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Jesus Green in
Your Absence
I am foot-steps,
hip-rounds, a wind-up toy.Defined in motion, secluded joy.
Forward-thinking-moving;
onwards, sp..
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Outside, the wind;
within, my love -
Whose weak and
soaring fledgling dove -
Does pray, and pray
again each day,
That - though
buffe..
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At the Tolson museum in Huddersfield there are some very
interesting exhibitions. Best of all are the dead animals. And best of all the
dead animals..
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Bilberry Sponge
Bilberry sponge is the best pudding. All three children are
quite sure of this. It is served with custard. R observes the ritual, ..
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A man looks out to
the sun setting.
Across glittering
wheat fields to the
Furthest line
flowing
Through his eyes'
world.
He tries to fe..
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When
nights drew late like stolen sweets;
When
pudding was served, warm and sticky,
by our
white-haired Granny;
When I
chased your litt..
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She walks across the
room
To touch the thing
From her dream.
It does not melt or
hide or
Expand to the
expected size;
It remains
att..
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I would trust in the boy
To sense the silence required
In the moment Beauty strikes.
And when my eyes are wide,
My heart crushed by its own ligh..
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We had never imagined
The weight of our bodies
Pressed easily as butterflies
In their syrups, in
The dank earth of birth.
I believed in eyes ab..
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The frame shiversWith a body bundled:I tie, align, negotiateThat breath should hold my eyeAs cameras snapThe glass of yearning.I want onlyTo eat my ar..
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