limping iambics
Sunday 2 April 2023
The Pilgrim
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The Pilgrim in him stirred at dawn, rose from the sobbing hollow of the night and crept from where his wanting wife lay dreaming, sl...
Monday 22 February 2016
The Mirror
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Good morning, sir, and who are we today? I see another coat that doesn’t fit, A different hat – so many different hats! No tie, of c...
Sunday 5 January 2014
Voyage des Rois Mages
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Le soleil n'y était pour rien. Lui, il brillait sans réfléchir et nous, ce jour-là, mal lunés, si peu enclins à compa...
Friday 11 March 2011
Song for Richard
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Let’s sail through the night on a moonstruck barge, Taste dawn on the deck as the stars submerge, Embrace in the lap of a sunlit ...
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Saturday 9 May 2009
Sub Rosa
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Remember that single flower you picked? Gathered in stealth and trespass, Far, so far in that arid land And I, a whisper on the wind. How co...
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Friday 19 January 2007
Coming Home
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She sat facing backwards on the train to Crewe, watching herself shrinking in the distance while familiar landscapes flickered past the wind...
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Thursday 18 January 2007
When Daddy comes home
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There is a moment in our day – which hitherto had teemed with dimpled laughter; tumbled, nudged and winked its way across the sunlit birdson...
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