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Polly Ernest

Updated: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:23 pm

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ARTIST CV – POLLY ERNEST Statement of fact Or possibly fiction I am an accidental poet Trying to find my feet Words tangle, jumble Leech out incomplete 38 Portland St, Aberystwyth, SY23 2DX 07980 862582 Pollyernest@me.com

Don't speak those words

Don’t speak those words Wrattling around and Reaching down into your gut Or up from Gut to brain Just Spoken they are lost, gone Fleeting syllables flown the nest Write them down Nail them to paper, screen or phone Then share them loud and clear Here and there and here

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