Dreaming in Purple and Grey
Poetry by Wendy Smith
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Purple flowers
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Purple flowers Why, when try to think of him Is my head full of purple flowers? Here in a city grey and and mainly monochrome. But in my ...
Monday, 3 December 2018
Boys in shiny suits
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Heavy lidded boys in shiny suits, Fags fastened to top lips, Slide through a greasy town. A desolate landscape Damp with peeling pain...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Night, night
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Night night,. Sleep tight. Mind those bed bugs Don't bite. Here's Grandad Vest alight Killing lice With candle bright. He...
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
One for Samhain
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The earth's great water wheel Turns on at its own pace. We push so hard, But cannot move it faster. Nor, when we pull, Will ...
Monday, 4 June 2018
Bitter flowers of Autumn
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Life does not seem long enough. Here come the bitter flowers of Autumn, Dry, brittle, brown. They are relentless, inescapable. Still, I...
Friday, 25 May 2018
A little light pollution
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It had been a lovely evening, All birdsong and soft light. Add caption Now, it became the night; Noisy with sirens in murky olive g...
Sunday, 6 May 2018
Shall I be Queen of the May
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Shall I wear the white dress One more time? Shall I be Queen of the May With flowers in.my hair? Will these withered fingers Touch ...
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