i remember you asked

i remember you asked

could you ask something of me

would i be able to meet you

after your summer school

to spend a weekend together

of course you said

you would fully understand

if i was busy

if i couldn’t get away

to be with you

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it is today

it is today

this vision of you

with mountains and clouds

out in the ocean

swirling and dancing

alive with joy

as a gift of love

to the whole of society

it is today

that i begin

a new presence on instagram

with a retrospective

of my series

of an image of a woman

beside a poem

with inspired connections

it is today

that i think

of the first of october

when my life

will take another departure

on my journey

through education

whatever that means

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my head is alive

my head is alive

spinning you might say

from the land of dreams

on into meditation

all the while waiting to return

to the phd submission

is it time for academia

to loosen

its stranglehold on poetry

will social media gift the words

back to the masses

or will the bright shining stars

be consumed

by the machinery

of establishment and status

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yet all that i want is to write

yet all that i want is to write

you know

to be understood for one thing

i don’t mean

to be well understood

i wouldn’t want that now would i

actually there is one other thing

who was that leaving

without saying goodbye

is that the end of the singing

is the ukulele practice over

surely not  without a refrain

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are you smiling

are you smiling

or were you pensive

are you sad

or were you frustrated

did you ask a question

or was that me

are you annoyed

or were you surprised

did you have something to hide

to whom were you writing

is there any reason

that i ought to know

in the park

by mother and child sculpture

you are playful

filled with joy

is this your dream space

or was it mine

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