From the Park Fountain
From the park fountain Where the children drink, Lapping happily Between uncaring play And mothers' folded frowns. Dashing up ripples With little toy hands; Parachute droplets Wink in the sunlight
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Till the dawn-light ember lilts
The eyes of dawn will make my bed In the river of some dream, Where half forgotten limbs will rise Like vapours on the breeze; But who will walk or lean on me Lean against this idle frame?
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On the wings of youth
Mayfly if ever an angel be It was you and me Pirouetting in the air so free Above a cobweb lea If ever a child had azure blue wings As blue as a periwinkle sky
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City Lights... Country Nights
Big Jim Morris gets dumped by his wife. Can he find happiness with a lonely woman in the back street bar under those city lights?
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Not a letter so much as a poem
Well done, my sweet - so very well done. I'm so proud of you, not just for what you've achieved but for what you are. It's amazing. I can't really see this sodding keyboard
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Glastonbury Tor Meant...
Nostalgia, pleasure and sadness in equal measure...
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The Silence of the Bees
Last night I had a dream in which we were scientists. The world was falling apart and people were looking to us for answers. The disintegration started with the honey bees.
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Ethnic Cleansing
She was always in. Confirmation leaked through by way of the dull, whiny hum of the stretching hoover, the dizzying spin of the washing machine or the clinking as she squeaked the duster round again.
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