Deliberately Evolving
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Hollyanna
A performance poet and protégée of the late Bee – a beautiful poet and former editor on ABC Tales. #seeabeethinkofme
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Counting down
The sun shines. I wait for death to come, to claim a life gone too soon. She lays still in her borrowed bed, soft breeze strokes slumbering head...
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Wish you were here
Wish you were here Cottage by the sea an old farm house converted. Stone, little plants growing, peeking out between the cracks. Quiet... The only...
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Mum's the word
Written for a performance with the theme "Insprired by Sylvia Plath". After reading Sylvia Plaths poem "Cut", I tried to adopt a similarly blunt, short style using metaphors to give pictures to my emotions. In this case, I'm constantly on the cusp of calling out for my mum in the shops, like she is in another aisle or something. Sometimes the urge is so strong I think I might, except I can't afford to be taken to the mad house yet, lol.
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Boldly a Woman
Poem in honour of International Women's Day - today. In memory of Bee who was the epitome of this poem and my inspiration.
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Forgotten Copse
I stumbled on a copse we used to walk, my mother in tow of a gaggle of little kids of different ages. I rose early with mine on Sunday morning...
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So sad
Posted on Sun, 03 May 2015
It's so sad to see a big strong man cry yet of course they have emotions like the rest, sometimes more. This is a very poignant poem.
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