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Losing You by Jen Overett

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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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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 29/11/2011
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Maternal Wisdom by Colin Whyles

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Maternal Wisdom Copyright © Colin Whyles 2011

Perhaps I should have listened
when Mother dispensed wisdom
regarding fruit forbidden;

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/08/2011
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Visiting

Visiting Copyright © Jen Overett 2011

I did not think it would be like this -
this quiet, textured slowing of your lives,
past meals, eggs, ham, "a nice bit of fish"

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 22/02/2011
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Sad Mother by Florence Cox

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Sad Mother Copyright © Florence Cox 2011

The grey winter light creeps into the room
and I am still as an evening fog,
fused with my baby

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

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War, Illustrated Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011

He holds his photographs;
They tremble in an uncertain grip;
The face of an aged youth;

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 25/01/2011
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