Best Warwick Poems

horses, lances, arrows, fire
they reenact the war of the roses

the outdoor setting
has been erected next to Costa

outside on the ground
napkins, zarfs and stirrers 

and half the audience gets their
medieval caffeine hit 

that encourages us to yell and whoo-hoo
and pay attention to history

they encourage us to...

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mum said she needed a stiff drink 
me, at the wheel,
closing my eyes and actually praying

a rented car, a wide car
narrow roads
tractors and horses 

getting my brexercise
not knowing how to use the GPS
getting beeped at the first crossroads

on returning the vehicle 
Linfold, at the car...

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Yes, I was very much focused
driving up and down
those immense highways,
dressed as an Irish carpenter
with no proper clothes,
to face the harsh New England winter.

I had moved the hearts
of those construction workers
who gave me their coat
dipped in their own urine.
How grateful I still am,
going from state...

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