I found the last radio

Out amongst the forgotten things;

It’s insides empty

But the smooth mahogany body intact.

I carried it home

And kept it beside my bed,

Each night pressing my ear

To it’s cool cavity to hear

The sound of pines trees

Blowing back and forth

And the sloshing of black waves

Carrying me to sleep.

Some nights it w...

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Day 27... of my attempt to post something new everyday (which will explain the quality)

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... this is day 1 of an excerise to upload a new poem/ picture everyday to my blog (http://tomarianne.blogspot.co.uk/)  for the next year (or until i give up)... expect a lot of dubious quality poems

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You can’t expect
To know when the ghosts will come,
When paused in the hallway
Of an elderly neighbour
The scent of white lilies
Has you unexpectedly
Clearing your throat and
Excusing your exit

How minor the threads
That can tease out tears.
How mysterious the cues
When on the grand day
Set aside for such things
The wind had you as cold as stone.

Now in a kit...

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The wind in the olive trees
Is making a terrible noise
I can barely hear
The locust crouching in the dark,
Playing like the blind fiddler
On the evening metro

Across a sinking country
Nobility finds form.
The smoke of a green candle
Rises into darkness,
An economy slides into dust,
The world is old but was always old.

A stick insect walks the length
Of an ill...

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