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The last love note from Paris
Part 2 of The Trojan Chronicles: imagining what Paris was thinking of saying to Helen as he lay fatally wounded. Part of a set of poems exploring Troy and the Trojan War ...
Of Dice and Men
A rhyming exercise ...
Blind Date
Expect the unexpected ...
Food of Love
A meagre diet ...
The Devil’s Bones
A pecuniary necessity ...
AND YET…
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Waiting for a Bus
You wait and wait and are at the end of your tether waiting hours for a bus, then three come together. It was just like that as regards the Covid vaccine: not one but a trio appeared on the world's scene. Others are being developed and there'll be more; we are told that it is a lifeline that we can't ignore and because we value our health we shall comply so that the chance of ...
Aurora’s Long Sleep
Sleeping beauty: the truth ...
100% Cotton
memories of being slaves while reading the label on a t-shirt ...
Unforgiven. Picked
I am no more than yesterday’s echo, less than a whisper in the shadows of your thoughts. You turn your back; leave me to drift forsaken, into the night your cold words piercing sharp as stars in a blackened sky. My careless eye, in darkness failed to see the light it took away ...
I Am, Therefore I Think
A pause for thought as time moves on ...
The Anthem of Decay – Prologue
The worship of graves ...
No Cream in the Carbonara
Is pineapple an acceptable pizza topping? And do you put cream in the carbonara? ...
Being Careful What I Wish For Picked
A new poem ...
Daydreaming on Guildford High Street
A lighter piece this. So easy to be transported from the now with the now ...
