July 2011
Dreamer by Jen Overett
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — Jen OverettYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Dreamer Copyright © Jen Overett 2011
Last night, I dreamt us young again, then woke
to yet another working day. I saw the soft flesh
of our hands, your one-was-wavy hair, such youthful
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Dorset by Richard J Whiting
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — R J WhitingYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Dorset Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011
Work jails me.
If I could,
I’d climb to the summit
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The Dealer by Jen Overett
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — Jen OverettYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
The Dealer Copyright © Jen Overett 2011
The cup we watched him throw
(that he could not recall)
was the final straw,
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An Elusive Sense Of Belonging by Victor Weston
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — victor westonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
An Elusive Sense Of Belonging Copyright © Victor Weston 2011
A small boy from Brum
practiced each night (in Norfolk dialect)
“potaa-ah, tomaa-ah”
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Before The Solstice by Richard Whiting
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — R J WhitingYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Before The Solstice Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011
June. The wheat heavy on the stalk
Grey-green, sea-whispers in the breeze.
Sunlight sweeps across the fields
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Master Thatcher by Richard Whiting
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — R J WhitingYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Master Thatcher Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011
My father is a Master Thatcher;
I watch him leap up the ladder
Laden with Maris Widgeon Straw
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Spring by Thraves Thraveson
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — Thraves ThravesonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Spring Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011
Our love was quick to blossom in the Spring
Just one to one. No outside influence we did allow
To slow the vigorous growth
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The Mermaid by Thraves Thraveson
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — Thraves ThravesonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
The Mermaid Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011
She was blond and beautiful
And innocent beyond her years
she came into my room
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Tower Block by Thraves Thraveson
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — Thraves ThravesonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Tower Block Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011
In a teapot
Was where I kept the whisky
To hide it from her, you understand.
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Colours of the Week by Sally Anne Adams
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — Sally Anne AdamsYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Colours of the Week Copyright © Sally Anne Adams 2011
Monday, blue as a uniform
blue as Quink in the squat
square jar. Monday always blue
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Grave Yard by Sally Anne Adams
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — Sally Anne AdamsYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Grave Yard Copyright © Sally Anne Adams 2011
A child’s ice cream in the sand,
a brooch with a broken clasp,
a biro which still works
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The Common Stream by Rob Lock
Tue, 26/07/2011 - 19:30 — Rob LockThe Common Stream Copyright © Rob Lock 2011
It was the comma that gave the master away,
that and the post-script ‘for distance’.
Had he left it at ‘Caned
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