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Waiting in Heaven by Rod O'Donoghue

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Waiting in Heaven Copyright © Rod O'Donoghue 2011

She'd sit there in the corner,
Curled up like an embryo -
shedding silent tears of sorrow

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 29/11/2011
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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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Spring by Thraves Thraveson

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Spring Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011

Our love was quick to blossom in the Spring
Just one to one. No outside influence we did allow
To slow the vigorous growth

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Tue, 26/07/2011
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Peeling Back The Layers by Sally Gardner

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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.

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Tue, 26/07/2011
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Who is Kidding Who? and Wen's Reply by Reg Wright

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Who is Kidding Who? Copyright © Reg Wright

Wen Jiabao comes to town
One point four billion
Weighing him down

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 28/06/2011
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Colin Godfrey February 1930 - December 2010 by Victor Weston

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Colin Godfrey February 1930 - December 2010 Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

as the bell sounded
there was hush in the village of Clare
cars were still parked in the streets

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 25/01/2011
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"Sedges" Revisited October 3 2010 by Victor Weston

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"Sedges" revisited October 30 2010 Copyright © Victor Weston 2010

I saw from the road
the old cherry tree
outside my bedroom window

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Tue, 25/01/2011
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Ghosts Of Elvis by Richard Whiting

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Ghosts of Elvis Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011

The Kings and Queens of Karaoke
Were queuing round the block.
Elvis was at Kingʼs Cross where

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