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Sheringham revisited October 30 2010

Sheringham revisited October 30 2010 Copyright © Victor Weston 2010

This is not the same Sheringham I recall
though the sound of the breaking surf is the same
Gone are the expanse of golden sands

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/11/2010
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The Passing Of The Grail

The Passing Of The Grail Copyright © Victor Weston 2010

 

 

 

It can’t have been easy in those days
Joseph with his nephew Jesus,
visiting Cornwall,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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The Walsingham Unicorn

The Walsingham Unicorn Copyright © Victor Weston 2010

It is not known
there remains undisclosed
at Walsingham a unicorn

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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The Arts Are Not Important

The Arts Are Not Important Copyright © Richard Whiting 2010

The Arts are not important;

The Blue-Pencil makes its mark;
A vein whose blood

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Cabbage White

Cabbage White Copyright © Richard Whiting 2010

She seeks out the leaf’s under-carriage;
Plants her eggs;
Dirty-yellow, festering futures

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/11/2010
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Happy-Non-Christmas

Happy Non-Christmas Copyright © Richard Whiting 2010

They proposed a new austerity measure;
Christmas to be held every four years.
Commerce reacted with customary outcry;

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/11/2010
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Premier Pizza!!!

Premier Pizza!!! Copyright © Rob Lock 2010

 

 

Dry
unappetising
even in its own ad

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Our Anniversary: an oyster bar

Our Anniversary: an oyster bar Copyright © Sally Warrell 2010

In the moment of swallowing
Sliding gelatinously over the throat
Leaving a trace of the elusive taste

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/11/2010
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Sappho's Poem to Anactoria by Cameron Hawke Smith

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Sappho's Poem to Anactoria Translation Copyright © Cameron Hawke Smith 2010,
Music: Copyright © Colin Whyles 2010

Sung by Carol Bleiker. Lute by Colin Whyles

I’d say that guy’s in heaven
whose luck the gods have given
to sit with you face to face

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Sudbury Café Poets, Gainsborough House
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Wed, 10/11/2010
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Swallow Song by Cameron Hawke Smith

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Swallow Song c. 600 BC Translation Copyright © Cameron Hawke Smith 2010

Extract from presentation on Ancient Voices

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Sudbury Café Poets, Gainsborough House
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Wed, 10/11/2010
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