LIVERPOOL POETS 2008
Simon Clarke
A poet - writing, performing and doing readings across Merseyside, north Cheshire and Manchester. I live in Billinge near Wigan.
SPINS FROM NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2007
On National Poetry Day
A great claw on the end of a long-arm grab
Is nudging and lunching on Langholme Heights flats
The high shell is beginning to sway
On National Poetry Day
There are thin ribbons all across all the main roads to
Filter the traffic
In the shoals of cars
On National Poetry Day
They distribute C.D.’s for your do your own dance
In the streets
In the Picton indoor arena for all
On National Poetry Day
We merge; charge of words
In the booming dome
Resounds cascades spun away
On National Poetry Day
With the removal of Wellingtons column
And its replacement with a giant pencil
St. George’s Hall Square is complete
On National Poetry Day
A bunch of keys fished out of the
Freezer in Spar
It’s fingers fused; is like fire
On National Poetry Day
The clackety clack clack call
Policehover racket
Over Birchley Street Billinge
Simply cannot hear what we say………. So we write!
But the one card left in the corner shop
On National Poetry Day
Is of heart and arrow
Swirled in fresh sand
I pay at the till
It’s for you, - for you, my love
On this National Poetry Day
The sky is azure
So high and cool
Peels of herbs heady
All scent across fencelines
Inglenooks, alleyways
of…. an afternoon
Clear
clear in Indian summer ; no sorrows
Where tides of air burn pure
Anyone wishing to contact Simon can do so through emma.jackson@linuxmail.org
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