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Category Archives: Poetry
Injured (Every Day Poets, December 2012)
Who struck first? It’s hard to say, now time has smoothed a patina of pain and spite across the rough surfaces of our conflict. Words like missiles crossed the void where love once dwelt, and deeds formed wounds licked into … Continue reading
The Tattoo, (published by Every Day Poets, February 2011)
The Tattoo ‘Wayne,’ it says. It would be Wayne, I thought, not Jake or Tom or Simon… Wayne. Blue and red, the red for blood, of course dripping from the arrowed heart. ‘Tasteful’, I mutter, and her eyebrows rise; … Continue reading
Flight of Fantasy (Every Day Poets, January 2012)
An etheree is a syllabic verse form consisting of ten lines, the number of syllables in each line increasing with the number of the line. I thought this would be a very ‘mechanical’ way of creating verse, but in fact … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Published Work
Tagged Etheree, poems about insomnia, syllabic verse form
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Ode to a Tom Cat, (Everyday Poets, August 2011)
My wise old tom, you’re sleeping by the window, tail twitching as you heave a dreamy sigh. At lunchtime you may cautiously turn over, and at dusk you’ll raise one glowing-amber eye. I remember how you chased and hunted nightly, … Continue reading
That Day (Every Day Poets, June 2011)
gently rounded dunes shifted, sand squeaked beneath our shoes as thin strands of grass whistled in the wind that wound our hair around our stinging faces you turned to me and stared long and hard into eyes that watered in … Continue reading
Monsieur Ragondin (Every Day Poets, March 2011)
Pray tell me, Monsieur Ragondin how hard it is to be the target of revulsion and such harsh antipathy. There was a time you valued us and farmed us for our fur. We kept your foolish women warm, you cared … Continue reading
Keadby to Cromwell Lock, Every Day Poets, January 2011
Steel grates on shingle, an engine screams in protest, quickly snuffed, and silence reigns. The fickle tide that welcomed us at Keadby like a lover, has slowly lost the plot. The clock ticks on. The world tilts slowly sideways whilst … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Cromwell Lock, Keadby Lock, navigating Trent, poetry, River trent
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