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  • Chain stitch

    Chain stitch

    do you love your life Not in a cliche, tv, sleb, thoughtless way Spouting the words without moving a cell. I mean do you wonder at how it all works How blood rushes round  Turning blue as it flows How the synapses crackle and spark in the gloom And the air moves with purpose And…

  • Wham bam thank you slam

    Wham bam thank you slam

    Another year, another poetry slam. I went to this two years ago if you remember. We had a great time again, that’s there were a couple of repetitions from the last time we went. While I am impressed with my memory I am less so with the recycling of poems for competition. Me and my…

  • Chat like a metaphor

    Chat like a metaphor

    Chat Have you ever been naked when you speak? Not actually, I’m using a metaphor. When you suddenly realise you’re out in the light, and your skin is still pink and soft to the touch. It feels like the wind is whistling To cut, Like you could be knocked over and fall. When you open…

  • New arrival

    New arrival

    I called him my songbird And lay, wrong way round So my head was by his Close enough To feel sound. My songbird hears my call He turns, looks at me Hush, I am close by you And always will be My niece gave birth today. I remember that first night with Elder so clearly.…

  • Tardis

    My life is like a tardis The Inside bigger than the out Small movements you see Are massive to me My thoughts fill the space that I can’t Time is at a different pace My speedometer is set rather low But someone refrained From telling my brain So everything Comes out too slow Ideas thoughts…