following on
from the first
and the second
here are some
4/3/4s
they will not stop
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#53: sunset, full moon
towards the sun
then turn, turn,
towards the moon
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#54: dead animals by the side of the road (in order)
squirrel, fox, fox
(couldn’t tell)
crow, pheasant, fox
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#55: half glimpsed scene from car window #1
cows in long grass
motionless
below the bridge
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#56: half glimpsed scene from car window #2
smell of burnt leaves
canal boat
scene out of time
***
#57: autumn poem #1
the foliage
yellowing
browning, falling
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#58: autumn poem #2
the trees have gone
all yellow
conkers fallen
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#59: autumn poem #3
the noise of rain
without end
on plastic roofs
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#60: autumn poem #4
i like the word
autumnal
it’s nice to say
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#61: autumn poem #5
park in autumn
much nicer
than in summer
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#62: winter poem #1
park in winter
best of all
ice underfoot
***
#63: note from niece (pushed under toilet door)
“david which film
snowhite or
littel mermade”
***
#64: trip planning, with smart phone
everyone checks
the weather
and then stays home
***
#65: slight phobia admission #1
i get so scared
(who knows why)
by centipedes
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#66: slight phobia admission #2
scaffolding makes
me feel a
bit uneasy
***
#67: slight phobia admission #3
just thinking of
space in its
infinity
***
#68: on waking #1
an aching back
short of breath
unfocused eyes
***
#69: on waking #2
happiness gone
yet bad dreams
lingering on
***
#70: day out in suffolk #1
a museum
of radar
in concrete hut
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#71: day out in suffolk #2
birdsong and waves
where the woods
reach the sea wall
***
#72: looking up (perspective trick)
helicopter
and a drone
both the same size
***
#73: dogs #1
a pug snuffling
and sneezing
wheezing, whining
***
#74: dogs #2
this dog looks like
a huge toy
fluffed up, alive
***
#75: dogs #3
“she won’t hurt you,”
he says while
his dog bites me
***
#76: daily routine (breakfast)
don’t eat breakfast
feel quite ill
when i wake up
***
#77: daily routine (lunch)
eat a sandwich
follow that
with cake and coke
***
#78: daily routine (dinner)
cook too much food
feel quite ill
for rest of day
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Notes:
1. Written in August and September 2019
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