Short Lesley Poems

in a dream a record store

groovy man its lesley gore

voice mid soprano

and a piano

sleepy sandmans muzak score.
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The long kiss had finished but still we embraced,
love's giddiness filling our heads,
your gaze locked on mine then you spoke, soft and low,
“ I'll love you forever” you said.
But after forever came Bev and then Rachel,
and then Corrinne and Kirstie and Ruth,
also Lesley and Janet so it does seem to me that
forever is short, that's the truth.


For contest 'After forever', sponsor John Lawless...

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Listen to poem:

Tradition.
Cast aside by noise
As worldy attention
Tears and cloys

Permission.
For generous space 
To return to stare
Full into the face

Decision.
To walk a monastic way
Brief encounter
At the start of the day

Listen.
To the space in-between 
Where God himself
Chose to intervene 

Condition.
The soul and heart
Through stillness
Let the healing start


Jinjagoliath
3rd September 2023
(In memory of Lesley Sutton)...

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