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The Modigliani Girl
I am slightly above average height Not by much but it is noticeable My face is oval I have a gentle nose It flatters me My complexion is fair Although I sometimes look pale I have green and blue eyes Which look sad depending on my mood My hair colour is undetermined Cornfield mice slumber in […]
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Pauline Green Feathers
Pauline Green Feathers Lives in the lighthouse Near Clive Cliff Point Pauline was rescued From a shipwreck When she was very young And was adopted By the Barnes family She is the only Native American In this part of Cornwall
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A Bullet in the Right Place
What is your poem about Joe My Sunday Lunch Are you saying that the corrupt Will be punished Frozen Peas I always dream Of being a New World General With an option of sage and onion stuffing In my country we name our railways After John Hanning Speke and Richard Burton We name some of our […]
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The Beautiful Path from Sandgate
It is only a path Narrow in places But what a path Converted by the sea Sea huts and sea terraces All brightly coloured Are reflected On even the dullest of days Nicholas awaits your company
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The Big Snotty
I am on the edge Of a deep precipice The Big Snotty Has trapped me I am about to fall Into a dreadful chasm My energy Exhausted Long gone Will I am On a train to nowhere Drip drip drip I am being treated Like a Leper Office dressed I long for my bed A Lanctuary of Sove […]
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Hanoi Jane
Joe I was watching a home movie Shot a number of years ago By the father of my American friend Which showed him ripping up a magazine That featured Jane Fonda on the cover It was taken as the Vietnam War Was drawing to a close He does not speak Although he quietly mutters Bitch […]
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DEmoc DEmoc Democracy is Dead
Talk to me Lukas It is time to sleep It is time to weep Wet Sister Fabulous Hollow Reed pipes Men are Weak God Coloured Days
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News from Home
I am sitting with my sister On a railway station My brother is a train driver He has visited my mother As she has been unwell We are quietly awaiting The latest news from home
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My Best Friend
Joe You seem to have a great number of friends They are on my payroll Julie One of them was in trouble recently Really which one Martha What was her crime She sent a photo of the CEO who was assassinated recently To her local councillor It was planning to close a WW2 footbridge over a […]
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Mad Girl Josie
Have you always been a mad girl Josie Ewe should know Sephine Come again Cora are you finished in the bathroom Five minutes I am still in afterglow street Do stop at the lights and look out for cyclists You have not answered my question What question Have you always been a mad girl No I […]