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127
· Oct 2021
.hairgrips.
sonja benskin mesher
Oct 2021
.hairgrips.
hairgrips
at asda are two pounds fifty pence
those from morrisons are one pound
all delivered
ordered the blonde ones though
wanted grey….
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126
· Nov 2022
..little scar..
sonja benskin mesher
Nov 2022
..little scar..
fear
of this and that
of nothing in particular
that no one else will
understand
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126
· Dec 2023
.at tea.
sonja benskin mesher
Dec 2023
.at tea.
traces remain hidden for the most part
only to come out on particular
occasions
without warning
she said it without warning
& i was horrified
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126
· Dec 2022
. coast .
sonja benskin mesher
Dec 2022
. coast .
there is a nice long beach and lovely views out to sea
the sea that is rising
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126
· Aug 2023
..medication.
sonja benskin mesher
Aug 2023
..medication.
the medicine works
though leaves the passages
dry
triggers sets me thinking of cowboys
we don’t have those here either
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126
· May 9
.small poem.
sonja benskin mesher
May 9
.small poem.
what small thing
touched you yesterday,
touched your heart.
among the larger issues,
outstanding nonsense,
did some thing
stop you in your tracks
to wonder.
one small thing.
did you too
forget richard parker ?
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126
· May 2021
..anniversaries..
sonja benskin mesher
May 2021
..anniversaries..
maybe I should write beautiful
lilting stuff again with rhymes and things
like people seem to like
or tragic dark long stories
of dreadful deaths
and mourning
as before
today will say it would have been
an anniversary
for what that is worth
he asked me the year
and surprised that i remembered
of course i miss them
just pretending to be a hard *****
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126
· Feb 2021
.18.999.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2021
.18.999.
numbers
they add some for emergency
dreaming nothing works
becomes seedy like rubber buttons
stitched on particular
wear
they come at us with knives
power houses
talking with tongues
with nowhere else to go
no one else to torment
i laugh at them talking in metaphors
yet I do the same
there are raindrops on the window
while I die
of laughing
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126
· Jul 2023
..blanket..
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2023
..blanket..
is all a pattern, that keeps us safely, moves us
onward.
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126
· Jun 2022
.drop.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2022
.drop.
there a little cloud with teardrops
a wash of shadowed grey
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125
· Oct 2023
. bird song .
sonja benskin mesher
Oct 2023
. bird song .
seems that you are trouble, is that correct?
yes.
it seems you need to let the birds sing
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125
· Dec 2022
.summer shore.
sonja benskin mesher
Dec 2022
.summer shore.
Shoreline would be more an exploration of the concept….shorelines more related to actual examples…..how about that?
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125
· Oct 2022
.idea.
sonja benskin mesher
Oct 2022
.idea.
while out on a longer walk,
met him and he explained to me,
about walking there and back again
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125
· Aug 2023
..somethings..
sonja benskin mesher
Aug 2023
..somethings..
some photos show nothing
while paintings can come
more personal
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125
· Jul 2022
.little bear.
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2022
.little bear.
forgot to say
that one bear
here
now has silk floral pants
as in underwear
not pants as in america
here we say trousers
anyhow there is no photograph
the guy in the charity
says there are no doll’s
clothes in stock
do you say thrift?
6.20am
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125
· Mar 2024
...constant..
sonja benskin mesher
Mar 2024
...constant..
some things fade with time,
with sun and washings.
this one remained bright,
even glaring
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125
· Nov 2023
..falling days..
sonja benskin mesher
Nov 2023
..falling days..
so the falling days,
end today, winter waits,
and the songs, and words,
tunes are all to warm us,
and hold us safe
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125
· Mar 2022
.challenges.
sonja benskin mesher
Mar 2022
.challenges.
the challenge is rain
and we had some
had looked at the writing and chose a small one though i do like the long one
about wet days on the hill…
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125
· Feb 11
.silence.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 11
.silence.
what is it?
how will they know for thinking
comes silent inside our heads
unless we utter
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125
· Mar 28
.3 days.
sonja benskin mesher
Mar 28
.3 days.
these are the longer days, lighter days, wood pile growing, apple wood, colours of joy. believe in the world, that you can spell first time. be proud as you point out where you live, at all there is.
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124
· Dec 2022
..summer home..
sonja benskin mesher
Dec 2022
..summer home..
have a photo here of up the valley
where they used to stook the harvest
all the family out working the fields
in the evening it came cooler
for rest
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124
· Jul 2021
.don't you know.
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2021
.don't you know.
should that dot be approved
and how about the predicted?
we came here early with many thoughts and remnants of the dream
it was another lockdown
with discussions on milk
that seemed important
then we heard voices distant, watched with a comma, saw the group walking the lane early
red tops and shorts
six thirty a.m.
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124
· Jun 11
.distant sound.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 11
.distant sound.
think i heard a night jar
up the valley here.
it was a quiet night except
for that.
we have the window open now.
