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The Whisper
I don’t want to become a whisper. I don’t wish to be the fallen breath. I don’t take comfort from the vista. I don’t know the reality of death. I don’t like that their photographs yellow But we speak as if they’ve never left. I don’t understand how we don’t bellow when their names our…
Sutton Hoo
Buzzard’s soaring like twinkling stars, The blue sky shimmers around them. As they drive above the passing cars, Focused eyes scan the field’s hem; They arch for a better view of the mounds, Ascending the land’s cosmic stem; Climbing high to escape the sounds, To sing their own mewing bars. Great Tit’s bound above us,…
Surround Sound Clown
Need to find tickets to a gig, Get that feeling back in my legs, Twitch. Drink a stale pint down to the dregs, Over a year since that last cig. Working from home, scouring listings, For bands I’d heard of (none at all), Sitch. Click quick, click swift: venue is small, Mind wanders out of…
Match of the Day 2 (Liverpool vs Fulham)
Lush green grass sways with the breathless brushing of boots; chasing down the ball.
Vinyl on the Weekend
Johnny Cash singing from an old vinyl record, Scratching past midnight.
Giving money to the Global South
Give, give, give. White peaks, powdered-sugar delicacies; Glide off crusted piste on skis or snowboard. Give, give, give. Used hygiene products slew into malty seas. Bobbing along, crude cereal bowl. Give, give, give. Hessian cushions, rich texture of rose red and sumptuous gold. Lay one’s head gently. Give, give, give. Wiggly toes in holes of…
Juventus vs Inter Milan (Derby d’Italia)
A twenty-three-year-old youngster, the talk of the town. Nicolussi Caviglia coming back before he’d even started. Entrusted with the central role, In the biggest game of the season so far. A fulcrum, Youth as the the edge and dictator of the frontier, Between attack and defence: Kids to determine how we’ll play. Protests against femicide…
FC Koln vs Bayern Munich
Didn’t the rain hammer down? Drowning out the raucous fans. Not that that was the only thing, To put them in their place. A dominant performance from Bayern. Steffen Baumgart’s flat cap flooded, Still can’t keep his cool. Not pretty, not cute, not always fun to watch; A win’s a win, and this was easy.…
Kingfisher
I think I saw a kingfisher today, On a walk in perfect country. I crossed Nunn’s Bridge like courting my lover, And we think we saw a Kingfisher there. Swooshing down the Blackwater, Flushing emotions along the river’s spine, Tagine pot: Ceramic, glossy, reflexive, hot, electric blue wings. Inviting, orangey-caramel, stew underside, Flapped and pounded…
A Poem for Right-Wing, Blowhard, News TV
Symbolic beacon throttles papered wall, Firm grip above razor-clawed, wild fire; Last protection from their deepest desire, A sharpened showman’s softly-spoken drawl. Dry kindling crackles under wispy hiss, The innocent wood flecks violently broke, Billowing bellows knowing what to stoke. A rising temp’rature; something amiss? Grim swelling, heaving behind iron grate, Its vibrant loose flame…
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