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100% British Wool
Swifts are here nowIt’s wonderful to see themIn little squadronsCarving through the airSwooping low over the roof topsSkimming the surface of the pondTheir intermittent squealsCounterpoint to the perpetual cooing of Ring DovesIt’s been a beautiful dayBut this eveningI’ll take my jumperJust in case~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 4. Weather & Season. CLP 04/04/2026 Read more
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Architect
For a man of supposed detailIn the grand scheme of thingsHis blueprint must have been a rough scampSketched out on the back of a crumpled Camel cigarette packGoodness knows where he got the builders fromThey follow disjointed principles of random constructionWhen someone needs to get any of his projects fixedHe never returns callsThe planet is… Read more
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Coast to Coast
The 05:30h out of Maze Hill to Cannon Street was pretty full. London needs its cleaners, cooks, nurses, delivery drivers, shop staff, museum curators, tube drivers and such. You get the picture, workers, old and young, enduring the early start, rubbing shoulders with each other on the way to Town for another mandatory shift. A.I.… Read more
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After Falling Through Ice
You know about the iceMy falling inMy sister falling in attempting to helpMy sister clambering outMe left, chest deep, in that holeMy finding a way to get outOut of the freezing waterFinding a way to get a grip on slippery wet clayFinding a way of escapeYou don’t know about the bathMy mother taking my Wellington… Read more
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The City
To Farringdon by Circle Line tube. Liverpool Street, Moorgate, Barbican, Farringdon. Rattle, rattle, clunk, squeak, screech. Vibrant edge of the venerable city, no longer dusty, empty, cheap.With half an hour on my hands, I return to Clerkenwell Green EC1, where I worked in my twenties. The Greenhouse is up for rent again. The Crown on… Read more
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Dating Tanka
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 1 Prompt: Tanka the 5/7/5/7/7 syllables per line Japanese poem form. Read more
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