Tag: poetry
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New Collection
Sitting on the front step, enjoying some unseasonal sunshine. A crow flies down and lands on the lamp post. I’m thinking that would be a great picture for those stories I’m writing. Yeah, I know. Who calls their collection, even a short collection, “Death”? It’s…
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Mission: Don’t Die
Plant my feet and stand up.Full height.No apology. Blood, oxygen, life.My life. Keep moving. Hand across the scar.It’s part of me.Like Ayrshire rain or the waves at the shore. The words.The work. One day I’ll be gone,but not today,not today. You’ll have to drag me,off…
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Deathbed Blues
I’ll be lying in a hospital bed looking at my toes at the far end. My wife, the kids around me. Maybe old Mike from next door. Looks like he’s going to win the dead pool after all. A nurse I don’t know. Or no…
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Blue Sky
Me and her under an endless blue sky. The clouds racing across it as we turn the radio off and pick our course. Through the city till the concrete turns to grass.The miles passing like minutes. Pick a tune. One singer. One song. Your choice,…
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Out of Step
If you fall out of step with the world, it’s hard to get back in. You just see all the people walking by, so sure of themselves. They don’t see you. They’re not allowed to. It would break the certainty. If they do see you,…
