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July 2024 Collage Poem: Walk the Walk
Boiled ham skies for a man in a
demob suit reflected in glass
Heart founded in tragic stories, a river
of endless tears
Arriving at Bradford Interchange the
Martian General remembered he had
not bought toilet supplies
Walk the walk right at the door
I am travelling the wrong way
on the escalator
ascending to the dark side of the moon
IS THAT OUR...
Saturday 13th July 2024 8:41 am
Saltaire Dreams
The mill looms hulking in the dim distance,
looms now long-stilled but filled with pictures
crafted by Hockney, some of his Bradford
long-remembered when he as a lad, would
sketch the hills and mills with broad strokes
but some more contemporary: coal smoke
swapped for cooler pool or beach scenes
or the bold new Wolds canvases: deep greens
and thick line...
Wednesday 16th March 2016 10:53 pm
thirty years
I am reminded of why I take pictures of flowers
with each intrusive click of the camera
the sky has a hungry air - ribbed white clouds -
above an unusual stillness in centenary square
there are professionals circling
looking for the money shot of a woman crying
and one man consciously edges out of my pictures
despite my consciously not edging him in
what looks exchange are thin as ...
Tuesday 12th May 2015 1:16 pm
56
one hears stories of the day the fifty six died
whispered tales over a whiskey at closing
the words coming more from the eyes than the lips
Monday 11th May 2015 11:45 am
Trombone Voluntary
Trombone Voluntary
On blue days, when the sun breaks the clouds,
I like to take my lunch by the courthouse.
You might call it a fetish. I crunch crisps
and criminally profile the coming and going.
What really draws me though, is the statue
at the centre of the square to Delius.
Every time I promise to listen to his music
and every time I never do. Instead, having eaten,
I circle the...
Wednesday 18th March 2015 10:33 pm
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