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(after Tim Dooley)
State-approved cookery books
in every emporium of food.
Information concerning lipids
in dayglow font between speeches.
The weather: we can change it.
Compulsory viewing of sport
in multi-coloured attire.
Babies to be named in ceremonies at these events.
The roads: now One Road.
24/7 litter; 24/7 religion; daily worship
of the tank.
Laughter on prescription.
No longer will the mouse tremble
beneath the kestrel’s talons.
Pleasant lands for sale, unseen dividends for all.
Enjoy who you voted for.
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I am a lecturer, poet and writing tutor. I work in teacher and medical education at the University of Exeter. My anthology Lifesaving Poems, based on the blog of the same name, is available from Bloodaxe Books. Love for Now, my memoir of cancer, is published by Impress Books. Deck Shoes, a book of prose memoir and criticism, and The Afterlife, my fifth book of poems, are available now from Impress Books and Worple Press. My current research project is Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.
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Thank you for a lovely/ sad poem this morning. Suitable and sad
Megan
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Hi Megan
Great to hear from you. Thank you. I wrote it hoping never to have to use it. As ever with best wishes, Anthony
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The truth of this made my head rattle. (That’s a compliment.)
Molly
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Thank you Molly
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Oh Anthony…you are always so of the time…..Thankyou from a fearful follower.G.
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Thank you Geraldine
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Dear Anthony – wonderful, wise poem. What a blessing to find that you can express my feelings for me in your poem. Thank you. Rebecca
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Thank you for saying so Rebecca, Anthony
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