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Squirrels of Orange
It has been a wild night With pulses of heavy rain Thrashing the already tired tree tip tops But the main feature of this stormy weather Have been the strong winds Which have gusted in excess of sixty miles per hour But this has not deterred the local squirrels Who as I write are feeding […]
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All the Wonders of the World
Today at about three in the afternoon Just before the rains arrived I found out that all the wonders of the world Could be found in the shells of crabs It would be imprudent of me To reveal my sources But I can confirm That I live quite near a beach
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Innocent Cinema
Alison Task had been my childhood friend I could not really remember life without her Our houses were near to each other And we enjoyed each others company for many years In retrospect we shared a typical Kent childhood About a month ago I received a letter from Alison It was the first letter […]
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EAT SHIT
EAT SHIT THERE IS PLENTY OF IT TO GO AROUND EVERYTHING IS SHIT IF YOU WANT IT TO BE SHIT BUT THERE IS A SOLUTION BECOME A ROSE AND ENJOY THE AMAZING PERFUMES OF YOUR LIFE
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Out of Season
I am currently looking at a photograph taken in the Wakayama Prefecture in Japan It shows hundreds of fireflies dancing in a bamboo forest There are no fireflies in this dining room The Spanish waiter has presented me with a book of poems by Mao Tsetung My wife has finished her starter and is listening […]
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Leaders with Beards
I read recently that Jeremy Corbyn Was the first leader of the labour party To sport a beard since Keir Hardie As I travelled home on train that evening I began to wish that Corbyn had more in common With his more illustrious predecessor Saul Stein (2020)
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Fighting The Fascist Left (1977-2020)
When I was young and very immature I joined an left wing party As I wanted to topple the establishment I attended meetings and was lectured about Marxism And how it would free the world That was when the doubts began set in As it was total undiluted bollocks But I still went along just […]
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The Poems of Mao Tsetung
I picked a book of your poems up Deep in a second-hand bookshop Your poems are written in Classical Chinese Verse Forms I am not a scholar so accept this fact blindly It has been stormy recently But today is fine and I am sitting beachside Enjoying a morning coffee Yet my book of […]
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The Freshwater Bay Poems
Horses Damage Hotels This morning whilst shaving I saw a pigeon in difficulties On a slate green roof opposite It was trying to climb to the summit of the roof But was slipping wet slipping without significant progress A passing duck suggested flight but its advice was ignored Over breakfast at the Albion Hotel […]
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Newportown
High Church Low Church Whilst sharing a coffee with my lovely wife In a poignant street in Newportown I became concerned at the number Of High Church and Low Church buildings That we had passed on the way from the railway station A waitress with a tattoo on her right leg Assured me that […]