Tag Archives: foreign tongue
my spider, again
Click here to hear the poet read his words: my spider, again I wonder what she hears when I speak to her the little spider who now shares my home I address her in French of course it seems somehow … Continue reading
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Tagged affection, brogue, empathy, foreign tongue, poem, poetry, spider, west of Scotland
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the drought
another day the woman says as she opens wide the curtains she has never felt less sure before she is totally uncertain the baby gurgles on the floor all smiles his feet are kicking the children laugh around the smell … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged another day, bringer of the light, changing, doubt, foreign tongue, poem, poetry, the drought, the key to all things, uncertainty
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