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8 Minute Delay
She was the face of the century. / We'd all believed the age of heroes was past / but she was the real thing -
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Mar 17, 2011
A Day in Space
We spent a day in space / because the Hendersons did it last month, / and the Jeffreys the week before that.
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Feb 19, 2014
A Dog
Folk with the real Scots, / guttural and glorious, / know me for the cushion-mouthed patsy I am
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Sep 13, 2011
After the Gig
we unleashed / a roomfull / of energy
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Oct 30, 2016
Alternative Endings
(i) / It's no use / the legs aren't up to it anymore
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Dec 16, 2012
Always the Corridor
Behind one door of course / is a giant room, indistinct / colours coming into focus
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Nov 4, 2015
A Man's Appeal
In early days, man strode / beneath wide wild skies / reading the landscape with understanding eyes,
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Jan 3, 2011
a marriage
She doesn't rush to judgement / when my resolutions crumble / when my morals take a tumble
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Sep 22, 2014
Amphibians
The trip would be flawless - / water splashing, echoed shrieks in chlorinated sunlight - / except for these baffling creatures
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Jan 18, 2012
An Argument
Through the passion, the anger / and the bold assertions / it may be hard to see
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Dec 30, 2010
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