The first surprise: I like it.

The gaunt lady of the service wash

The leaves of four droopy tomato plants

The light is sullen today, yet people are

The moon woke me, the pocked and chalky moon

‘The only good life is lived without miracles.’

The pin is loose that holds the climbing rose.

The summer garden breathes through my

The windows are black tonight. The lamp

The woman in the mirror swimming

The wood trade in his hands

There are owls in the garden and a dog barking.

There must be something I still hope to find.

There was a time before we met as well

These Dunkirk victories of old age:

This is the landscape of the Cambrian age:

This public box is

Today is your birthday. There is cool sunshine.

Tonight I think this landscape could

Tony

Two Songs from Ithaca

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91

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99

55

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104

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100

140

140

8

61

43

141

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98

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Uncurtained, my long room floats on

Under hot white skies, if we could,

Urban Lyric

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55

91

Valentine for a Middle-aged Spouse

93

The Water Magician of San Diego

66

Water black water at night the Rhine and

54

We like to eat looking at boats. At night

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We stopped the Citroen at the turn of the lane,

107

We’ve travelled on a bumboat on the green South China seas, 143 Wheelchair 143 When Timothy grass and Rye pollen flew 92 When was it you took up that second stick, 137 Widow’s Necklace 142 Wigmore Hall 103 Winter 135

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