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April 2011

Adults by Katie Bonna

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Adults Copyright ©Katie Bonna 2011

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Tue, 26/04/2011
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Gift From Burnham by Fraser Harrison, read by Sally Warrell

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Gift From Burnham Copyright © 2008 Fraser Harrison

Reading by Sally Warrell

Gull gives the wind its cry
    to grieve,
river gives the sea its mouth
    to flood,

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Martins Heron by Katie Bonna

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Martins Heron Copyright © Katie Bonna 2011

Yes, ok,
I can see
It’s grey,
Worse than salt and pepper hair,

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Waspish by Florence Cox, read by Sally Warrell

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Reading by Sally Warrell

Fear makes men do strange things.

Once, as I drove him over the moors,
he lurched and clutched

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I Love You by Katie Bonna

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I Love You Copyright © Katie Bonna 2011

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At The Grave Of Edmund Blunden by James Knox Whittet, read by Richard Whiting

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At The Grave Of Edmund Blunden Copyright © James Knox Whittet 2010

Reading by Richard Whiting

I live still to love still things quiet and unconcerned

We search along footpaths of lush, drenched grass
to find your grave to voice the words you wrote,
knowing our own voices will one day pass;

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Dying Slowly by Fraser Harrison, read by Richard Whiting

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Dying Slowly Copyright © Fraser Harrison 2009

Reading by Richard Whiting

My father’s dying
slowly. Aren’t we all?
Too slow to skip pain,

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I Wear Lipstick So People Can Hear My Poems by Kaaren Whitney, read by Jenny Chantler

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

Reading by Jenny Chantler

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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Soul Mates by Sally Gardner, read by Jenny Chantler

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Soul Mates Copyright © Sally Gardner 2008

Reading by Jenny Chantler

They brought fun to the lifeless
churchyard,
wet grey slabs,

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Cock Of The North by Jenny Chantler, read by Thraves Thraveson

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Cock Of The North © Jenny Chantler 2008

Reading by Thraves Thraveson

Although it makes me glad to know
You’ve found a mound on which to crow,
A flock to manage gamefully,

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Anything I Can Bring? by Sally Gardner, read by Thraves Thraveson

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Anything I Can Bring? Copyright © Sally Gardner 2011

Reading by Thraves Thraveson

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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The Scarf by Michael Shinn, read by Florence Cox

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The Scarf Copyright © 2009 Michael Shinn

Reading by Florence Cox

just think that every day she knits that scarf for me
but that putting the best of me into each stitch
she knits a millstone for me

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