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The Puppet Scaramouche
The Puppet Scaramouche Was painting a blue landscape I had commissioned a red landscape The puppet blamed the humidity of the studio
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Classical Walrus Day
To the five soldiers Hung After a drunken night absent I salute you How frail are your tepid daughters They fill me with sadness Let the fevers of your night Refresh them
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Electricity
Pylons come Pylons go The world is electric I am surrounded by cables and wires The debris of power Power corrupts I once heard This thought passes through my mind As I look at the summer clouds High above my stationary train Do they fear the night I ask? As many do 20.59 21.00 21.01 […]
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Betty Blue
The sky is dark Only the horizon remains bright It reminds me of a movie I watched Over twenty years ago Called Betty Blue
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John Ireland and Betty
He was a quiet man Who locked himself away When composing She was a mad girl Prone to self-harm But they shared a love of music And that was all that really mattered
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Shooting Stars over Deal
I witnessed a spectacular display Of shooting stars As I leaned out of the window Of my coastal house A sea mist gradually obscured the display Leaving only the music of the night
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The Poetry Field
Dust Devils are a dancin Hot Summer Summer Air The Harvest has been collected My Field is rather bare
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The Poetry Field
Wild Geese are in the Sculpture Park I can hear their Harvest Songs
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Margate AAA
I tell you Margate appears in a number of books of poetry Thomas Gray once wrote a poem about a visit to Margate Tom and Katie were sitting on Margate beach It was a hot day and they were surrounded by people Yet to them the beach seemed empty What was the title of the […]
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Cinema (Black & White)
On the 17th of September 1973 the poet Stuart Miller Osborne was killed in a car crash in Ealing West London On the 24th of July 2016 the poet Stuart Miller Osborne enrolled on an Art History course at UCLA in Los Angeles Or so the poster for the movie stated As it looked out […]