In Statione ¹ Copyright © Rod O'Donoghue 2011

Murky mists slide silent over the soft green sea;

Sleeplessness Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011

I'm not surprised you couldn't sleep last night,
what did you think that you were doing?
Running around inside my head, all night

The Appeal of Poetry Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

This is an appeal
On behalf of the
Royal Society For
The Protection of Poets.

The Key Copyright © Rob Lock 2011

I carried it for years
after we were
compelled

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 -

Peeling Back The Layers Copyright © Sally Gardner 2011

I donʼt know the names of different varieties of onion but I think you would.
Sometimes I prepare one on the kitchen sink and the brown outside skin
is so tough and tight it takes a sharp knife to pierce and peel it.

The News of The World Copyright © Reg Wright 2011

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

Whisper? Copyright © Reg Wright 2011

I hear a whisper as I walk
In the shadow of the Cedars
A whisper as I sit beneath their boughs

Hope Copyright © James Broxup 2011

Read by Colin Whyles

Hope is the song of the bird in the tree,
Or the raindrop that softly kisses the leaves
In the harsh winter wind or the sweet summer breeze,

Tricks Copyright © Owen Robin Davies 2011

When fires are lit and night begins too soon,
at evening time when light begins to fail,
I catch a shadow in the other room