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Words Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011
My favourite poets
Are those who
Write from the heart;

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The Appeal of Poetry Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011
This is an appeal
On behalf of the
Royal Society For
The Protection of Poets.

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Lucky Stars Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011
Itʼs a Triple-Rollover.
The papers say
That the winner

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Maternal Wisdom Copyright © Colin Whyles 2011
Perhaps I should have listened
when Mother dispensed wisdom
regarding fruit forbidden;

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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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Finding Focus Copyright © R J Whiting
Tomorrow, theyʼd promised
To head for the coast…
Coins dropped in metallic rhyme.
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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Advice Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011
Donʼt mess with the messenger
Cut to the chase
Run with the hare

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No Strings Copyright © Rob Lock 2011
Reports of lions whelping in the street
when she was born are absent:
if portents were abroad

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War, Illustrated Copyright © Richard Whiting 2011
He holds his photographs;
They tremble in an uncertain grip;
The face of an aged youth;