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What Period Poverty?
How do you fancy ripping tents up, Angie,
instead of nipping to the corner shop?
Here in the town of Stockport, Lancashire,
when sirens sounded, townsfolk gratefully fled
to shelter under arches stout and strong;
but now, the stench of death pervades the air,
the body politic is now corrupt;
no air raid shelters for the innocents
of Gaza under rubble, three months gone;
...Monday 29th January 2024 12:38 pm
Deathstyle Choice
Her Deathstyle Choice!
The red red rose of Lancashire, it’s red for love,
the poppy, flower of Palestine which gives me hope,
the fragile Armistice poppy, of hope, not hate,
trodden in the mud by Braverman’s Nat C. friends,
by the Nazi hate-mob...
Wednesday 8th November 2023 2:14 pm
Hallo Nederland!
In our Lancashire home, in our Lancashire home,
We speak with a Lanky Twang ever so rare,
We’ve got some wet moorlands exceedingly bare,
If you want a few Mountains, we've got some to spare,
In our Lancashire home.
En Vrolijk Kerstmis!
Wednesday 30th November 2022 12:41 pm
AUDIO of my SAMPLES 1-7 Repeats rectified
The audio file in this post is of SAMPLES 1-7 in my profile-apologies for repeats cockup.
This below, was my first and only attempt (so far) at a Sestina, from about ten years ago?
I think it reflects:
1. the trepidation I felt at the thought of one of my 3 months-long walking trips and
2. the effort expended in the journey of trying to write this bloody thing!
PILGRIM P...
Sunday 21st August 2022 3:59 pm
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