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Haiku
the orange worm moon winter is fading
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Haiku
the sun travels from east to west but I hear only the silence of the sea
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Letter from Jane
Have a agreeable adventure my friendly knight If you suffer any misfortunes or accidents Let them be extraordinary ones So that you might share the honour of the stars Tender Love Don Quixote Jane
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White Mile
I sometimes walk with my eyes tightly closed As if to shut out my inner world But this is totally ineffective As I can see everything so very clearly I feel that I am drifting through the universe Redundant of breath in a world redundant of light Yet this is nothing but a passing […]
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The Lazarus Garden
Time Suspended Time Changes Time Passes Time Lost Time Unseen Margate
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Smuggle
As I was walking along an unmade road Next to the six mile six mile beach I found a number of board games Which were being offered free In front of a splendid house I hesitated for a while And chose one called Smuggle Which in essence was a game encouraging The non payment of […]
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Haiku (Alfred Wallis)
grey harbourside house a silent artist lives there he thinks of the sea
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Son del Mar
If we have anything in common It is that we eat oranges from the fruit Almost like starving savages We often take these friends to the beach And later feed their rough damp skins To the gulls who congregate on the sandy paths After this we silently swim and listen As evening draws […]
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Verlaine & Beyond
I am an Empire at the end of the decadence I am the decadence I love this word decadence all shimmering in purple and gold I am the decadence The poet is a madman lost in adventure Your adventure is in my chosen landscape A poem is really a kind of machine It […]
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Travels with Nicholas
Jane and Mirabelle were sitting on the beach Between Folkestone and Sandgate When they spotted an architect Do you like it Like what My beach hut I think it is quite marvellous Nicholas Call me Nick That is what my name means roughly in English What is your name People call me Tulip but I […]