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Stand Up, Step Out
Sit stillEverything movesThat’s what you seeIt all moves around youYou want to ride the carouselSee the world?So stand upNow step outStand upStep outSit stillYou need to restYou’ve travelled farFrom village to cityCity to seaYou want to see over the hillDiscover moreSo stand upNow step outStand upStep outAnother breakfastIn a foreign caféNo looking backIt’s about what’s Read more
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on Ukraine
watching from the shoreI see the oceangather itself indraining the beachscrambling pebblescurling its liphurling itself forwardclawing away another stratumbreaking more groundeach crump of wavedespite its damned furymerely a precursorto the next formingin jostling ranks behindthere is only so much landthere is so much seawhat great resolve is neededto construct safe harboursecure the coastdecide what cannot Read more
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Night Angler
Has this bird learnedCarpark night lightsAre a boon to fishers?Hence moonlit return to perchWhich is also a fresh water fishAlthough Wensum waterIs possibly too freshIf you get my drift~ CLP 14/10/2024 Read more
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on Ukraine
Half of all spent is spent on warTaxes, privatisation, national assets soldUkraine is beggared beyond beliefWhat price victory?What cost peace?~ CLP 11/10/2024 Read more
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on the wall
The North StandUp these steps, here we goTo see the lights, the pitchOur team in blueWe are the Blue Army of Portsmouth FCThe Pompey Chimes our famous tuneWhen I sit in the North StandI think of my Grandad, my parents, my familyThis is our teamWe stand together and never give upPlay up Pompey! Pompey play Read more
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