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July 2011

Hope by James Broxup

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Hope Copyright © James Broxup 2011

Read by Colin Whyles

Hope is the song of the bird in the tree,
Or the raindrop that softly kisses the leaves
In the harsh winter wind or the sweet summer breeze,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 26/07/2011
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A Vision by James Broxup

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A Vision Copyright © James Broxup 2011
Read by Colin Whyles

When my eyes are shut I drift into a far and distant place,
I smell the grass; I raise a glass and taste this perfect space.

I walk ahead, with no words unsaid and hold the future in my hand,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Weather Front by Owen Robin Davies

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Weather Front Copyright © Owen Robin Davies

I sat upon a bench today, hard against a wild hedge
and looked with awe as the sun rode on a dark indigo ledge.
Midnight blue it was, a foreboding dead straight line

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Tricks by Owen Robin Davies

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Tricks Copyright © Owen Robin Davies 2011

When fires are lit and night begins too soon,
at evening time when light begins to fail,
I catch a shadow in the other room

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Bring Me The Tears by Colin Whyles

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Bring Me The Tears Copyright © Colin Whyles 1997

Bring me the tears
I made you swallow
Bring me the tears

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Corpus Domini 2000 by Victor Weston

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Corpus Domini 2000 Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

We walked with Jesus through the streets of Sorrento
he came to us in the bread and the wine
while the sky was blue and incense wafted heavenwards

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Dreamer by Jen Overett

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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

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Dorset Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011

Work jails me.

If I could,
Iʼd climb to the summit

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The Dealer by Jen Overett

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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

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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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Two Become One (Recipe for Love) - Kaaren Whitney

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Two Become One (Recipe for Love) Copyright © Kaaren Whitney July 2011

In the land of the sheltering Baobab,
cerise bougainvillea and mischievous monkeys
who dance among tree tops

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Before The Solstice by Richard Whiting

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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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