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Sewer Hyenas
I am a hunter of the hyenas Who live in the filthy sewers Of my home city Some say I am a Big Game Hunter But I am nothing of the sort As I am committed to Exterminating the imported vermin That cause so much sorrow To my friends and neighbours I kill nothing else
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Ramp to South Parking in Germantown
I had chosen a wet misty night To film the brutal stfreight trains As they passed through my local station The actual filming took me just over an hour As I was getting ready to leave A woman slipped on a nearby ramp I helped her to her feet as she was a little dazed She […]
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Sui generis
Why do you sit alone my friend Because that is the way you made me I wanted to be gregarious and social But you left me in this darkened room With limited views over the city
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The Poetry of War
Yes I am lying in the ground But my lips are moving Who said that Joe The poet Osip Mandelstam He was one of the first Russian poets I read after Pushkin Like many other writers he incurred the wrath of Stalin It did not help that he wrote His cockroach moustache laughs Perching on his […]
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The Long Night Moon
You are sometimes known As the Oak Moon or the Cold Moon This is your final visit before you Fade into deep winter
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Ophelia Sleeps
The colour grey is a neutral colour that falls between black and white […]
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The City is Quiet
The river is high It has risen Since the storms The city is busy But seems quiet Under the flat skies Colours although bright Are rather dull I move without passion
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Church Music
The Landscape Changes I lost a Dear Friend A man so dishonest That I doubted myself But he is now gone I chopped him into pieces Each of are clean The green fields have returned They are no longer under threat And will grow unpolluted Away from disease and false songs I am painting with my rifle butt […]
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In the Night Garden
You are sometimes known As the Oak Moon or the Cold Moon This is your final visit before you Fade into deep winter I wrote this poem In the hour before I retired Little did I know That our troublesome cat Would wake me up Some hours later And that I would find myself Freezing in the Night Garden […]
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Embrace
You are all legitimate targets You know who you are Resign now Enjoy your cornflakes