Sixty Odd Poems

Sixty Odd Poems

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2.48 This is No Case of Petty Right or Wrong
Edward Thomas, love of your country and standing with both the best and the meanest of your compatriots.
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2.47 The New Ghost
Fredegond Shove, an incredible name, and an incredible family.
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2.46 I'd Sooner Go Hedging
Larkinesque Misery and Misogyny from a Cotswolds Poet
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33. Smiling Victorians
... being a consideration of how we choose to depict ourselves on camera.
24. A Short Guide to Places of Interest in the Local Area
... being a
23. Pete Painted Jimi Hendrix
... being a reflection on Jimi Hendrix and myself, just because it looks good to see the two of us in the same sentence, and Pete Olding, who made that…
21. I Nicked one of Your Poems, Mate
... being the result of a crisis in my faith in poetry, during which I came to the conclusion that poetry is shit
16. Le Fils de l'Homme
... being an attempt to decipher of the meaning of one of Renee Magritte's most celebrated paintings
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3. William, his Daughter, Elizabeth, and her Husband, Pigot
...being a response to three paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby in Doncaster Art Gallery
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