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Unsticking Is King (Or Queen)
UNSTICKING IS KING (OR QUEEN OF COURSE)
Stuck, stuck in a groove.
Stuck in a groove. Stuck in a
groove. Stuck in a groove.
Habit our own way?
We’ll never get anywhere
Treading this old way.
Stuck, stuck in a groove.
Stuck in a groove. Stuck in a
groove. Stuck in a groove.
Habit your own way.
Familiar, comfortable.
You won’t learn much though.
Stuck, stuck in a groove.
Stuck in a groove. Stuck in a
groove. Stuck in a groove.
The Get-together
THE GET-TOGETHER
Meet your family.
Here is your brother Andyet;
Your sister Maybe.
Your cousin Alltheanswers’s
Not here yet. Her plane’s delayed.
Explorer (16a)
EXPLORER
Mystery
Childhood favourite
Whyspering
In my ear
Fairy stories beckoned me
Hinting at ingress
Looking here
Looking there of course
(OCD)
Each stone turned
Discovering vibrant life
Cloaking … Mystery
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Growth (4a)
GROWTH
In our youth
We would give ourselves
Foolishly
We admit
Only partially awake
Yet there’s more to it
For later
As we grew wiser
We became
Discerning
Let us be loved yet also
Explore our own core
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Open Ended
OPEN ENDED
You are invited to take the air
On wings for too long trussed
(Not the best sort of trust)
So switch craving to braving
Half the sky is already yours
The other half yours to explore
She Seats Herself To Write
SHE SEATS HERSELF TO WRITE
She seats herself to write
Half fearing her writing
Will drive her mad while
Half hopes it will cure her
In two minds – Ah, if only
Thinks were so simple
Turmoil turmoil turmoil
Enough! Dismisses them all
And seats herself to write
The Wrong Approach
THE WRONG APPROACH
The world my oyster
And I the hopeful diver
With a plastic knife
Wedded To Verse
WEDDED TO VERSE
For better or for worse
A poet likes to lift
A stone to see what is
Going on under there
Amicus Curiae
AMICUS CURIAE
I am happy
To bring you
To the window
But not to tell you
What you should see
Beyond the glass
