November 2011
Belshazzar’s Feast by Victor Weston
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — victor westonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Belshazzar’s Feast Copyright © Victor Weston 2011
I had been invited to a
performance of Beshazzar’s Feast;
it would be as if the history of our own time
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On Christmas Morn by Rod O'Donoghue
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — Rod ODonoghueYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
On Christmas Morn Copyright © Rod O'Donoghue 2011
The white moon wanes at dawn of winter’s day
While fairy dust, once sprinkled on the lawn,
Begins to steam and upward wends its way.
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Home Alone Christmas by Rod O'Donoghue
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — Rod ODonoghueYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Home Alone Christmas Copyright © Rod O'Donoghue 2011
Home alone Christmas
No knocks at the door
No cards by the fireplace
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Three Steps South (On Swyre Head) by Richard J Whiting
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — R J WhitingYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Three Steps South (On Swyre Head) Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011
Three steps south of here
Everything stops;
A peregrine nests
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King Arthur by Richard J Whiting
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — R J WhitingYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
King Arthur Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011
If you live
A hundred miles
From the coast;
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Losing You by Jen Overett
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — Jen OverettYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Losing You Copyright © Jen Overett 2011
You would quietly admire, I hope,
my reach for calm and order
before I even greet each waking day
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O by Rob Lock
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — Rob LockYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
O Copyright © Rob Lock 2011
Yesterday we woke to fog
the sky a white canvas waiting
for its picture of a day.
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Ashes by Owen Robin Davies
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — Owen Robin DaviesYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Ashes Copyright © Owen Robin Davies 2011
A car drove by the barn the other day;
quietly, and parked secretly by the dell
where the woods begin, now in their autumn glow,
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My Mother Lies Here by Owen Robin Davies
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — Owen Robin DaviesYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
My Mother Lies Here Copyright © Owen Robin Davies 2011
My mother lies here, high up in the downs.
Just on the down side of up she rests,
in woods, amongst ransome and wild chives.
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Tyneham '43 by Richard J Whiting
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — R J WhitingYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Tyneham '43 Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011
Villagers in Tyneham, Dorset, received notice in November 1943 that their village was to be used to train soldiers in the use of new weaponry. They had to leave by December 19th. They were promised that when peace was won, that they would be allowed back to their village. The population of Tyneham (Census 2001) was given as zero.
All along Post Office Row
Fingers opened envelopes;
Mouths quit eating,
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Waiting in Heaven by Rod O'Donoghue
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — Rod ODonoghueYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Waiting in Heaven Copyright © Rod O'Donoghue 2011
She’d sit there in the corner,
Curled up like an embryo -
shedding silent tears of sorrow
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A visit to London November 2011, on the underground by Victor Weston
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 19:30 — victor westonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
A visit to London November 2011, on the underground Copyright © Victor Weston 2011
these are a throng of extraordinary looking people
by no means all beautiful to my prejudiced eye
diverse to the limits imaginable
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