beautiful, truly the best seasonal poem I've seen in yonks
I'm tempted to iron this line,
where they shine and sway like shoes slipped off by angels
hope that helps
Terri
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From: "Bob Cooper" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 5:21 PM
Subject: New Sub: At The Tree Of Shoes
> AT THE TREE OF SHOES
> *In Heaton Park, Newcastle* (this line is in smaller, slanty, print!)
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> Yet more pairs of DMs, Nikes, Reeboks, hung in the branches,
> hoyed there by drunken students – who, too broke for taxis,
> too early for Sunday buses, had tied them together, swung them,
> then cheered as they stuck, before stumbling further home, carolling,
> dancing the beginning of Christmas in their stockinged feet -
> where they shine, sway like the shoes slipped off by angels
> quietly visiting a stable, not disturbing who’s asleep.
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>
> Bob Cooper
>
> who'd welcome any (all!) comments...
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