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Freedom
At a recent PDP session with Cathy Grindrod I resolved to write more poems, so here’s one that came to me in Sainsbury’s car park recently. I can’t remember when The invisibility cloak went round us The time the line … Continue reading
Cows
Here’s another poem I must have written between 2000 and 2011. Sorry to share old poems, but I am finding myself writing more and more at the moment. Cows I’ve always avoided them. Perhaps it’s their udders. The heavy, plump … Continue reading
Because you should always write about what you know…
Anyway, enough of the men, and I’m just putting these poems on because they did the rounds another lifetime ago. I’m only sharing the ones that stick with me, mind. Here’s one about biscuits, a safer subject than men. Rich … Continue reading
Lyrical
All poems (c) Becky Deans. I wrote these when I was 19 and edited them just now. Trial If I lost my mind in a labyrinth Would you come to find me? If I tied my life in spiderwebs could … Continue reading
She asked
She asked if she might sleep a while On the harsh slate floor And lay as cool as milk Thin as gauze We quietly watched, put some more logs on the fire. Her opalescent skin Took all the corners of … Continue reading
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