Bridges and Chimneys
By mcmanaman
2014 poems.
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Giovanni's
I think that’s Giovanni outside. Texting. At a table by himself. He hoped locals would refer to this as ‘the piazza.’ There used to be a lady playing...
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I have fallen in love with someone beautiful
She is an illustrator of children's books obviously
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I love this storm
I love this storm It’s interfering with my TV aerial Wi-fi has a walking stick and needs help crossing the road Storm clouds sob and sob the sky is...
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Jed's in LA
"Stick it on the company credit card" Jed says, laughing. His cleaner is making him a sandwich while he’s on his lilo, Skyping. He’s talking to his...
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Kylie Internet Dating
In an interview recently Kylie Minogue said that although she would like to meet someone new she had ruled out internet dating. This is a poem about...
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Must kill President
I have never assassinated before never even killed a dog.
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Oceans and mountains and space
You and me sitting back to back reading each other's favourite books on a piece of land equidistant from my house to yours in the garden of a church...
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Our daughter the terrible painter
The trouble with dreams is one day you may realise you have no talent. And what then? Take our daughter the terrible painter with plans of art...
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Police Interceptors
This is what my life is now watching Police Interceptors on Channel 5 waiting for the voiceover to tell me the driver of the runaway Audi who took...
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Probably start a poetry night
It’s nights like this I think about Whitby. Whitstable
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The man who sells roses
The man who sells roses has never given his girlfriend a rose. The man who used to make up bed time stories to read his little girl at bedtime now...
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You don't buy furniture
You go from unfurnished house to unfurnished house rarely more than a year in each often not your fault but blame becomes less relevant with age. The...
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