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On Christmas Morn by Rod O'Donoghue

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On Christmas Morn Copyright © Rod O'Donoghue 2011

The white moon wanes at dawn of winterʼs day
While fairy dust, once sprinkled on the lawn,
Begins to steam and upward wends its way.

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 29/11/2011
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Nearly Eden by Jen Overett

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Nearly Eden Copyright © Jen Overett 2011

We climbed a hill that perfect summerʼs day
You, head down reading Baudelaire,
Me, all-admiring of your serious literary ways

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 27/09/2011
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Vintage Years by Richard J Whiting

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Vintage Years Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

Barley tops blush,
Thinned by drought.
A cruel winter mocked

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/08/2011
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Blood by Fred Rapsey

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Blood Copyright © Fred Rapsey 2011

Women have familiarity with blood
As run their courses every month
And birth and after-birth until at length

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 28/06/2011
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The Nationʼs Favourite Poems by R J Whiting

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The Nationʼs Favourite Poems Copyright © R J Whiting 2011

Reprinted in ‛97, (eleven times)
Eleven times! And you threw me on the grass;
Nice tarpaulin though, green, mud-veneered

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Tue, 31/05/2011
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Ladybird by Jen Overett

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Ladybird Copyright © Jen Overett 2011

When I was maker of your sky,
I sent you playing
Full of fiercest care,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 31/05/2011
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I Wear Lipstick So People Can Hear My Poems by Kaaren Whitney

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I Wear Lipstick So People Can Hear My Poems Copyright © Kaaren Whitney 2010

define the outline in deep red with vain hope
of enunciating each syllabic phrase
with a flawless precision that will enhance

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Tue, 29/03/2011
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Martha by Cameron Hawke Smith

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MARTHA Copyright © Cameron Hawke Smith 2011

She has no own space but this,
the book she has wrapped in a towel
too worn for other service.

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 22/02/2011
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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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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 22/02/2011
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