooks of my sandals. I had a...

spilt milk

They are the torn edges Of a puddle of smashed glass, Bright in the morning sun. There is watery milk. It looks cold, but I don't touch it, Seeping...

overleaf

This is a poem that I submitted to the Rialto's young writers competition, and it was published sometime in 2003/4, I can't remember exactly which issue.

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