
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

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,

The Walsingham Unicorn Copyright © Victor Weston 2010
It is not known
there remains undisclosed
at Walsingham a unicorn

The Arts Are Not Important Copyright © Richard Whiting 2010
The Arts are not important;
The Blue-Pencil makes its mark;
A vein whose blood

Cabbage White Copyright © Richard Whiting 2010
She seeks out the leaf’s under-carriage;
Plants her eggs;
Dirty-yellow, festering futures

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;

Premier Pizza!!! Copyright © Rob Lock 2010
Dry
unappetising
even in its own ad

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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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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Swallow Song c. 600 BC Translation Copyright © Cameron Hawke Smith 2010
Extract from presentation on Ancient Voices