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Freedom Day in Our Place
Monday 19th July
will you feel free
will you be frightened to use the bus or tram
or visit the supermarket
on Freedom Day in Our Place?
Are you...
Hugs and Touches in Our Place
One day soon….very soon
I will be able to hug and touch
its been more than a year now
with no hugs or touches
lockdown has been hard
for...
INTEGRITY
When you wake from your goodnight's sleep,
whatever you do, don't sell yourself cheap.
Whatever you're good at,
whatever you do
don't let others say you haven't got...
Pain, sorrow, glory and anger: European Super League
Pauline shares her poem in reaction to the European Super League football crisis, as the 'big six' clubs were set to leave the Premier...
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Poetry Corner
Street and Parlour Games
Bouncing two balls against gable walls
Farmer’s in his den – picked as a hen
Go-kart given wings to fly - pie in sky
Hula hoops and...
Smidgens
Smidgens
Those childhood memories from the playground
skipping
looking for conkers
Kiss chase
hide and seek
milk in small bottles
big heating pipes
painted green
Poplar trees at the end
of the playground
still there
60...
Mum, A poem inspired by looking out the window
When I look out of my window there’s no people.
It's very quiet.
All I can hear is the birds.
We have a variety that come round...
Staying Sane – Being Me
Staying Sane
Its not lockdown
Its who I am
Who I wannabee
Being Me
Not who others think I am
It's hard being me
Am I a pretender
Or real
A woman in...
Hugs and Touch in Our Place
One day soon....very soon
I will be able to hug and touch
Its been a year now
With no hugs
Like all of us in Our Place
Lockdown has...
Three Steps to Heaven – In Our Place
There are only three steps to heaven
sang Eddie Cochran long ago
when we were young
We are now only
a few steps away
to having contact and touch
What...
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