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Three Steps South (On Swyre Head) by Richard J Whiting

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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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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 29/11/2011
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Words by Richard J Whiting

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Words Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

My favourite poets
Are those who
Write from the heart;

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 25/10/2011
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Our Last Day by Jackie Carreira

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Our Last Day Copyright © Jackie Carreira 2011

In the middle of the wheat
The wind made a noise like gravel down a pipe,
Covering our steps and sounds of distant engines

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 27/09/2011
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A Vision by James Broxup

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A Vision Copyright © James Broxup 2011
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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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Tue, 26/07/2011
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Poetry Meeting by Rob Lock

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Poetry Meeting Copyright © Rob Lock 2011

Colin, on the squeeze box, reels me back
to the days when I was a sunbeam for Jesus,
collecting ship haʼpennies, and a magic lantern

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Tue, 28/06/2011
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Study by Fred Rapsey

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Study Copyright © Fred Rapsey 2011

Encountering a piece of verse or prose
The shape and music of the line enfold
And often though the words and rhymes are bold

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Tue, 28/06/2011
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Finding Focus by R J Whiting

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Finding Focus Copyright © R J Whiting

Tomorrow, theyʼd promised
To head for the coast…

Coins dropped in metallic rhyme.

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Tue, 31/05/2011
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I Wear Lipstick So People Can Hear My Poems by Kaaren Whitney

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I Wear Lipstick So People Can Hear My Poems Copyright © Kaaren Whitney 2010

define the outline in deep red with vain hope
of enunciating each syllabic phrase
with a flawless precision that will enhance

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Tue, 29/03/2011
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Jack

Jack Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011

This is the waiting-room
To which your life has shrunk.
An apprentice-coffin of a space

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 22/02/2011
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Vacancy by Richard J Whiting

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Vacancy Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011

Why have I applied for this job?
Well, I like the Company;
Everything it stands for.

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 22/02/2011
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