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Ashes by Owen Robin Davies

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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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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 29/11/2011
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Waiting in Heaven by Rod O'Donoghue

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

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Journeys Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

She lies, propped,
Eyes level with roof-tops.
Sees swallows

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 25/10/2011
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Thorpeness And The Sea by Victor Weston

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Thorpeness And The Sea Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

The shingle is depleted depleted depleted
the sea is not always so placid and calm
to the distant new windfarm

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Tue, 25/10/2011
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King of the Coalies by Rod O'Donoghue

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King of the Coalies Copyright © Rod OʼDonoghue 2011

Why
Do I
Fear Darkness,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 25/10/2011
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I Remember by Jen Overett

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I Remember Copyright © Jen Overett 2011

my motherʼs white ankle socks
and blue tennis skirt (she would
never wear shorts) as she left

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 25/10/2011
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Hunting Cranes at Lakenheath Fen by Richard J Whiting

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Hunting Cranes at Lakenheath Fen Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

The first crane we saw
Was a grey heron;
Masked, comic-book hero

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Tue, 25/10/2011
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Still, Still by Richard J Whiting

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Still, Still Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

Gathered around a shop-front,
As if all we need
Is a cover-drive

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 27/09/2011
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Vintage Years by Richard J Whiting

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Vintage Years Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

Barley tops blush,
Thinned by drought.
A cruel winter mocked

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/08/2011
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The Key by Rob Lock

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The Key Copyright © Rob Lock 2011

I carried it for years
after we were
compelled

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Tue, 30/08/2011
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