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124
· Feb 2021
.the digger.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2021
.the digger.
looked out last evening toward the grave
yard
saw the light
the machine making a place
it used to be manual
i know the method
bob told me back then
know the depth
he has retired
since the covid came
said he is seventy now and aches a bit
i heard
i smiled after what he said to me
after he touched my arm
he often did that
once he kissed my cheek
buried my husband
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124
· Feb 2021
.the garden.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2021
.the garden.
it has come warmer here
lately
so me and him cut the saplings
ropes pulling away from the wire
below the ivy threads the surface
to be pulled today as I tested the
method
which worked
plans are set
though news news ain’t good
any which way i look
i read about the dependency
he described
and thought he was more than that
we are not our issues nor experiences
we are more than that
each person a unique being
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124
· May 2023
.in the sky.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2023
.in the sky.
looking up
see rainbows
&
the small plane still flies over
most days
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124
· Apr 2022
.mistake.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.mistake.
it came shiny
lovely at 45 degree angle
oh no
he said
this is the wrong one
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124
· Mar 19
. kiss the ancestor.
sonja benskin mesher
Mar 19
. kiss the ancestor.
i am travelling to the end of the world
with you.
all.
unless we stop to
start again.
unless we travel more careful
we shall see
blackened lakes.
kissing the ancestors, hugging the memories presently.
now
the will of the people over rides that of the mystery.
throwing all into
misalignment
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123
· Apr 2024
.guilt.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2024
.guilt.
pool of fear,
the fright of interrogation,
guilt,
i hear.
from where comes the mourning,
late afternoon,
and evening…
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123
· Aug 2021
.jim's bike.
sonja benskin mesher
Aug 2021
.jim's bike.
lawns are a thing
i watched the history
been to a museum in southport
pretty place that for a town
with council gardening you know
all neat and patterns with orange
usually
here it is left longer for the wild things
to live and hide
then mowed much later
in the summer with grit
and determination
i have a real old green one
hand pushed yet I keep it safe
and use the electric mower
carefully
was the bike delivered safely?
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123
· Dec 2022
. the dream .
sonja benskin mesher
Dec 2022
. the dream .
it was
the dream
the cloud
the quarry
water flows down this valley
wind blows round our houses
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123
· Aug 2022
.untitled.
sonja benskin mesher
Aug 2022
.untitled.
that feeling that arrives with the name of the county
the memory of your home and closeted life
now eroding slowly
that sense of belonging to the land
it is that feeling
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123
· Mar 2021
.quartz.
sonja benskin mesher
Mar 2021
.quartz.
sometimes we say gosh or my goodness
a phrase used much in subtitled korean dramas
which what I like
they say it ain’t seemly to cuss
at this age and present gender
though I really like
******
as a little word
they say it is safer out of doors
that it does fade after a few days
though he thought it lived forever
blimey
the second visitor in a while
later the top were sawn off
tidy
ready to balance the collected
stone
james
being corrected
being predicted
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123
· Apr 2021
.wiki.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2021
.wiki.
i don’t mind it
being private
though I do dispute wiki having
opinions
i know it to be fact
and rightly so
those sell by dates are guidance
those some things live longer
we agreed to disagree only
never verbalised as such
we are still in lock down
and are locked in
metaphorically
gently
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123
· Sep 2024
.worker.
sonja benskin mesher
Sep 2024
.worker.
as he left the garden
he said they may be working nearer home now.
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122
· Jul 2022
.writing to james again.
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2022
.writing to james again.
all ok for me here
even though my battery
gone low
writing before
it recharges
life is pleasant
even with the arrival
of
monkey pox thing
avoiding zeds all together
guess you know more about war
than most
good you have your benefits
now
he asked to be friends
with suchlike
so we replies no just pals
and he don’t understand
hahaha
am not bothered
me
maybe you will help
with the writing
it was a documentary
so i guess it is still there
james
16.26
#slabcity
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122
· Jul 2024
.time of year.
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2024
.time of year.
or is it the air changing?
mood settles, or is it the
time of year?
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122
· Sep 2021
.each morning.
sonja benskin mesher
Sep 2021
.each morning.
each morning, each morning write to you
as if you are here
still
as if talking to you still
look to the window , see the grass is cut again
flowers gone
still wonder
where you are
or nowhere?
look out again , see green cherries on the tree
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122
· Jun 2024
.shell bay.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2024
.shell bay.
we went out on the chain ferry across to the beach
all sun sea gulls and possibilities
day of freedom
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122
· Nov 2023
. things .
sonja benskin mesher
Nov 2023
. things .
do not wish to hide
do not wish to run
to take the boat and steer
to take the hiatus i fear
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122
· Mar 2022
.fading.
sonja benskin mesher
Mar 2022
.fading.
you came again in auto fill
last evening sat alone
we still cannot understand
there is no explanation for that
nor what you did
you are a ghost to us now
fading
we watched it on tv
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122
· Oct 2023
.bird song 2.
sonja benskin mesher
Oct 2023
.bird song 2.
she was drawn again yesterday with her sibling
though it did not look quite right so
shall i tear the sister off?
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122
· Feb 16
.oil pond.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 16
.oil pond.
oil pond mirrors the darkness the november
day sun draws white against the grey
this leaf lays on earth
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122
· Dec 2024
.time.
sonja benskin mesher
Dec 2024
.time.
such is the change of time
i have been around for an
hour
extra
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122
· Apr 2022
.ink.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.ink.
the fall is abrupt and possibly dramatic
related to weight & gravity
like a
black ink line ruled sharply down
ending with an abrupt grand splatter
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122
· May 2024
.yes.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2024
.yes.
did i sit quietly thinking
then place a few
things together?
yes
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122
· Apr 2024
.box.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2024
.box.
"Is art a box that you climb into?”
“Well, yes, I guess it is. I never thought of it like that”
“Are you compartmentalizing?”
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122
· May 2021
.the bear.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2021
.the bear.
said to come to bed quick
lay down and rest
the warm blanket cosy
make a nest
a bit ******* round
and hopefully it will all go away
i said to the bear, i said that
the washing was left out and I had not washed up yet
dear bear said it did not matter
that care will be taken
and we will not tell the little ones
for fear of worrying them
we watched the sun go down together
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121
· Sep 2022
.portrait 2.
sonja benskin mesher
Sep 2022
.portrait 2.
carefully we drew her out
all tidy with reason, wearing
us down
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121
· Sep 2024
.whiteness.
sonja benskin mesher
Sep 2024
.whiteness.
cover the place with whiteness.
pink is pretty, white is clean.
they do not want to see it
today, a reminder of fragility.
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