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June 2009

Johnny One Shoe by John Snell


1:16 minutes (1.16 MB)

Johnny One Shoe Copyright © 2009 John Snell

Doorbell rings
Who can it be?
Oh! It’s our neighbour from 43

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 30/06/2009
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Baby P by John Snell


1:41 minutes (1.54 MB)

Baby P Copyright © 2009 John Snell

Don’t know about you, but I despair
That we can only stand and stare.
Whilst little children get abused

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/06/2009
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Unforgettable Love by John Snell


1:57 minutes (1.78 MB)

Unforgettable Love Copyright © 2009 John Snell

When nothing is more than you deserve
And words are not enough
Four walls help me to survive
As I arrive at reality
Forgetting dreams of what might have been

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/06/2009
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King Theseus, grown old by Rob Lock


2:00 minutes (1.86 MB)

King Theseus, grown old Copyright © 2009 Rob Lock

I promised to go home to my mother,
But I didn’t;

To raise a white sail for my father,
But …

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 30/06/2009
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Valentine by Rob Lock


1:23 minutes (1.29 MB)

Valentine Copyright ©
Rob Lock 2009

She said
you can lay your cards on me
chance your jack of hearts on me
bet on every part of me

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 30/06/2009
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Is It? by Reg Wright


0:27 minutes (431.88 KB)

Is It? Copyright © 2009 Reg Wright

What is a poem? I asked myself one day.
Words on a line, but should they rhyme
And have something to say?

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/06/2009
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The World Is Angry by Reg Wright


1:04 minutes (1000.04 KB)

The World is Angry. Copyright © 2009 Reg Wright

Respect, Respect.
The Sheffield steel flashes
Thro the still summer air.

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 30/06/2009
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3 a.m. At Newport Pagnell Service Station by James Knox Whittet


3:14 minutes (2.97 MB)

3 a.m. At Newport Pagnell Service Station Copyright © 2009 James Knox Whittet

I slide my wood effect tray along
the smudged metal runway with iconic
images above my head of frothing cups

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/06/2009
Your rating: None Average: 4 (3 votes)
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And They Made Tools by Kaaren Whitney


2:56 minutes (2.78 MB)

They Became Tool Makers image
They Became Toolmakers: original cyanotype by John Tuckett

AND THEY MADE TOOLS Copyright © 2009 Kaaren Whitney

simple at first, a stick, a sharpened bone,
extensions of coarse fingers, rough ragged
from grubbing soil to get at starch tubers,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
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Tue, 30/06/2009
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Folds by James Knox Whittet


1:53 minutes (1.74 MB)

FOLDS Copyright © 2009 James Knox Whittet

The subsidence of mounds of leaves
that fold over in layers as they burn
when dusk shortens the drive to the castle

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 30/06/2009
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