Poems

Favourite poems: For Anne Gregory

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Tom McRae – All That’s Gone (lyrics)

A trenchant little song about lost youth:

"And we stood outside on winter nights
And smoked ourselves thin . . . "

Lines that are a near perfect evocation of being young

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‘The Captain of the 1964 Top Of The Form Team’ by Carol Ann Duffy

A favourite poem by Carol Ann Duffy. My favourite line:

" . . the first chord of A Hard Day’s Night
loud in my head . . ."

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Here by R.S. Thomas

A favourite poem by R.S.Thomas Read the rest of this entry »

wearing the collar

A poem by Charles Bukowski that means something to me - and those who know me.

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