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The Editor

By ralph on Wed, 18 Jun 2025

The Editor You will haiku the fauna of Haworth. Burn Tehran ballads for those who can’t breathe. Delete a sonnet of limbs rotting in Gaza. Cherish...
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Alfredos: After Michael Donaghy’s ‘Shibboleth’

By ralph on Sun, 01 Jun 2025

Alfredos After Michael Donaghy’s ‘Shibboleth’ Vacationers at Tahoe windows. The morning sky painted by seven year old boys wild on their birthdays...
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Clacton Beach Memoir: 1975

By ralph on Sat, 10 May 2025

Clacton Beach Memoir: 1975 Was she red with anger? It was difficult to tell. What with the sunburn, heat haze and lipstick. From the water’s edge,...
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Basildon 1971

By ralph on Tue, 29 Apr 2025

Basildon 1971 Those new town early years. Pushchairs, lollipops and wasps. Paths, treeless streets and coughs. The colours of weakened beer...
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Less

By ralph on Thu, 03 Apr 2025

Less Flee the womb! Bloody, flawless. The cough of breath, the catch of life. Pissed up husband, exhausted wife. Neither here or there. Never more...
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Notes on the poem

Posted on Thu, 30 Mar 2023

Thank you so much for your kind words about this poem.

 
The poem was written over an extended period of time and was the start of a deep personal change for me. It’s complicated. The poem was due to be an international commission...

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Excellent and restrained. 

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025

Excellent and restrained. 

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No

Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023

No.

He is saying sorry for his crimes. I work in prisons teaching serious offenders  creative writing. 

Thanks 

Ralph

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Thank you!

Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023

Thank you, means a lot. I read this tonight at an event in Bradford. 

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Excellent. I'll definitely

Posted on Mon, 14 Oct 2019

Excellent. I'll definitely come. Thank you. I'll email ABCTales. 

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I think Hank would have liked

Posted on Tue, 15 Apr 2014

I think Hank would have liked that...

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