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lay the lettuce on the plate firstthat damps down the soundof the iceberg lettuce which candisturb hearing aidsif you’re into fartsy additional..

Mick Jagger apparently doesn't need Viagraand might view as malicean Xmas gift of Cialis...

The defence of free speech -glorious battle without end.We even must defendthe right to offend...

Christmas is a-comin’ – butthis goose is gettin’ thin…why do I feel I’m in the dockof some unauthorised court of moral judgmentwith the prospect of..

You don’t hear the wordmuch these days.It floated into the mindthis morning in the middleof a fit of gloomscall it grace ifyou believe in..

Just as we prepare to celebratethe season of sparkling white and winter fuel,piss on earth and extended drinking hoursthere steals a hooded..

The largest stones are piled against the sea-wallsince that huge storm, a hundred years ago.For the sea will never leave the beach alone –might you..

Yesterday...Valentine's, you missed it, too bad, he left no forwarding address-I watched from the pub windowas a van from a high-class Consultant..

no, it’s beyond words.say a word your wordif you need,death loss tears grief gone everit’s beyond all thesetake them hold thempress them tear..

I wrote, attempting French for a beautiful image which seemed halfway to French already:Quand les oiseaux migrateursrouillent sur leurs..

We got a new class teacher this fall.Head says we should be gratefulon account of he’s highly ‘qualified’. Guess that meanshe gets paid more. So he’s..

View from the top -a snowy blista

Every birth is a miracle;more of a miracle; not less;but his two hands and his two feetare tiny miracles in themselves;the four first toys he’s yet..

'UK schools may no longer be obligedto teach right and wrong'...well, OK, but how do we knowwhether that decision's rightor wrong?...er...

Last night, a great lute-playeras full of enthusiasm for the power of musicand its history of the human heartas far as history recedes, as I remember..

The colony of ants who (which?)were happy up until recentlyeating away at the gateposthave braved it up the path tothe doorstep wherethe four a.m...

The plan, we're told,is, let Israel bombard Lebanonfor a week, thensend in Condoleeza with condolencesto suggesta buffer zone.What a greatTV gamefor..

Emotion recollected inTranquillity? Not.British Telecom has this timeadded to my modest bill£4.50 ($ 9, right?) for‘processing’ my payment.That’s 10%..

moleskin britchesneed luminous stitches

There's nothing that makesthe prissy just so pissyas 'rules for haiku'.

Goddoesn't get much sympathyfrom believersor unbelievers(though for different reasons)but just imaginehow He must feelwhen, having createdall the..

Tough on Cinderella,tough on Hallowe'en..Think of them like politics -hollowed outwith a face imposed;only the poorlive the value.

vandals in their silent sandals sift the sands of time;with fire and sword, hide hideous hoard of past poetic crime; andbetter far, with metaphor..

Dunno about you (that’s whyI’m writing this poem) butit’s the noun thing, ‘poet’: as ifyou’re simultaneously committing yourselffor life to something..

If the definition of poetry isthat it touches the heartthen the Olympic Games,all the artsand other more intimate mattersare poetrywhich I believe..