Emma McCourty
SOFT FOCUSED SILENCE
to a silence:
cloud-shaped
swallowing time
Wanderlust eats stars
Takes abandonment home for tea.
Remembers when The
Golden Girls had
their silver hue.
Knows what to do
when you don't
She can even magic eye,
and fingerknits belonging on the bus.
Bubble gum girl
happily sits still and thinks
cats-cradling her thoughts
and popping.
Extending lifes
slinky-...
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Thursday 16th June 2011 3:26 pm
Old Glitter and Flipflops
I dont quite fit
the cracks between your toes.
The glitter slides around the eyes
lies in the corner of truth
words we shared
rub my feet sore now.
No more lippy on my cheek
and hugs in the dark
a camp lark
down the mike
Im sure you don't
even like me.
A poke on facebook would be nice,
if not rude after so much time
has elapsed
I felt trapped...
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Friday 10th June 2011 10:55 am
Tags: Feet
Reality is Five by Seven Miles
anxiously
rough hands grasping the mug
Off centre like Wednesday
Trying to get even
with seven
and at one with her past
She dreams on tip-toes
of grass birds nests
and the seagulls serenade.
Giggles at the secrets
snow whispers.
Reality is a five by seven mile
square
longing for curves.
It snaps rulers with its mind
and wills clocks to stop.
Nostalgia cur...
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Tuesday 18th January 2011 7:38 pm
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