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One Warren Street SWI
I was left this house in the will of a distant cousin It is quite small and rather scruffy The immediate area is not as desirable as it once was And the passing trains rattle the very foundations Of my house and others in the street But I enjoy their company I have painted the […]
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The Long Walk
She was pretty A flirt Talkative Energetic Effervescent Gay Good humoured And generous to those she loved So I asked a sculptor To carve a likeness of her left foot In white marble So that I might stroll with her through eternity Benjamin Disraeli commissioned a marble copy of the left foot of […]
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Glass
We are all voyeurs He said Otherwise glass would not have been invented But what of mirrors? I asked It was God’s first creation So that we might admire our own reflection I was admiring the poem which was hanging in Phillip’s hall It was written by Solange I think it is rather good […]
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Masks
Pomegranate Purple Was tattooed on the right arm of a female skinhead who passed me in the street It was surrounded by garlands of red and white roses When I saw the girl again I asked her about the significance of her tattoo She replied that the tattoo had been a gift from a bus […]
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Sleepwalking
I wish to sleep walk Half awake and half asleep So that I may always smile And never weep But like many others I have lost those Who I have loved And I believe that sleepwalking May lessen my pain So that I can remember my happiness Again and again I wish to […]
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The Polish Soldier
On September the 5th 1940 A Polish soldier Named Joseph Krzowoski Gave my father A book written by Sir Walter Scott On my 6th birthday My father gave the book to me I have yet to read this book But plan to quite soon
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Dearest Rachel
Arrived safely as you can see. The weather if anything has been too hot. George has scorched his bald head. I might have to restrict our beach visits Really he is such a child. Our hotel is nice and I look forward each day to our evening meal. See you on Saturday We will […]
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The Changing Light of Marlborough
As the slender spiders web moved in the gentle breeze Two Americans stood beneath it For it was constructed high And admired the intricate workmanship of the spider They had tried to buy a watercolour In a nearby shop But as they pondered It was stolen from them A fly is trapped […]
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Travelling East
You are travelling to Telford Give my regards to the Iron Bridge I am travelling to Benfleet With Wren Wren Leipzig A goldfinch with a phenomenal intellect If you send me a couple of selfies From your hotel room I will release the goldfinch And instruct it to travel in a northerly direction […]
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Travelling South
You are travelling to Telford Give my regards to the Iron Bridge I am travelling to Bonchurch With Wren Wren Leipzig A goldfinch with a phenomenal intellect If you send me a couple of selfies From your hotel room I will release the goldfinch And instruct it to travel in a northerly direction […]