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in a time of autumn leaves
you were born in a time of autumn leaves a time of white skies and crisp golden shadows you are a child of the tenth month who inherited the beauty of the world
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Tender is the Night
I was sitting on a speaking seat Not far from a crazy clock reading Tender is the Night As I always did When the days were fair On this high promenade You asked me about Nicolas Hawksmoor And about the colourful beach huts below I knew nothing of these silent mysteries We shared a slow […]
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La Sauvage Elisabeth
I found Elisabeth Olsen sleeping In the Church of the Unknown Martyrs This was quite commonplace A typical behaviour I believe that Elisabeth liked me As when in the right mind She could pass through all levels Of polite and genteel society Yet I nearly always found her Covered in mud wearing only a shift Having […]
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Dorchester
On the 20th of July 1923 the Prince of Wales Visited Dorchester and there met Thomas Hardy This event was recorded in the diary of my grandfather He also noted that on the morning of the royal visit That he had dropped an ice cream cornet and a chocolate flake Into the small goldfish pond at […]
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Chidiock pronounced Chidik
My prime of youth is but a frost of cares Who wrote that line Lola Chidiock Tichborne It was the first line of an elegy that he wrote Whilst awaiting execution in the Tower of London What had he done to deserve such a fate He had conspired with others to assassinate Queen Elizabeth the […]
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Tower of London
There are two people sitting on the beach They are looking out to sea One appears to have worked In the Tower of London Until recently As he possesses A well defined upper body strength The other is a women possibly from Serbia She is wearing a fluorescent pink shirt
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After the Service
I am sitting in a church porch Waiting for the service to finish It is not that I have abandoned my beliefs I was just late in my arrival The grey flagstones in front of me Have been worn smooth with age And are pleasant to look at and gently touch Beyond the porch I […]
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Unloved Unloved Unloved
Today I found a photograph Of a rose wisteria rose tunnel It was taken on an October day By the late poet John Claire He called this photograph My poetry descending into nothingness This was his final poem
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A Nuclear Dream
It was only a short dream No longer than five minutes long Yet it was terrified me I was living on a hill above a city When in the distance I saw a nuclear bomb explode at a thousand feet As the city had been built in a volcanic basin I knew that I had […]
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Street Photographer
This is interesting Jane What is This article in the newspaper Read it to me It is about an art installation in NYC I am all ears The French artist David Grieg has installed a section of sidewalk constructed totally of toughened mirrored glass in front of THE ACID GALLERY IN NEWYORK Interesting Initially there […]