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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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My Mother Lies Here by Owen Robin Davies

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My Mother Lies Here Copyright © Owen Robin Davies 2011

My mother lies here, high up in the downs.
Just on the down side of up she rests,
in woods, amongst ransome and wild chives.

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 29/11/2011
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The Revelation Of A Nightmare by Victor Weston

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The Revelation Of A Nightmare Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

In my dream I screamed, I could not hear the sound
as there, in the boot of the car,
was revealed

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
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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Outside Waitrose by Rob Lock

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Outside Waitrose Copyright © Rob Lock 2011

Everyone was standing around fussing this dog
whoʼd been tied to a bench and abandoned.
Mobile phones were being fingered

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 27/09/2011
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News of the World by Reg Wright

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The News of The World Copyright © Reg Wright 2011

The News of The World's demise
Is really no surprise
And Murdoch loses power

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 26/07/2011
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Master Thatcher by Richard Whiting

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Master Thatcher Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011

My father is a Master Thatcher;
I watch him leap up the ladder
Laden with Maris Widgeon Straw

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 26/07/2011
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After The Event by Rob Lock

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After the Event Copyright © Rob Lock 2011

If itʼs true that they, the dead, can make
three phone calls after the event, my first,
of course, will be to you. Iʼll say itʼs not so bad -

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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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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 28/06/2011
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Lunch by Rob Lock

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Lunch Copyright © Rob Lock 2011

After the soup, enhanced by a spoonful of booze,
came the cheese and instead of one of the blues
that youʼd usually choose

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 31/05/2011
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