March 2011
Vase of Daffodils by J.S.Watts
Wed, 30/03/2011 - 10:12 — J.S.WattsYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
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.
Then And Now by Thraves Thraveson
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — Thraves ThravesonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
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
Sequoia by Thraves Thraveson
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — Thraves ThravesonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Sequoia Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2010
Get that sequoia off your shoulder babe
Chip are fine in frying pans
or off old blocks
Waves 3 by Colin Whyles
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — Colin WhylesYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
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
Truce by Sally Gardner
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — Sally GardnerTruce Copyright © Sally Gardner 2011
I never really liked the smell of you
when youʼd smoked a cigarette,
it seemed incongruous blended with
Description Of A Room by Sally Gardner
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — Sally GardnerDescription 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,
I Wear Lipstick So People Can Hear My Poems by Kaaren Whitney
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — Kaaren WhitneyYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
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
Balance by Kaaren Whitney
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — Kaaren WhitneyYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
BALANCE Copyright © Kaaren Whitney 2011
He sashays up the ladder, angle-braced
between moat and thatch, as if
he is an acrobat or perhaps
Traffic Offence by Kaaren Whitney
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — Kaaren WhitneyYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
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
The Stations of the Cross, during Lent by Victor Weston
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — victor westonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
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
The Well At Woolpit by Victor Weston
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — victor westonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
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
Suffolk Soil by Victor Weston
Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:30 — victor westonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
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
