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A pocketful of pain – Kaaren Whitney

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A pocketful of pain Copyright © Kaaren Whitney 2012

central to the gluteus maximus,
(buttocks in the common genre),
sears down her right leg

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The Unwritten Poem – Kaaren Whitney

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The Unwritten Poem Copyright © Kaaren Whitney 2012

It is the Delusion of Dishes:
that washing up is more important
to the quality of life

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One Night - Jen Overett 2012

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One Night Copyright © Jen Overett 2012

A wisp of light drifts through
the gathering dark and we quietly
speak of rain, my father and I,

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on Caldey for Ascensiontide 2012 by Victor Weston

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on Caldey for Ascensiontide 2012 Copyright © Victor Weston 2012

Solitude Copyright © Victor Weston 2012

I am alone but not alone
in solitude yet perfectly serene
isolated offshore on an island

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The Tramp and the Bag Lady by Victor Weston

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The Tramp and the Bag Lady Copyright © Victor Weston 2012

I would tell of a tramp -
for that is what he was under any other name -
who by chance happened across a bag lady

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Ruins by Colin Whyles

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Ruins Copyright © Colin Whyles 16th April 2012

Excavation of the ruins of my past
uncovered equal pairings of conquests
and heartbreak.

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Flowers? No. by Colin Whyles

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Flowers? No. Copyright © Colin Whyles 2012

A response to Wendy Cope's "Flowers"

You are correct: I did think of it
but then thought better of it;
should I be bringing dead things

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from Pindar's Olympian I by Cameron Hawke Smith

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from Pindar's Olympian I Copyright © Cameron Hawke Smith 2012

For Hieron of Syracuse,
winner in the horse race, 476 BCE

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from Pindar's Olympian XIV by Cameron Hawke Smith

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from Pindar's Olympian XIV Copyright © Cameron Hawke Smith 2012

For Asopikhos of Orkhomenos
winner in the foot-race, 488 BCE

queens of song

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Peel Sessions by Richard J Whiting

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Peel Sessions Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2012

When I became aware of music,
Late at night, Radio One
Marley, The Fall, Half-Man-Half Biscuit

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The Barrier – Kaaren Whitney

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The Barrier Copyright © Kaaren Whitney 2011

He stands thirty feet from where they sat
for the past sheltered hour,
her left hand resting in his right,

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