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· Feb 2021
.friendship.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2021
.friendship.
mention plagiarism
&
after research find it is
spelled so
to tell you it was just a friend
who did it often one way then
another
then they blocked me
nicely
permanently
so it goes
in a few words
james
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380
· Feb 2023
.no pigeon.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2023
.no pigeon.
she asked about side effects and though
after reading the instructions felt there
were none
noted before
when suddenly came the surge of energy
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363
· Jun 2023
.doubled.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2023
.doubled.
doubly,
font and image.
to twice the normal extent
or degree.
things happen, we deal,
cards are set, dice thrown.
life moves on.
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361
· Nov 2022
.busy day.
sonja benskin mesher
Nov 2022
.busy day.
busy day
much achieved
yet
no one will
notice
but me
and i will check it all
tomorrow
and beautify
18.32
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358
· Feb 2021
11.nothing
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2021
11.nothing
:: nothing ::
dissecting the thing
into pieces
and chucking it into the canal
it is nothing
no more
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357
· Jun 2023
..plain..
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2023
..plain..
you asked me to explain,
i did so lightly. the other said no one else
dare ask.
i tell you it is a full and complicated story
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356
· Jun 2023
.june.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2023
.june.
there was a gentle breeze going, then
the sun came through.
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348
· Feb 2021
.good intentions.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2021
.good intentions.
have been off work for ten months
so work at home
a lot
on this and that
and the garden
at the front
a smaller one at the back
both were wet yesterday and slidy with mud
my walking making it worse
when I was out to make it look better
i intend to have an easy day
the day after boxing day
there is good reason
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342
· Sep 2022
. it may be the kitchen .
sonja benskin mesher
Sep 2022
. it may be the kitchen .
that inspires
not the modern kind
more the flavour of another time
another rhyme
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342
· May 2021
.critique.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2021
.critique.
understand the difficulties
understand the fear
it needs to have activity
it needs to have depth
yet there is no need for admiration
no need for folk to like it
and we worry when they do
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337
· Aug 28
.buckets.
sonja benskin mesher
Aug 28
.buckets.
may be as well if two buckets are bought
at the same time
not to keep them
one
inside
the other
for length of times..
saw them on the way to montgomery by bus
& finding them cheaper than elsewhere bought them on the way home
popped them in the shed where they melded together well
heat and sheer determination eventually prised them apart
two buckets
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336
· Jul 2023
.dot.
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2023
.dot.
spread out as cotton threads
knotted
&
i will not mention the word
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335
· Jul 2023
..finished..
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2023
..finished..
all became a thing yesterday
regarding these marks of ours
and we finished
on this
i hope you do not mind
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334
· Jan 2022
.stars.
sonja benskin mesher
Jan 2022
.stars.
water falls,
stains enamel.
some notice, yet
do not judge.
he may have
been
aquarius, yet
he is not
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333
· Nov 2023
.beach.
sonja benskin mesher
Nov 2023
.beach.
old story remembered from the beach
that warm afternoon while all were playing
relaxing
the hunted tried not to sleep
there
for fear of being robbed or found
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332
· Feb 2022
.search hill.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2022
.search hill.
is it all a dream, or facts
in reality, made of mind.
all stone residue haunting.
our life. will we very know
forever wandering?
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332
· Oct 2021
.two of us.
sonja benskin mesher
Oct 2021
.two of us.
perseverance came lovely even the last seven minutes
beautiful like ballet landing softly
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325
· Oct 2023
.it.
sonja benskin mesher
Oct 2023
.it.
became slightly nervous looking up
at it
retreated to the studio
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323
· Apr 2022
.oil pond.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.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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322
· Aug 2022
.james 4.
sonja benskin mesher
Aug 2022
.james 4.
they say
they
do they not know the darkness,
how the light can fade into latin,
and all things reasonable
means more if you sit quietly
in the light
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319
· Feb 2023
.undone.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2023
.undone.
eight thirty till five. it could have been easy, yet there were issues of the electronic kind meaning wasting time with wires and connections.
cover the surface. it takes time.
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317
· Apr 2021
.the response.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2021
.the response.
you said goodbye
said it had ended
here
to go there
or email you
i agreed as it was time for a change
time for a change of subject
of pattern
i did not agree to continue
he said that was the issue with the
work
it keeps changing
as things do tend to
sometimes there are too many words
and little truth
things come clear with time
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316
· Aug 2022
.red line.
sonja benskin mesher
Aug 2022
.red line.
paper covers history.
bent on layers
of time, pretending.
