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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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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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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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Tue, 25/10/2011
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Death of the Honey Bee by Richard J Whiting

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Death of the Honey Bee Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

(For Amy Winehouse)

I remember you,
Early spring
Showered in nectar,
Perfectly poised;

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Tue, 30/08/2011
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The Common Stream by Rob Lock

The Common Stream Copyright © Rob Lock 2011

It was the comma that gave the master away,
that and the post-script ‛for distanceʼ.
Had he left it at ‛Caned

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Tue, 26/07/2011
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Some Sunny Day by Sally Anne Adams

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Some Sunny Day Copyright © Sally Anne Adams 2011

If you could see
me now I know
you would speak

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Tue, 26/07/2011
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Ordination by Jen Overett

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Ordination Copyright © Jen Overett 2011

As on all summer Sundays
I wore a pale cotton frock
Iron-crisp as rice paper,

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Tue, 22/02/2011
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The Fishermensʼ Reading Room, Southwold by Victor Weston

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The Fishermensʼ Reading Room, Southwold Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

The room seems ordinary
yet there is something acronistic,
out of time even with this place

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Tue, 22/02/2011
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Elephant Hunting With Valerie by Victor Weston

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elephant hunting with Valerie Copyright © Vistor Weston

stuff accumulates
it fills and overfills attics, garages
understair cupboards, is left gathering dust under beds

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Tue, 22/02/2011
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Irene by Thraves Thraveson

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Irene Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011

You gave me your courage
and took away my fear
with you nothing was impossible

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Tue, 25/01/2011
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