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Newcastle Poetry Festival 2019

Newcastle Poetry Festival 2019

June 4, 2019
by ncla
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Images from the Newcastle Poetry Festival 2019 which took place between 1st May and 4th May 2019 at the Sage Gateshead and the Northern Stage. To…

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Foliage  Maud Webster

Foliage
Maud Webster

May 28, 2019
by ncla
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leafy green pokes itself from the piss-patched slabs rest their fertile fuzz upon the sidewalk emerald anarchists reclaiming order if i lay perch my palms…

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The Wait  Sydney Wright

The Wait
Sydney Wright

May 28, 2019
by ncla
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The Wait We wait. We wait For the turn of a blank page At the end of a book. For the final chapter that Fell…

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Whispers  Barney Webb

Whispers
Barney Webb

May 28, 2019
by ncla
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Whispers Listening to music on headphones, Suddenly the world is behind you, Burrowed in the back of your brain, Calling, blaming, teasing, howling. Who puts…

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Home  Ruby Wilson

Home
Ruby Wilson

May 28, 2019
by ncla
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Home A pretty parcel Wrapped up in red. Before me the bow comes Away like burned skin and The paper, retorting in Agony, reveals a…

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The Pressure of Love  Zeinab Attia

The Pressure of Love
Zeinab Attia

May 28, 2019
by ncla
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The Pressure of Love Your eyes are (glass)y Like a mouth ajar (crack)ling Spits tears through its (open)ing And you now (under)stand That this thing…

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Muddled  Dorit Greene

Muddled
Dorit Greene

May 28, 2019
by ncla
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Muddled In the middle of the Atlantic Lives bad news A whale Wistfully singing Through the storm Of cold And unmade beds Which twinkle Under…

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secrets  Barney Webb

secrets
Barney Webb

May 28, 2019
by ncla
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‘secrets’ was a winning poem in the 2019 Newcastle Young People’s Poetry Competition.

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August 11th 1980  Thomas Probyn

August 11th 1980
Thomas Probyn

May 28, 2019
by ncla
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August 11th 1980 August 11th 1980. The blue, the black, the cadmium yellow, They’d said the crossing was fine; no one really knew. All apart…

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I wish  Izzy Hamer

I wish
Izzy Hamer

May 28, 2019
by ncla
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I wish I wish I had no fear I wish I had teleportation I wish I had a Basset Hound I wish I had a…

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