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A Fine Bromance
Oh really, really? This is clearly just my time to fall, It’s not the first And it won’t be the last time that I call On you to set me straight And talk until I see the light, These darkened lanes won… more →
Dunstan Carter - Poetry
A Fine Bromance
dunstancarter wrote 1 day ago: Oh really, really? This is clearly just my time to fall, It’s not the first And it won’t be the last … more →
Writing Poetry Through the Pain Barrier
foldingmirrorpoet wrote 1 day ago: What is your pain threshold? Do you work and play through the pain barrier? Yet Driven by Pain From … more →
Waxworks
dunstancarter wrote 2 days ago: Her mouth Tasted of Shoe shops And cheap Cocktails, He was Nothing but Sun ripened Hair mousse And b … more →
Nature's Mistakes
dunstancarter wrote 1 week ago: Like a winter tree Straining for the sky, Looking for signs Of a returning sun. You are days From br … more →
The Puppet Drunk
dunstancarter wrote 2 weeks ago: They said he was misunderstood, Neglected and bruised, A warrior falling through cracks in the pavem … more →
Strange how this poem never made it onto the syllabus...
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sputnitsa wrote 2 weeks ago: See, this Lord Byron poem below did NOT, somehow, make it to my reading list. It was written on the … more →
SUNDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: "If" by Rudyard Kipling
oklaelliott wrote 2 weeks ago: IF by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming … more →
Someone Else's Graffiti
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dunstancarter wrote 3 weeks ago: She had a face like a photo-fit Or the kind you’d find on beer mats, A grimace from a court sk … more →
Weekend Cottage
dunstancarter wrote 4 weeks ago: He’s electrified By dust cells, Stirring porridge By your side. Poetry.net … more →
They Chattered Hatred
dunstancarter wrote 4 weeks ago: They chattered hatred, It wasn’t paranoia, You could smell it in their hair, Burnt toffee and … more →
Chipmunka Publish Folding Mirror Poetry Collection
foldingmirrorpoet wrote 1 month ago: Chipmunka has now published Marc Latham’s poetry collection Bipolarity and ADHD to Folding Mir … more →
A Sadness Resigned
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dunstancarter wrote 1 month ago: I saw your eyes whispering Sad-hearted lullabies, Their heavy lids fluttering A makeshift release, Y … more →
Autumn
dunstancarter wrote 1 month ago: We wrote it on walls And the weather erased us Autumn was ruined Poetry.net … more →
Sing
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dunstancarter wrote 1 month ago: When it’s clear you’re the second choice And the night is a quiet as a distant moon dyin … more →
When the Vampires Cry Back
dunstancarter wrote 1 month ago: It’s a deafening scream When the vampires cry back, Their faces turned youthful As their sour … more →
After Hours
dunstancarter wrote 1 month ago: The shadows play tricks, All moon sprayed chameleons And desperate darks, They set things on fire An … more →
cultural hash
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msbaroque wrote 1 month ago: What a couple of days this has been! First the Booker – to Hilary Mantel for a huge fat novel … more →
"The Fish, the Man, and the Spirit" (Leigh Hunt)
Mark wrote 1 month ago: THE FISH, THE MAN, AND THE SPIRIT TO A FISH YOU strange, astonished-looking, angle-faced, Dreary-mou … more →
September Sun
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dunstancarter wrote 2 months ago: It’s the strangest of tortures, Staring at lovers With a small bag of popcorn And a terrorist … more →
