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March 2011

Vase of Daffodils by J.S.Watts

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Vase of Daffodils Copyright © J.S.Watts 2011

Bright enough to burn
Into a bleakly urban Tuesday morning -
Vase of yellow sunshine on my window sill.

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Then And Now by Thraves Thraveson

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Then and Now Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011

The Room's golden ratio makes it special
the Oak panelling cut from trees
tended by many generations of foresters

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Sequoia by Thraves Thraveson

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Sequoia Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2010

Get that sequoia off your shoulder babe
Chip are fine in frying pans
or off old blocks

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Waves 3 by Colin Whyles

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Waves Copyright © Colin Whyles 2011

(A respectful response to Maggies Hambling's remarkable series of paintings of Suffolk waves)

(This is a reworking of a poem first read in February 2011 which you can read here).

With eyes that look but never listen
What thrall does my broken body visit?

Listen to my boiled blood curdling

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Truce by Sally Gardner

Truce Copyright © Sally Gardner 2011

I never really liked the smell of you
when youʼd smoked a cigarette,
it seemed incongruous blended with

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Description Of A Room by Sally Gardner

Description of a room Copyright © Sally Gardner 2011

Lithe liquid shadows dance on antique white,
gold flecked geckos kiss above the door.
Victorian chairs aware of feminine curves,

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I Wear Lipstick So People Can Hear My Poems by Kaaren Whitney

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I Wear Lipstick So People Can Hear My Poems Copyright © Kaaren Whitney 2010

define the outline in deep red with vain hope
of enunciating each syllabic phrase
with a flawless precision that will enhance

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Balance by Kaaren Whitney

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BALANCE Copyright © Kaaren Whitney 2011

He sashays up the ladder, angle-braced
between moat and thatch, as if
he is an acrobat or perhaps

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Traffic Offence by Kaaren Whitney

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Traffic Offence Copyright © Kaaren Whitney 2011

She only meant to borrow my husband,
needed someone to vouch for her in court
as a good honourable woman

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The Stations of the Cross, during Lent by Victor Weston

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The Stations of the Cross, during Lent Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

I sit in Church near the station where
Jesus is speaking to the women of Jerusalem
I now have a twitterfriend in North Jerusalem

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The Well At Woolpit by Victor Weston

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The Well At Woolpit Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

is it credulous still to collect water
from the well at Woolpit?
hearsay has it was used for eye complaints

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Suffolk Soil by Victor Weston

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Suffolk Soil Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

You can drive out from Bury in any direction
and you have only to look
on the soil, the selig Suffolk soil

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