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· A poem condemned to die as a condition of its creation

· A Ballad of tiny avarice and huge deception

· Dagenham Toilet - or how art will find a way

· Is it really the tree's fault

· Bill Gates has poetry in his soul

· Playing with words

· Hand Grenade

· A simple death in London

· Textual harassment

· Rise

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by James G Harvey
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
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Recent poems by James G Harvey
•  A poem condemned to die as a condition of its creation
•  A Ballad of tiny avarice and huge deception
•  Bill Gates has poetry in his soul
•  Textual harassment
•  Is it really the tree's fault
•  A simple death in London
•  Utensils when what you really want is gold
•  Washed up on a beach
•  Dagenham Toilet - or how art will find a way
•  Playing with words
•  Hand Grenade
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My twin brother was lost in a war in the 1980's

The photo shows
Two boys in matching clothes
Me, in front, surprise
You close behind

“The twins” we were
Not ‘close’ in any way
But brothers. 18 years,
Not close, and brothers still

You sailed South in ‘81.
At 42, I walk my sons
Through winter fields
And think of you, 18.

Never close, but closer now.
As I walk, slowly on, alone,
Along the path that leads
Straight on towards,

The place where I will
See you once again and
Take the piss, not ‘close’, you see.
My boys are following me.
 

 

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