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glass

04 Thursday Dec 2014

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'scape, 1979, 5*, bathroom, buildings, childhood, emergence, Genesta Road, moonlight, night, silence, windows

 

 

 

                                              the moonlight
                                on the side of the building
                through the frosted glass window quietly
                                              exploded

 

 

 

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

bathroom wormhole: ‘mint toothpaste …’
buildings & Genesta Road wormhole: Plumstead – Woolwich 121114
childhood & windows wormhole: 1967
emergence wormhole: tag cloud poem VI – anyone’s eyes
night wormhole: footfall
silence wormhole: no cars / no planes

 

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‘mint toothpaste …’

24 Saturday Mar 2012

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'scape, 1994, 3*, bathroom, green, mint, mist, sky, windows

 

 

 

                                              mint toothpaste
                      clear green toothbrush and the mist
                                high in the sky

 

 

 

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

bathroom wormhole: sun through / the hedge
green wormhole: ‘sunlight …’
mist wormhole: child
sky & windows wormhole: light blue and grey

 

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sun through / the hedge

23 Friday Mar 2012

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'scape, 1993, 4*, bathroom, drips, hedge, kitchen, sun, voices, windows

 

 

 

                                sun through
                                the hedge

                through the bathroom window
                children’s voices in someone
                else’s kitchen

                and both taps
                in the sink left
                dripping

                alternate-
                ly

 

 

 

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

bathroom & hedge wormhole: morning
kitchen wormhole: ironing in the sun
sun wormhole: ‘standing astride …’
voices wormhole: TV programme
windows wormhole: the class

 

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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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bleach down the toilet

27 Monday Feb 2012

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'scape, 1986, 4*, bathroom, blue, night, windows

 

 

 

                                bleach down the toilet

                     at night
                     in the clean blue bathroom
                     the lights of the
                     pharmaceutical factory
                     shone on the back wall

 

 

 

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

bathroom wormhole: bath
blue wormhole: text
night wormhole: glass
windows wormhole: ‘the mauve wind …’

 

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bath

26 Monday Dec 2011

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'scape, 1994, 4*, bathroom, cars, Hillside, silence, snow, sound, water, windows

 

 

 

                     bath

            as the water finishes

            refilling the tank

            the extractor fan

            keeps going

            the final car passes outside and

            the snow

            is melting

 

 

            another car

 

 

 

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

bathroom wormhole: open window
cars wormhole: “…he paced about the bricks with / empty glasses…”
Hillside wormhole: this is not / a poem
silence & windows wormhole: the silent night / of the Batman
snow wormhole: To my Mum
water wormhole: ‘radar-blinking …’

 

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open window

19 Saturday Nov 2011

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'scape, 2009, 4*, bathroom, child, childhood, grey, Ramsden Heath, smell, uncle, voices, windows

 

 

 

                                     open window

                           the smell of
                           bathroom enamel
                           and the singsong
                           voice of a child
                           in the grey air

 

 

 

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

bathroom wormhole: ‘the moonlight …’
child wormhole: safe
childhood wormhole: 1961
grey wormhole: early Spring weather and / government standards questions
Ramsden Heath & smell wormhole: Saturday / morning / TV
uncle wormhole: sitting room
voices wormhole: after a lot / of rain
windows wormhole: snoring / schlupp

 

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‘the moonlight …’

23 Friday Sep 2011

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'scape, 1979, 4*, bathroom, Genesta Road, moon, night, windows

 

 

 

                                the moonlight
                      on the side of the building
                      through the frosted glass window
                                exploded

 

 

 

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

Genesta Road wormhole: ‘my grandmother’s …’
night wormhole: mauve night
windows wormhole: ‘she smiled …’

 

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"... the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful; it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe to find ashes." ~ Annie Dillard

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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
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