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TO LET
This is a room for all of our guests
A room for you to look your best
A place for intrigue and thoughts so heavy
And a place where you can spend a penny
It's a shared space intended for all
Not to tumble, roll or accidentally fall
But to take a moment, speculate and recall
But also a place you might withdrawl
A time out from a stressful day
To find the words yo...
Thursday 20th March 2025 2:47 pm
Flowers Are Yesterday
I never saw such a posy of carnations
A flush that shade rose to my cheeks
They were delivered each day at first
Before long it was every few weeks
Flowers are yesterday and I know it
Reality can cope without fine blooms
The mundane stuff is more important
Like securing a set of cheap rooms
Memories of those sprays sustain me
Even now I can smell that African l...
Wednesday 9th September 2020 10:48 am
Common Interests
There is a room where these people go,
All share something in common,
They sit there, pondering,
'Why is this happening to me?'
They could spend hours, days, weeks, months or even years in this room,
These people are not together,
In fact they are all alone,
What do they have in common?
Monday 13th August 2018 11:09 pm
Rooms
from an idea by Conrad Aiken
The Lounge
Netted windows with fawn roller blinds
lowered a little by their macramé tassels for his forty winks
Shush! Be quiet, he's having his nap, don't make a din -
or completely, when at night
he shovelled the last coal from the bin
concealed in its wooden cabinet
and lowered the heavy lid on the fire to keep it in
The Playroom
...Saturday 27th January 2018 11:21 am
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