(After Andy Brown)
Because my children are briefly sleeping under the same roof
Becuase Col and Lucy and M and T are coming on New Year’s Eve
Because the sun is finally shining
Because these quiet days after Christmas
Because Palace are playing Chelsea on the weekend and Merenna is taking me
Because I have an undiscovered Joni Mitchell CD to listen to
Because I have been given a new notebook
Because Hussein kept the home fires burning
Because a friend has texted offering to collaborate
Because books are in the pipeline and no one has said anything about them yet
Because the evenings are already a shade lighter
Coffee
Because everything seems possible
Because suddenly it is clear to me what I must do
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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 was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015. In 2012 I published Riddance (Worple Press), a collection of poems, and Love for Now (Impress Books), a memoir, about my experience of cancer. My most recent books are Deck Shoes (Impress Books, 2019), a book of prose memoir and criticism, and The Afterlife (Worple Press, 2019). In 2023 I will publish The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, with Blue Diode Press. My current research project, with Sue Dymoke from Nottingham Trent University and funded by the Foyle Foundation, is Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.
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Sounds good 👍
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Thank you! As ever
Anthony
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That’s a lovely list for the end of the year. I was wondering what to write on the first page of my new notebook. I usually put someone elses poem there, but I think I’ll have a go at a similar list. Thank you for the post! Happy New Year!
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Thank you Ann. I’m glad you found it useful.
Good wishes for 2019
Anthony
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Happy thankful thoughts for the close of a year.
May next year be everything and more.
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Thank you Claire.
With good wishes to you, too.
Anthony
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Thank you for that reflection- just when I needed it. Every good wish for 2019,
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Judy O’Sullivan
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Dear Judy
Thank you so much for saying so.
Good wishes for 2019
Anthony
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The Gift
When I place my hands into your knitted Corriedale mittens
I feel the ceremony of life playing out in the falling snow.
I feel your hands holding mine. May we always travel
Together to windy places where treetops waltz
Across the sky. You keep me warm as I
Breathe in the consecrated air on this
Worthwhile journey through a
Spruce-scented land. When
I feel your hands touching
Mine, I know we share
One beating heart.
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