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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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Tyneham '43 by Richard J Whiting

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Tyneham '43 Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

Villagers in Tyneham, Dorset, received notice in November 1943 that their village was to be used to train soldiers in the use of new weaponry. They had to leave by December 19th. They were promised that when peace was won, that they would be allowed back to their village. The population of Tyneham (Census 2001) was given as zero.

All along Post Office Row
Fingers opened envelopes;
Mouths quit eating,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 29/11/2011
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In Statione by Rod O'Donoghue

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In Statione 1 Copyright © Rod O'Donoghue 2011

Murky mists slide silent over the soft green sea;

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 25/10/2011
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Yesterday's News by R J Whiting

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Yesterdayʼs News Copyright © R J Whiting

The train shatters through the arteries of London;
An avant-garde steel band of hisses and creaks;
Neon insects alight on faces and forms

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 31/05/2011
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Hairbrush

Hairbrush Copyright © Florence Cox 2011

Borrowed hairbrush on the sill,
rich with a birdʼs nest of your brown hair...
Yes, it is brown still; you are young.

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Private Reading
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Mon, 28/02/2011
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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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After I Have Gone by Thraves Thraveson

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After I Have Gone Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2010

The time draws near, when I shall soon be gone
No need for bravery, I do not fear
Now my last breath is near,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 25/01/2011
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A Biography Of Trees by Richard Whiting

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A Biography of Trees Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011

Finding words amongst the trees;
Striking them together like flints
You form a first flame.

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 25/01/2011
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Marmalade by Sally Anne Adams

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Marmalade Copyright © Sally Adams 2011

Always in February when
the Sevilles sit in
the market huddled

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