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Improper Sonnet

A Poem by Gerald Parker

You blush? … So you’re the one in his sonnet!The ‘Julia’ with whom he’s gone and done it!Say, are you happy with the wa..

Closing the Door

A Poem by Gerald Parker

When he reached fifty,head office called him up.He packed an overnight case,caught the train to Birmingham.We're letting you go, they said,and sent hi..

What Remains

A Poem by Gerald Parker

Is this all that's left?asks my son, just dropping in.The inlaid wooden chest my father made with love when they were first marriedserved in four hous..

In the Park

A Poem by Gerald Parker

Today was a remarkable dayfor thinking unremarkably in the parkwhich is not the same asit was a remarkable dayin the park for thinking unremarkably.Ne..

Citizen

A Poem by Gerald Parker

Works hard at his job, a bricks andmortar man, modernised throughout.Decent car, like new, looked out bya mate in sales, extras and no questions.Home ..

The Lemon Thing

A Poem by Gerald Parker

Clever it was, of that philosopher to ask:what colour is a lemon in the dark?Yellow, you say, of course it’s yellow.But in your heart of hearts,..

Aubade

A Poem by Gerald Parker

Sadly, I imagine you will wake, too,because the silence has changed colour,the way, fluting across a murky water,a swan’s light may gently start..

Curriculum

A Poem by Gerald Parker

"Knowledge, my young colleagues, is the shortest distance between two points, and the truth is flat - that is why we talk round, otherwise they&rsquo..

And the Rest

A Poem by Gerald Parker

I keep going back to the beginning, because I must,because I must go back, retracing,retracing tentacle-thoughts, twisting,twisting back to that cloud..

A Brief Life

A Poem by Gerald Parker

The class was reading Heaney's 'The Underground.'"What can you tell meabout line 9?" I asked."It's a waltz rhythm," he said,the only one who noticed.T..