This, contrary to rumour, was by a real 6 year old and is in a real book
It's utterly brilliant. It's prophetic. I could be persuaded that it might even be better than Blake’s The Tyger
Many accomplished poets would be happy to have written this
I hope Nael is still writing
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This may or may not be about ice cream or politics
What it could be is a commentary on the status of poetry, whether poems need to justify themselves by making big statements, or can they be simply about ice cream?
Do we read too much into poems? Have I done just that!?!
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Tonight I’m going to my first poetry slam. I am not ‘slamming’ but hopefully I will be ‘well endowed…’
Breaking my 1 page rule - The magnificent Tony Walsh offers up a prayer for those brave souls taking to the stage tonight
(Maybe me next time)
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This poem doesn’t just talk about love but also the language that holds it
Love is folded into the poem itself.
The syntax and punctuation evolves like love does. It is unpredictable. It defies boundaries.
‘and whatever a sun will always sing is you’
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A contrasting few days
Friday I attended the funeral of my next-door neighbour. He & his wife had been married for 62 years
Yesterday I was a guest at the wedding of a dear friend I have known almost my whole life
'This visceral bloody union that is love, but beyond love'
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It’s hard to get the emotions I am feeling into 300 characters
The blatant racism displayed in Northern Ireland these last few days is abhorrent
What happened in this poem happened this morning in Belfast, not Baltimore. But the person who said it was an adult, not a child.
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A poem celebrating attentiveness & open mindedness
Life’s lessons aren’t measured or graded; they arise through observation & curiosity
Pencil marks speak of impermanence, our understanding of the world can be altered & reconsidered – ‘It gives them more room to move around’
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In weekend where borders continue to dominate the news this poem tries to define national identity in three simple statements
The final image is the most haunting. The two moose bound by violence, unable to break free, will die locked together on their knees.
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