Hi Grassy two poems for consideration
War poet's exhibition Jan 2003
a half halo curl of wire
screamed from the glass case
black with trench mud
the barbed thorns
tore me to shreds.
sally james
Home alone
It was the slow tick tick
of the clock that told me
that time had
lost its meaning
and there was nothing left
but the stretch
of a long straight road
It was as if the edge
I walked along
had grown wider
and the only sound
was my breathing
and the only light
a pale sun
in a three o'clock sky
The kettle bubbled for tea
each second boiling
like a timed egg
the brown bread
a curled leaf
flaked into crumbs
and the dogs whimpered
There was no whistle in the air
no yelp of a boot on a stone step
and the silent phone slept
a red lobster on a black plate
and time collapsed over the arm of his chair.
sally james
Inspiration Salvador Dali Exhibition Tate Gallery London Jan 2003
and the film Hours
>From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Reminder : WORM 19 deadline 28th Feb
>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 04:46:45 -0000
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>Hi Folks,
>Don't forget that the deadline for submitting poems to WORM 19 is 28th Feb.
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>Send up to 3 poems, free verse or formal to me at
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>(in the body of an email, not as an attachment.)
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>My co-editors are Frank Faust and Christina Fletcher.
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>Kind regards,
> grasshopper
>
>(M.A.Griffiths,
>Resident editor)
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