February 2011
Sonata In A Minor Key
Mon, 28/02/2011 - 20:00 — Florence CoxSonata In A Minor Key Copyright © Florence Cox 2011
The wind is playing a dirge
in the stands of pine
and stubborn darkness covers
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Insomnia (ii) by Sally Warrell
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:30 — Sally WarrellYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Insomnia (ii) Copyright © Copyright Sally Warrell 2011
You lie above sleep all night,
Like a person adrift on the sea,
Dazzled by starlight,
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The Fishermens’ Reading Room, Southwold by Victor Weston
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:30 — victor westonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
The Fishermens’ Reading Room, Southwold Copyright © Victor Weston 2011
The room seems ordinary
yet there is something acronistic,
out of time even with this place
Elephant Hunting With Valerie by Victor Weston
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:30 — victor westonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
elephant hunting with Valerie Copyright © Vistor Weston
stuff accumulates
it fills and overfills attics, garages
understair cupboards, is left gathering dust under beds
Martha by Cameron Hawke Smith
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:30 — Cameron Hawke SmithYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
MARTHA Copyright © Cameron Hawke Smith 2011
She has no own space but this,
the book she has wrapped in a towel
too worn for other service.
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Campfire by Sally Anne Adams
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:30 — Sally Anne AdamsYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Camp Fire Copyright © Sally Anne Adams 2011
Kumbaya my Lord we sang
around the dancing flames
our bottoms on the clay.
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Jack
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:30 — R J WhitingJack Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011
This is the waiting-room
To which your life has shrunk.
An apprentice-coffin of a space
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Vacancy by Richard J Whiting
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:30 — R J WhitingYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Vacancy Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011
Why have I applied for this job?
Well, I like the Company;
Everything it stands for.
Anything I Can Bring? by Sally Gardner
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:30 — Sally GardnerYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Anything I Can Bring? Copyright © Sally Gardner 2011
Bring me starfish, coral, acorns, a cowrie,
flint once used as a weapon,
the footprints of ants, the trail of a snail,
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Old Friend by Sally Warrell
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:30 — Sally WarrellYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Old Friend Copyright © Copyright Sally Warrell 2011
That rare thing,
A person who knows you
Intimately;
Waves by Colin Whyles
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:30 — Colin WhylesWaves Copyright © Colin Whyles 30th January 2011
(A respectful response to Maggies Hambling's remarkable series of paintings of Suffolk waves)
(This poem was reworked and the improved version is here. This version is left for academic purposes).
Wave upon wave
one thing to say
so many ways
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