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back to Glasgow
Click here to hear the poet read his words: back to Glasgow as I walk the beachesof the Côte d’Azuror swim in the warmthof the Mediterraneanmy favourite of all seasmy thoughts still sometimessurprise me by driftingback to Glasgow I write … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged certain truth, Cote d'Azur, exile, Glasgow, mediterranean sea, medville, poem, Poetry
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shadow in the mirror
Click here to hear the poet read his words: shadow in the mirror I glimpse the shadow in the mirroras soft and dark as midnight airmy eyes are slow to see the outlineof the space where once you were you … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged behind my eyelids, heartache, lost love, memories, once upon a time, poem, Poetry, shadow in the mirror
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leaving
Click here to hear the poet read his words: leaving it’s still numpty o’clockas the plane clambers awkwardlyout of Edinburghthe sun creeps from the Forthwhere the river meets the North Seashowing the three great bridgesin silhouette I smileknowing that this … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged ayr, Broxburn, Clyde, kelvingrove, kindness of friends, poem, Poetry, river Forth edinburgh, riverside museum Glasgow, robert burns, Scotland, Union Canal
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the last time
Click here to hear the poet read his words: the last time I didn’t knowit was the last timeI’d ever hold your handorI’d have clasped it longerand more consciouslyand treasured every touch I didn’t knowit was the last timeI’d ever … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry, Sound Bite Fiction
Tagged aching loneliness, biting cold winter, hold your hand, i didn't know, poem, Poetry, sweet taste, the last time
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if I could
Click here to hear the poet read his words: if I could if I could live my lifeagainthere are so many thingsI’d try to dodifferently like spend less timechasing rainbowsand morejust holding you like stopsearching vast Highland meadowsfor a unicorn … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged Poetry, poem, unicorn, st tropez, mermaid, highland meadows, scalpsie bay, golden sand, thousand lives, chasing rainbows
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the future
Click here to hear the poet read his words: the future today is the endof all that we wereof all that we promisedourselvesand each other you thought I was perfectfor youyou saidbut you said itin the past tenseand not the … Continue reading
when I think
Click here to hear the poet read his words: when I think when I think of youI remember your hairuntamedtumbling across my pillowso thatwhile you sleepI breathe the scentof the Mistraldancing in the curls when I think of youI remember … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged bonporteau, death of a ladies man, leonard cohen, love song, memories, mermaid, mistral, poem, Poetry
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poetry
Click here to hear the poet read his words: poetry people ask whyI write poetryand I sayI don’t thinkI do I just write wordsin an attemptoften futileto make sense of thingslikethe worldmy lifeother peopleand me and sometimeswhat I writeturns out … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged futile attempt, life, make sense, poem, poet, Poetry, story, what is poetry, words
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love
Click here to hear the poet read his words: love first loveis exactly thatthe first time everanyone has lovedlike you do forgetRomeo and JulietAnthony and Cleopatraeven Homer and Margethis is the real thing and when it endsso does the world … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged anthony and cleopatra, end of the world, first love, homer and marge, last love, poem, Poetry, romeo and juliet, someone special
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high plateau
Click here to hear the poet read his words: high plateau I was happy on the high plateauwhere the sun shone every dayin a blue and cloudless skyand there were wild flowers and butterfliesand rabbits and birds that sweetly sangand … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged butterfly, chasm, dark as death, high plateau, mountain, paradise, poem, Poetry
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