Poetry Blogs (2019, anniversary)

Wardrobe Mistress - '85

I stood in front

of the wardrobe

we shared

and stared.

I had just seen her

with overalls down

below her knees,

your familiar

bare bum

tensed.

Its thrusting

only previously seen

in awkward twisting

mirror-glimpses.

Your shirts and tees

hang between

pink and lime,

purple & olives,

shady gre...

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Anniversary

Your quiet smile

loud in my head

listening eyes

speaking when

touch removed

sorrow returns

Frances Macaulay Forde © 2018

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photo credit: Deanna  Towne 

 Anniversary

There is no clean slate

No blank sheets of paper

To write our lives on

We palimpsestically erase

And rewrite existence like

Painters whitewashing

And rescaping canvas

With images telling new stories

Often by another painter

In some other time

With alterative visions

No story is complete

Life goes on in ways

That...

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OpenMind return to Fuel Bar to celebrate our 2nd anniversary, exactly 2 years since the first ever OpenMind event at Earth Cafe.


To celebrate our 2nd anniversary we've created a few elements that pay homage to this number. Entry will be £2, we've got 2 headliners, 2 guests per genre, and raffle tickets will be 2 for the price of 1.


As always we'll begin the evening with the most diverse ope...

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OpenMind return to Fuel Bar to celebrate our 2nd anniversary, exactly 2 years since the first ever OpenMind event at Earth Cafe.


To celebrate our 2nd anniversary we've created a few elements that pay homage to this number. Entry will be £2, we've got 2 headliners, 2 guests per genre, and raffle tickets will be 2 for the price of 1.


As always we'll begin the evening with the most diverse ope...

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This is my first experiment with haiku - it was a bit clumsy so thanks to Winston for his comment :)

Her scars are itching

The anniversary looms

No celebration

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