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Lady Earth & Lady by Jody Lee

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Lady Earth & Lady Copyright © Jody Lee 2012

Is it any different drinking in the beauty of the land,
As it is to feeling heart-swell from just watching woman stand;
Or lean,

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A Man Alone by Jody Lee

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A Man Alone Copyright © Jody Lee 2012

I am the man who is always alone.
I walk in the street.
I stay in my home.

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Telephone by Colin Whyles

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Telephone Copyright © Colin Whyles 2012

On the death of my Mother, 25th February 2012

The hardest thing was deleting
your number from my telephone.
Seeming ultimate rejection

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Derek by Richard J Whiting

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Derek Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2012

When I saw you for the first time;
Cuff-links on perfectly-rolled sleeves
Mirror-shine shoes,

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A Village Funeral by Richard J Whiting

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A Village Funeral Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2012

A lone bell fills the valley;
Sunlight floods through the windows
Of the church,

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Cornfields at Somerton by Richard J Whiting

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Cornfields at Somerton* Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2012

It is not surprising
That a painter
From the Euston Road School

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Meat on the Slab for ‟Feathered Primates” by Victor Weston

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Meat on the Slab for ‟Feathered Primates” Copyright © Victor Weston 2012

Squashed carcases scattered on the highway
provides welcome carrion to scavenge
nothing's wasted

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Dawn at Thorpeness - Perception & Reality by Victor Weston

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Dawn at Thorpeness - Perception & Reality Copyright © Victor Weston 2012

Is our perception of nature -
the world in which we live -
a gateway into another Reality,

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An End To Freedom by Victor Weston

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An End To Freedom Copyright © Victor Weston 2012

Fresh freedom fought for, falls,
assumed, the air we breathe,
abused, so endangered,

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One Pair of Slippers by Paul Jenkins

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One Pair of Slippers Copyright © Paul Jenkins 2012

One pair of brown slippers
beneath the window of an empty room.

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To My Grandchild by Paul Jenkins

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To My Grandchild Copyright © Paul Jenkins 2012

Dark, black the night
that falls upon these mountain peaks,
black cloud on granite and slate

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Eternal Entomology by Jody Lee

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Eternal Entomology Copyright © Jody Lee 2012

Sweet, brown, sticky moves the lazy legless beetle,
His tail wisps to nothing as its licked by cylindrical tongue;
The dull mirrored surface tilts and ushers his short pathway,

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