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I am five-sixths in the way of forgetting

I am five-sixths in the way of forgetting Still maybe I hunger after the thuds The rhyme has gone but I'm not sorry Still the night is damp in my...

Prayer the Bront?s' Father Taught Us

Our Father Who art in Haworth Sallowed by thy fame Thy natty neck-dress Thy Will be Weightman Unearthed by a covert heathen

X: Rhombus Confesses

Not new - just re-sorting

M: Rhombus Learns

Not new - just re-sorting

Bamboo Days

Bamboo days Languid Sunday in a bamboo-blind room Where we lay for the day with two bottles of wine, Engrossed in the week laid out to be read And...
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First Born

parents and children
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The Grip

a poem for the men and women behind the scenes

Short cut

ghostly goings on

The Whale

About a whale which is lost
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Nets

v2 The nets... I lost a leg when I was only three weeks old. Mum said it would grow back when I got older. I'm older now and there is still a big...

The Life!!

The Life as a Folks Nation Soldier

Unfaithful

On spiked feet I danced Incentive born into the fiery pit The ghosts of the evening Laughing in my face The stars in the ceiling Dripped pleasure...

Missed Chances

When I think of all the missed chances- The challenging, ambiguous glances- I feel a great sense of loss. My mind aches and my memory crawls Along...

Missed Chances

When I think of all the missed chances- The challenging, ambiguous glances- I feel a great sense of loss. My mind aches and my memory crawls Along...

Her Majesty Regrets

A Young Diplomat's contribution to the Peace Process
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On Cloud Nine

When in heaven, do as angels do.

Between two palms

Bessie's beating breast She cleans day to day hour after hour what for? Mother is no more. Hosing her life away the garage is shut Bessie's life on...
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Kindertrain

Kindertrain In obedience I left not panic or fear of war, though fear there was in plenty. I was pushed leaving shadowy memories of tears and shapes...

Drinking Depression of the Day

Drinking depression of the day Carefully scale up and down this destruction that you create lifelong agony I am crowned. To look upon the cradled...

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