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morning

17 Saturday Mar 2012

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'scape, 1989, 4*, bathroom, green, hedge, windows

 

 

 

                                morning

                after the hot bath
                through the open
                                double-glazed
                                window

                the green hedge

 

 

 

————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–

bathroom wormhole: bleach down the toilet
green wormhole: “WHOOOOOOOOOP!!!”
windows wormhole: ironing in the sun

 

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ironing in the sun

17 Saturday Mar 2012

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'scape, 1989, 4*, Hillside, ironing, kitchen, sun, windows

 

 

 

                                   ironing in the sun

                      down in the kitchen
                      the plug in the socket
                      the wire hanging out
                      the open window

 

 

 

————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–

Hillside & kitchen wormhole: a cup of tea
sun wormhole: down the lane
windows wormhole: just

 

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a cup of tea

17 Saturday Mar 2012

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'scape, 1989, 4*, click, Hillside, kitchen, music, radio, tea, washing machine

 

 

 

                                a cup of tea

                lifting the kettle –

                                the do do do’s
                                from the radio –

                the washing machine
                control

                clicks
                to the next programme

 

 

 

————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–

Hillside & tea wormhole: a mid-afternoon
kitchen wormhole: Initiation
music wormhole: loud music
radio wormhole: ‘the run of …’

 

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N. …

16 Friday Mar 2012

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1989, 4*, black, eyes, girl, muse, portrait

 

 

 

                     N. …

                     … stands

                     trousers
                     tights
                     shoe

                     … looks

                     one branch longer

                     and growing
                     horizontal

                     bark peeling

 

 

 

————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–

black wormhole: ‘dark ochre tarmac …’
eyes wormhole: ‘from the …’
girl & muse wormhole: loud music

 

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‘dark ochre tarmac …’

16 Friday Mar 2012

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'scape, 1989, 4*, black, city, hill, night, ochre, park, streetlight, streets, yellow

 

 

 

                                    dark ochre tarmac
                                    and the
                                    dark park

                                    the yellow streetlight
                                    on the black
                                    railings

                                    and over the edge of
                                    the hill
                                    the city

 

 

 

————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–

black wormhole: ‘dressed in black smiling …’
city wormhole: ‘from the …’
hills wormhole: pylon on the hill
night wormhole: foreign affairs
ochre wormhole: comicolor
park wormhole: “WHOOOOOOOOOP!!!”
streets & yellow wormhole: child

 

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comicolor

03 Saturday Dec 2011

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'scape, 1989, 4*, cars, childhood, comics, green, Herbert Road, learning, ochre, pink, seeing, streets

 

 

 

                           comicolor

                           by
                the pink wall
                           walk
                the teacher and
                           pupil

                over the old dustbin
                the teacher opens
                           his arm
                           to the
                street: the passing
                ochre and green
                           cars

 

 

 

————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–

cars wormhole: bass and piano
childhood & comics wormholes: morning in / Shrewsbury Park / reading POW comics
green wormhole: C / playing on the floor / with bits of / material
Herbert Road wormhole: ‘sneezing …’
pink wormhole: pink and blue
streets wormhole: safe

 

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  • Bodhisattvacharyavatara
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 10
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
    • Introduction
  • collected works
    • 25th August 1981 – count Up
    • askance From Hell
    • Batman
    • Bob 1995-2012
    • David Bowie Movements in Suite Major
    • Edward Hopper: Poems at an Exhibition
    • Eglinton Hill
    • FLOORBOARDS
    • Granada
    • in and out / the Avebury stones / can’t seem to get / a signal …
    • Lapping Reflections [Deep Within Waters]
    • Miller’s Batman
    • mum
    • nan
    • Portsmouth – Southsea
    • Spring Warwick breezes / over Bacharach fieldwork and boroughs with / the occasional shift and chirp of David / in the pastel-long morning of the sixties
    • The Boats of Vallisneria by Michael J. Redford
    • through the crash
  • index
    • #A-E see!
    • F–K, wha’ th’
    • L-P 33 1/3 rpm
    • Q-T pie
    • U-Z together forever
  • me
  • others
  • poemics
  • poeviews
  • teaching matters
  • William Carlos Williams
  • wormholes

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