Leave it to the newspapers
let the talking heads confuse
not to your taste, just eat up
the daily news, no you can’t
change your view, you can’t
disagree, can’t say you’re not
diseased, what’s that, can’t
drink tea, I told you you’re ill
Tag: England
Saturday Shorts – Borderline Control
Welcome to the UK
walk straight in
you’ve got a piece of paper
wipe your arse with it
have a good weekend
Armed In Arm
Unseen angels
whitecoat legions
armed in arm
hope springs
thank you
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Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine approved in the UK this morning…
Six Words – Coalition
Open cabinets – best of all please
Shorts by EDC On Sale
‘Shorts – a take on poetry’ is EDC’s first offering, 158 poems presented, one, two, three a page, and as a poem plus a line, you know the kind, drawn from EDC blog posts made 2014 to end of 2019 – the River Dixon (Potter’s Grove Press) re-blog gives a link to Amazon where you are – in the UK an ebook for less than a pound and a paperback for just over a fiver for a limited time. My best to all out there – ‘Shorts’ wouldn’t exist without you.
For a limited time, get the eBook for $.99 or the paperback for $6.99!
Here is a universal link for people outside of the US – Shorts: a take on poetry
Saturday Shorts – Long Lane
Weather mild a rare blue sky
clock change day car radio said
no hurry well a bit maybe
this lane not one he often used
Narrow quite bendy too
passing places a squeeze through
strange no cars seen either way
probably it was just his day
All clear it seemed ahead
rear view mirror given a check
eyes front swerved right then left
an old lady from nowhere stepped
He’d swear she’d just appeared
no movement just a vacant stare
grey clad from head to foot
of this age no way that look
Drove on his head turned back
no sign gone as quick as that
cold sweat his heart beat fast
foot to pedal scared disturbed
That week the local paper lead
ghost of Long Lane seen again
old men rubbed their chins
recalled stories of minds taken
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Guest Blog Post – Featuring Eric Clarke
For a second week, Esther Chilton has kindly had me as a guest on her blog – this poem (quite long for me) sums up where my short poems come from…
I hope you’ve had a good week. It’s now time for my guest post. If you’d like to feature as a guest on my blog, please get in touch. I’m looking for stories and non-fiction pieces of up to 1500 words and poems of up to 40 lines. If you can also send me a photo and a little bit about yourself too, that would be great. Please send them to estherchilton@gmail.com
Last week, my guest writer was Eric Clarke, with his poem England – Isolated Views. To read it, click here. And here’s another one from him for you to enjoy:
A Take On Poetry
By
Eric Clarke
Beaconsfield to Marylebone
Maidenhead to Paddington
Windsor to Waterloo
lines in, and out again
Exeter from all begun
Devon left, half century on
River Thames meandering
fields beside, counties bridged
Buckinghamshire, Berkshire views
English ways, getting there
London, underground…
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Guest Blog Post – Featuring Eric Clarke
My thanks to my good friend, writer, tutor, editor, Esther Chilton for featuring me as a guest on her blog today. My poem ‘England – Isolated Views’ is a compilation of individual short poems posted March through to July – it’s a strange feeling looking back at words written of the moment in times we’re living through.
It’s Friday and time for my guest post. If you’d like to feature as a guest on my blog, please get in touch. I’m looking for stories and non-fiction pieces of up to 1500 words and poems of up to 40 lines. If you can also send me a photo and a little bit about yourself too, that would be great. Please send them to estherchilton@gmail.com
This week’s guest writer is Eric Clarke. I first met Eric at the London Book Fair a few years ago. We’ve become good friends since then and I’ve watched with interest as his work has deservedly become recognised. Recently, Eric had his first collection of poems, Shorts, published by Potter’s Grove Press. Here’s a little bit more about him:
Eric Daniel Clarke (aka EDC Writing) is an Englishman, raised and schooled in Devon close to its Somerset and Dorset borders…
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Pause, play, stop
He’s told today
he’s free to be
as normal as
he can be
He asked again
she said no
she didn’t shield
his feelings
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Shielding of the extremely vulnerable in England paused – he played, she stopped.
