Mixed bag
By Luly Whisper
Poems and verses on various subjects
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Untitled
This mansion has many rooms. Sunlit salons with faded wallpaper. Antique rings that plink against green glass spikes. Ponderous chests of linens and lavender.
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A Living Room
The room where sunlight streamed and made me squint In 'Fifty-Four - the curtains not yet up - Grey Marley tiles, and fireplace mottled brown, Chairs, sideboard, table - all Utility -
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Coloured glass
(To be performed in a North Country accent) Coloured glass, coloured glass, Saw it in Silver's when I was a lass. Bowls of yellow and bowls of blue, Bowls of green and every hue,
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Crayfish on the lawn
Early March, and news is broadcast of floods in western France ..
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Plaint of the Supermarket Cashier
Iceberg lettuce and deep pan pizza Get boring after a while, And cola and bleach and peaches and bread ... Must offer to pack and smile Whether I'm happy and energetic
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Ode to a Roadside Snack-bar
A welcome break on a tiring holiday journey. Not to be taken too seriously.
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Recital
Miranda sat in the shadows. The rustling harvest-mouse Nibbled the wheat on the altar In the gloom of God's echoing house. The beetles clicked, the spiders wove,
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What became of St Polycarp's
Based on something I saw in my travels a couple of years ago.
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On a train
I wish I could describe to you in your cramped house with the sheltered garden the spaciousness I see, the expanse I feel when riding in a train across the plain.
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Holiday
It is made of a limestone gorge with caves, a long lake. It is comfrey and nettles, hemlock, mint and dock. It is peaceful after the roads.
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I can see your house from here
I can see your house from here (The roof at any rate), The slates of grey, a lawn, two trees, A flower-bed, a gate, Also the houses of your friends, Featherstone and MacDougall,
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