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Poetry and Poetic Prose. Creative contributions from our talented guest poets.
Remembering a Rock & Roll Suicide
Rock & Roll Suicide At last, he took flight
In the summer sunlight
From the roof of the Hilton Hotel.…
Mountain Snapshot
Snapshot On the top edge of my iPad
a mountain sits in monumental stillness,
as if motion was frozen at…
How to Cope in the Coronavirus Era?
How to Cope in the Coronavirus Era? If we’re all on house arrest,
It puts our assets to the test.
Mope and…
Should Not the Actuaries Say…
What If...
What if actuaries would say:
There’s no time to delay
Doing what you should do
In the time…
Angel Passing
ANGEL PASSING Before the bible
When man was at birth
The angels walked the earth. They took Enoch and…
A Colourless Mind
A Colourless Mind Your hair is blond
your skin is white
your blood is red
your oriental eyes
suck in the…
Bucket List
Bucket List: What nonsense. Really. We are going around in our sunset years with a tin pail into which we are…
The Birth of a Son
Grandmother lived upstairs in our two family flat, and she told me all the stories while sipping her homemade…
My Friend RebmetpeS
My Friend RebmetpeS
Then came my friend September,
who took me by the hand,
and we sang a sweet September…
Old Buford
Old Buford
I came upon old Buford,
and he grinned a toothless grin.
I shook his scarred and wrinkled hand,…
Les Miserables
Les Miserables:
They hide their eyes from the morning,
in hopes the light goes away.
They turn their face…
Circle of Life
Ribbons, Bows and Pink Lace
I am six, no ribbons, bows or pink lace, only long curly locks around my freckled…
The Garden
My heart has made a garden,
where the thorn falls away from the rose.
Where every flower has your face.
The…
Primrose
Sweet primrose pressed between the pages. A book of verse from bygone ages. A token kept and treasured
Fictive Fever
Caravaggio, Caravaggio, not your name but the town you were born. Michelangelo Merisi