Summer Night City (Summer 2008)
By jennifer
In this new set of mine, I will include
the poetry I write this summer, starting in June
and ending when the sun decides to take away
her warmth and light and laughter from my summer days.
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Autumn Grieves
Melancholy, for Autumn...
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Admission
Yes, it's on the 'Growing up' theme, but not a sneaky second competition entry - just had to get a few more home truths out after reading Doeslittle's powerful entry!
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At the Tithe barn (Inspiration Point) 14th October 2008
Inspiration Point and perfect sunny Sunday curiously coincide...
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Barcelona
Barcelona (5th August 2008, 1.15am) My head is spinning, are my eyes sparkling on fire? - too much Sangria and a heart dancing on a livewire to the Mediterranean sounds of La Rambla by night;
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Brighton Beach 1.00am
Brighton Beach, 1.00am (6th July 2008, 10.00pm) She takes me by the arm, stumbling in broken flip-flops, swaying in the breeze, slightly pissed, laughing. Red wine in church;
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Butterfly
Competition Entry!
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Cigarette Girl
Cigarette Girl (17th June 2008, 11.06am) I can see your naked hand on the surface of the table, tapping a silent rhythm as we talk about nothing in particular; my eyes catch on your
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The Last Summer Night
The Last Summer Night (6th June 2008, 9.17am) This is the Last Summer Night that I will spend dancing in tents under stars flooded with the scent of crushed grass,
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Inside Outside
Poem in response to Tony's suggestion in Inspiration Point, since I submitted both my competition entries yesterday...
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Throw me a bone
Throw me a bone (10th June 2008, 10.23pm) Can you hear me in the silences in the house where you live, alone? Does my laughter abound, that loud, homecoming sound, behind the traffic
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Musically Useless (For Caldwell)
You writing my story has prompted me to try and write it too!
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Romance is Homophonic
Romance is Homophonic (12th June 2008, 10.28am) Let’s holiday in Wales, not whales like Jonah; I’m not sure whether I confuse you but the weather
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Your Last Weekend
Your Last Weekend (15th June, 2008, 11.31pm) Your last weekend, student loans running out, you invited me up to party with the Uni crowd; we cracked open the wine and ate party food
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Love Letter to No-one
Love Letter to No-one (17th June 2008, 12.04pm) I do not yet know the course of our love, but I know it won’t be smooth; we shall spend caterpillar hours wriggling on duvets, that
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Silence?
Silence? (20th June 2008, 11.08am) The silence echoes with the sound of whispers; faintly, the sound of music drifts across the desks and giggles held deep under escape from breaths;
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Vodka Girl
Vodka Girl (30th June 2008, 12.51pm) Glass half raised, she pauses to laugh and I capture her distorted face in the flash-whitened photograph; we measure our inebriation
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In Her Defence
In Her Defence (10th July 2008, 10.16am) The boundaries are blurred, the confessions are tainted, the truth is lies, and lies mutated; the words disturb her; she hesitates in her reading,
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Poet's Progress
Poet’s Progress (10th July 2008, 1.28pm) The page is full, the lines completed, black where there should be white, words jostling each other for space, unable to breathe free and move;
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Tuesday Blues
Tuesday Blues (22nd July 2008, 12.17pm) The view outside is misted, veiled as eyes through tulle; my heart, clouded and full, gazes out across the city, unsure of her next move.
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The Schoolgirls
The Schoolgirls (9th October 2008, 10.02am) We got sent to the science technicians to Have our illegal nail-polish removed. We pulled the petals off the daisies to
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