Lesley Young – Selected Poems #13
I can resist anything but temptation * You’ll never be left on the shelf Reclining there so provocatively In your skimpy white robe...
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White Daisies and An Eagerness to Love
I first met Wendy 20 years ago when we worked in a local District Hospital. Between us we provided training programs for staff caring for patients...
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Lesley Young – Selected Poems #12
Jekyll and Hyde Us Jekyll and Hyde you, Hold me tight in the morning, Say that I’m lovely, stroke our worries away. Then somehow, and always...
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Lesley Young – Selected Poems #11
The Long Sleep Years I slept, long and fettered My slow-motion life This weariness, a leaden cloak My line of sight Blurred by wine and...
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Quote – Nancy Lawson – The Humane Gardener
At a time when our fellow inhabitants of the earth increasingly depend on our mercy and ingenuity to survive, our default has instead been to kill...
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Lesley Young – Selected Poems #10
Burren Light It began this way. A notion a slight suggestion a search for questions and a yearning just beyond my reach. A curiosity wavering...
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Lesley Young – Selected Poems #9
Comfort Eating “I’m leaving!” He declared “Life isn’t always a bowl of cherries living with you, Florentine!” “You’re so selfish” He added As he...
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Lesley Young – Selected Poems #8
Alford Dawn White-iced wonderland Startled by a valiant sun I wake to the morn Longing for you still November’s sparks, like tinder, Rekindling...
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