glass

Tags

'scape, 1979, 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

 

 

 

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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

 

‘mint toothpaste …’

Tags

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

sun through / the hedge

Tags

'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

 

 

 

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

 

morning

Tags

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

 

 

 

                                morning

                after the hot bath
                through the open
                                double-glazed
                                window

                the green hedge

 

 

 

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

 

bleach down the toilet

Tags

'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

 

 

 

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

 

bath

Tags

'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

 

 

 

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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 …’

 

open window

Tags

'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

 

 

 

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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

 

‘the moonlight …’

Tags

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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