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Archives: Contemporary Poetry

Grown Up

by Gary Smillie

He’s late in,
But no one’s up waiting.
He lives alone now
So being late in
Loses meaning.

(Continued)

THE HOLLOWMEN II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Orlando Harrison

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A remake and aural travesty of T.S. Eliot’s famous wartime toothgrinder.

Cocoon, Journey and Woman

by Joanna Pearce

Three Gems

Grace

by Dave McGowan

The cosmos
Seen from outside
Unimaginable heat
Unthinkably cold
Everything within expanding
Zoom in

(Continued)

Christmas Crack

by Sally Bowen

Romancing the rock

Loving Brother

By Dave McGowan

Even though, in reality, you were little more than a fleeting vision
That swept by now and then
Every year or two, Forest Hill, SE23
All I wanted to be was you
With yer sleeveless v-neck
And yer Vespa scooter
Yer can of Long Life
And yer 3-buttoned down Ben Sherman
And yer brogues and yer turn-ups
I would run down the middle of the road after you
When you departed for Dagenham

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‘My Mistress’ Double Fist Compared to the Blessed Virgin’s Hands at Prayer’.

Oliver X lowers the tone.

Contemporary Experimental Poetry: A Lecture

Orlando Harrison attempts to consummate a marriage of electronica with the poetic form.