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Poetry Corner
Harbour Trip Sequence JOHN R PARSONS humming in underpass echoes off paintings of whales below Castle Hill one legged gulls on mast tops] harbour walk I sit on polystyrene for…
Poetry Corner: Haiku Sequence
JOHN R PARSONS riding networks of winter trees gibbous moon heads for the open after the tree surgeon I stack his sawn off limbs freak weather a bare cherry in…
Poetry Corner
In Guestling Wood JOHN R PARSONS how many times this smuggled self has struck its shadowed way past coppices of dark chestnuts where slender stems of hazels sway or scattered…
Poetry corner: Old Roar Ghyll…haiku sequence
JOHN R PARSONS Old Roar Ghyllits ancient slabs still shedcreation’s trickle steep timber stepsrise and fall between gladeson the treacherous path clinging to vertical sidesold oaks convey networksof ivy into…
Poetry Corner: Letters
By John R Parsons lettersfrom people that I’ve never mettucked in books, I carry their contentsto bed with me, having found themon shelves in a bookcase where the corridorbends and…
Poetry Corner: My Ship
JOHN R PARSONS My ship’swake flows back to that momentwhen anchor, first pulled with so little effort lay there on the deck waiting until some mooring was acknowledged as safe…