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Continue reading →: BaitA short poem from A Mouthful of Space dust by Gavin Turner Available to buy here Bait They squirm in a tight sealed tub, Waters’ edge, Out casts the line to the far side, Awaiting the dipping float and snap back The rod hovers, majestic In judgement We sit in…
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Continue reading →: Meadow clocksBy Gavin Turner First published in 2023 by Boats Against the current magazine Standing, curving backs against the south wind chimes, Once bright, gold leafed faces, Holding by scruffs the fluffy washed hair of old men crutched by limp legged stems, Time, telling with each brush of air As children,…
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Continue reading →: LockLock From The Round Journey A final march down the towpath, Mount the verge with dew lit shoes And lean into the abyss of the lock, The sluice gates are shuttered and the chamber fills once more, With holidays, sleepless pillowy hours of susurration, Wedding vowels, babies and rebirth days,…
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Continue reading →: From The Round JourneyOnline poetry by Gavin Turner Leaving home First steps are cautious, The outside world is a stranger from the street, holding a warm foil wrapped pot of normality, A stew to pick over later The world continues to turn but feels still, Motion sickness flickers, You are on your way,…
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Continue reading →: Scatter my ashesPoetry online by Gavin Turner I want there to be three footnote lines of an obituary, Misprinted in the Guardian, That say Gary Turner was a writer of poems, About nothing really, nothing, It was all just nonsense we fear And not in a good way. Like Edward Lear I…
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