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The Sun’s Set – A Review
So much consistent applause for this show It seems almost clichéd to join in But this is one that faultlessly runs day into night Night after night Responding fearlessly to the high pressure Of repeat performances With magical lighting Sound effects delightful Words cannot capture the exquisite beauty Her Infinite variety of displays Fearless artistic →
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Apricot, Firenze
Warmed by day breaking In through the shutters Light fur of the skin Curve of the fruit Sweet flesh Crushed in your hand Drips, splashes, runs Onto your belly Down to your thighs You smile, close your eyes Push me lower . n.b. http://www.napowrimo.net Day 24 prompt: Fruit. . Christopher Perry 24th April, 2020 →
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No haga flexiones depués de gachas
They found him face down in his kitchen Previously the fittest sixty year old they’d ever known Lifeless as a rock He’d been warned But sadly, as a professor of literature At the finest university in Cantabria He’d conceived of so many different interpretations That he’d brushed over the literal . As they say in →
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Kindergarten
Three greylags shepherd Fluffy goslings stumbling moves Away from stranger . n.b. Counting goslings on the go is a tricky business. Like an enthusiastic child learning numbers, I see first nine, then seven, then eight during different attempts to quantify the bumbling brood. The three adult geese work together to direct operations. One to each →
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For Me?
I found it there on my way home Tied with green nylon rope Neatly knotted to a plastic drum And two fathoms length further Another, its side cut out, roughly trimmed Where careless crabs might sidle in I think it was meant But then again, this fickle sea can be quite unkind She probably had →
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Crossing Over
Thirty two days now I’ve been out walking What have I found and what have I seen? A spotted catfish curled up on the shore A hedgehog sent to sleep in the road A wide-eyed bird lying on the verge, so small I hid it in my hand A piece of fibre-glass hull, jetsam from →
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Expectant
First time grandmother-to-be Already on edge Awaits delivery Wednesday? No Thursday? No She’s sitting at the window It’s got to come today She’s sits waiting patiently She needs that replacement kettle So she can have A calming cup of tea . n.b. What a time for the old kettle to blow and the parcel service →
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On Darkness
Out there sea and wind Roll pebbles along the shore Hear each one disturbed . Christopher Perry 17th April, 2020 →
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Sayoran in 8 Syllables (Message to Self)
Forfucksakegetabloodygripppppppppppp . www.napowrimo.net Day 16 Prompt: Effusive praise. This is off prompt, but is prompted by the Day 16 post. CLP 16th April, 2020 →
Journey of Words 