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Having been immersed in memoir writing for many months, I decided to write a small poem every day for a year to keep my poetic hand in. I've posted them to Instagram and facebook as written – where, to my amazement, people love them – but on this blog they are sometimes subject to later rewriting.
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Wednesday 24 May 2023

Oh, the dark …

Oh, the dark comes down. Close the curtains, 

switch on the oil heater, lay a blanket by it so 

my little cat can hug it all night.


It’s only 5pm. 

With dark comes cold.

With  cold, unease.


What was it in childhood

made the cold (not the dark)

so deeply to be dreaded?
























Yes, I have fallen in love with the liwuli. I hear tell that other poets  all over the internet have done so too.

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