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An Honest Man
I am an honest man Who often sits in canvas chairs On colourful mornings Considering running rhythms Which are often called Common English rhythms Which are measured by feet Either two or three syllables No now I am boring you I apologise for that Poets can be such boring people As they can see both […]
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This Extraordinary Summer
The sea near where I live has been constantly warm But the beaches have been deserted Each morning I leave Jane naked in our bed As stroll in my cool garden without shoes I look into the early skies with a great passion And watch the blush sun rise slowly from the horizon […]
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There is a Rhinoceros under this Table
Anna there is a rhinoceros under this table Do not be absurd Anna I tell you there is a rhinoceros under this table I repeat that is an absurdity Why Because there is not enough room under the table How do you know that Because hippos are large creatures Again I ask you how do […]
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journal de la cannelle
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Days of Plenty
It is said that God made us in his own image But now surely we are designing Mass transit buildings in our own image The underground and overground stations today Are the equal of those of the inter war years Anna Yes Either go back to sleep or write a fucking poem OK Cheerio Would […]
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Gardening with Gurdjieff
Upon meeting the great man I asked how I might improve my poetry He told me to abandon it without thought I said that my gift haunted me without mercy And it also controlled me fully With any cessation being impossible A year passed and without warning I received a handwritten note From Gurdjieff […]
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Sleeping with Ouspensky
the greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious when one realises one is asleep at that moment one is already half awake I was going to write a poem or a fiction about this But I am enjoying my dreams of reality so very much That I have decided […]
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The Roads to Freedom (Loving Strangers)
Friday August 5th 2022 Morning What are you doing Anna I am thinking I often think when I am near the sea I do love these iron tables and chairs We are so lucky you know Are we lucky to have these table and chairs Or are we lucky to have placed them here With […]
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Time’s Interference
My job is to unsctable Time’s interferasnce I am quite new to this task But why you might ask Was i gicen this job in the first place As i am oorly qualified This was due to me being Rhe sole cansidate
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Olga in Kent
Olga in Kent has been staying with us As our summer guest She is from Gravesend And is thought to be the ghost Of Pocahontas I have my doubts about this But have been unable to contact Outlaw Who wrote this short fiction He was last seen in Lima Who has also disappeared […]