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315
· Jan 2023
.in conversation.
sonja benskin mesher
Jan 2023
.in conversation.
touch of red
suggested at dinner, to make
a photograph splendid, i noticed
the same in paintings at exhibition.
looking out, the grave yard, noticed
a touch of colour by the white.
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314
· Sep 2021
.normal two.
sonja benskin mesher
Sep 2021
.normal two.
.normal.
is what you are told
it is
until
you realise
it is
not
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313
· Feb 2022
.flags.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2022
.flags.
turn & there
before you, before you
the flags have found you.
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312
· Nov 2023
.mug.
sonja benskin mesher
Nov 2023
.mug.
the roads here are winding, the leaves are changing.
best not to bang the teapot down on serving, best
to tell the truth.
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312
· Aug 2023
..the chair..
sonja benskin mesher
Aug 2023
..the chair..
during the evening after tea,
we wondered who had invented the chair
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311
· Dec 2023
..this..
sonja benskin mesher
Dec 2023
..this..
drawing the child with found fabrics
watching the marks come good, no dots
intended
yet they came
without warning
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308
· Jul 2022
.clouds.
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2022
.clouds.
some thing is changing here,
so slight it can hardly be
noticed.
yet it has been. a feeling,
came after light rain .
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308
· Feb 2022
.4.
sonja benskin mesher
Feb 2022
.4.
we continue with new white paint
and orange too
bought on my first solo day out by bus
this year
remembering not to touch anything.
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306
· Aug 2023
.soar.
sonja benskin mesher
Aug 2023
.soar.
the word came involuntarily,
others were stuck, yet i knew
them to be beautiful, and
so they are.
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306
· Nov 2021
.boys.
sonja benskin mesher
Nov 2021
.boys.
if I had been a boy
would I have looked like him
worn corduroy?
if you had been a boy
would you have looked like him
and we wonder
at the likeness
there.
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304
· Jun 2023
..darker green..
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2023
..darker green..
a darker green,
jasmine climbs the window,
storms brew, we are older now.
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304
· Jul 2023
.the field.
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2023
.the field.
an old story remembered
that warm afternoon while all were playing
relaxing.
the hunted tried not to sleep
there
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303
· May 2023
. sunday .
sonja benskin mesher
May 2023
. sunday .
we are survived.
light came, we saw the green ness of it all. we live in the country.
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302
· Aug 2023
.singing.
sonja benskin mesher
Aug 2023
.singing.
look at the weathered walls
hear the song come random
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301
· Sep 2021
.a quiet night.
sonja benskin mesher
Sep 2021
.a quiet night.
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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299
· Sep 2022
.solo flight.
sonja benskin mesher
Sep 2022
.solo flight.
i too fly solo
&
enjoy the flight
when the day clears
i look up at the others
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298
· Jul 2021
.blistex.
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2021
.blistex.
black crow bird
pecks poet’s lip.
cold sore
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298
· Mar 2022
.rust.
sonja benskin mesher
Mar 2022
.rust.
Moving forward always there come other notations that bring feelings, the Agnes Dei opens wounds and fears flood with salt.
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296
· May 2022
. a darker day.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
. a darker day.
the back road was
littered, rather blustery.
today
we have a darker day
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296
· Oct 2023
.frame.
sonja benskin mesher
Oct 2023
.frame.
the air moves
on my skin.
i turn
look past the curtain
see the face again
framed.
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296
· Mar 2023
.small work.
sonja benskin mesher
Mar 2023
.small work.
becomes larger as time moves on.
it started early, with greek poetry,
the radio, which played all day.
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295
· Apr 2023
. parlay.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2023
. parlay.
storm came yesterday dark and loud the landscape veiled
awash a while.
black things fade and all is grey.
win or lose hedge your edge
write of parlay.
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295
· Jun 2021
.all at once.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2021
.all at once.
walking further put up a heron
and while watching saw the
white egret
and a double decker bus
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295
· Oct 2023
.blue sky.
sonja benskin mesher
Oct 2023
.blue sky.
she said she liked the stories
except I did not tell them
i never tell you much
nor all of it
there are bits left to fill in
yourselves
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295
· Dec 2021
.dark the day.
sonja benskin mesher
Dec 2021
.dark the day.
dark the day came
even with the sky
real blue.
the helicopter flew over.
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294
· Mar 2022
.james.
sonja benskin mesher
Mar 2022
.james.
the power house reflected
elected
james?
will this all be for nothing
if you make no changes
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293
· Jul 2021
.the tree came down.
sonja benskin mesher
Jul 2021
.the tree came down.
the tree came down in two parts with great noise and excitement yet only from me
i guess the guys are dead cool and used to it all
an early sapling showed, once overshadowed
a new view , quite acceptable
a noisy day so I went and drew pictures
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