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James Garratt – A life lived and recorded in ink since 1992

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Category: Poems July 2016

Likability – Written Friday 29th july 2016 (Aged 41)

play the game, avoid the weathervane
then, self loathing –
will feel less like unbearable pain

poems, poetry, writer, writing

Days That Sailed Far Away – Written Thursday 14th July 2016 (Aged 41)

your past,
way back there
days so very long ago
days that sailed far away

poems, poetry, writer, writing

Bitter Soap – Written Thursday 14th July 2016 (Aged 41)

is held very tight
and the realisation –
that you cannot prise it from their hands
try as you might

poems, poetry, writer, writing

Strapped for Cash – Written Thursday 14th July 2016 (Aged 41)

we –
are, ‘strapped for cash’
and that –
there has been an almighty crash

poems, poetry, writer, writing

Those Liberal Views – Written July 2016 (Aged 41)

never noticed –
the blame creep in
never noticed –
the passion for traditional sin

poems, poetry, writer, writing

The Last Gasp of the Hopefuls – Written Wednesday 13th July 2016 (Aged 41)

they privatised the dreams
and marketised,
every fear and every scream
they put a charge on lamposts
and a tax on our every lean

poems, poetry, writer, writing

Reassurance – Written Wednesday 20th July 2016 (Aged 41)

Reassurance i saw – a young woman – run her hands across – the bushes and the flowers – in … More

poems, poetry, writer, writing

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