Mastodawn

overwhelmed by undergrowth

The Camping Coach
Greg Freeman

#Poetry #GregFreeman #CampingCoach #BlackNoreReview #Football #TrainSet #Cuba #Pneumonia #Hippy #Skinhead #Remain #Leave

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Greg Freeman – “The Camping Coach”

The Camping Coach Our mother always dreamed we would play in the same team. As we scuffled at football in the gravel in matching shirts and shorts we waved to the driver and fireman. Our very own t…

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Andrew Shields Jan 5

I twist and pull, core, peel, dice, simmer

Apples
Marion McCready

#Poetry #MarionMcCready #Apples #BlackNoreReview

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/marion-mccready-apples/

Marion McCready – “Apples”

Apples My garden tree weighed down by apple moons. The crisp satellites bloom in space polished reddish-green, chosen fruits, soft as the roof of your mouth (touch it with your tongue). My apples m…

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Andrew Shields Dec 9

It all hangs on a word.

Dieu et Mon Droit
Claire Booker

#Poetry #ClaireBooker #BlackNoreReview #JuryDuty #Sure #Meaning #Law

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/claire-booker-dieu-et-mon-droit/

Claire Booker – “Dieu et Mon Droit”

Dieu et Mon Droit Two of us at least are gagging for a fag after three hours locked in the jury room on tepid tap water. It all hangs on a word. I’ve slipped the Judge a note asking her to define t…

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Andrew Shields Aug 26

not the slam of a Stan Wawrinka / backhand

Panenka
Michael Durack

#Poetry #MichaelDurack #Panenka #BlackNoreReview #StanWawrinka #Football #PenaltyKick

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/michael-durack-panenka/

Michael Durack – “Panenka”

Panenka To dare to execute a Panenka, to venture the quick run up, then stop, the keeper falling hook, line and sinker for your dummy, the devious Panenka a mere chip, not the slam of a Stan Wawrin…

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Andrew Shields Jul 28

The tectonic plates shift by fractions

Björk
Tim Fellows

#Poetry #TimFellows #Björk #BlackNoreReview #Iceland #Music

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/tim-fellows-bjork/

Tim Fellows – “Björk”

Björk I hope she lives in Iceland in a remote wooden hut, or a crystal cave, disconnected from the madness, imagining fantastic things that will seep into rock, flow down glaciers and out into the …

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Andrew Shields May 29, 2025

the lower notes are falling out of tune

Playing the piano at my father’s house
Antonia Kearton

#Poetry #AntoniaKearton #BlackNoreReview #Piano #Father #Music #Son

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/antonia-kearton-playing-the-piano-at-my-fathers-house/

Antonia Kearton – “Playing the piano at my father’s house”

Playing the piano at my father’s house It stands black and silent, a dusty lar familiaris, perfectly inhabiting this space within the room, still as a forest pool. I raise the lid, note chipped key…

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Andrew Shields May 8, 2025

while Sunday sermons drifted over me

Sabbath
Julian Dobson

#Poetry #JulianDobson #Sabbath #Boredom #Daydreaming #BlackNoreReview

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/05/08/julian-dobson-sabbath/

Julian Dobson – “Sabbath”

Sabbath I’d observe a cherry tree through the arch whisking through seasons while Sunday sermons drifted over me in spent blossom. At the time I’d missed the point of boredom, which was only partly…

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Andrew Shields Mar 20, 2025

but still we go on making them

Crumbs
Angela Topping

#Poetry #AngelaTopping #Crumbs #BlackNoreReview

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/angela-topping-crumbs/

Angela Topping – “Crumbs”

Crumbs A lifetime of them, wiped daily from worktops: spilled cereal, cut bread, nubs of cheese, haphazard record of what’s been eaten, as telling as stomach contents in an autopsy. They stick to t…

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Andrew Shields Feb 27, 2025

magpies on the path

Frozen
John Short

#Poetry #JohnShort #Frozen #BlackNoreReview #Magpies #Skating #Morrisons #Busker

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/john-short-frozen/

John Short – “Frozen”

Frozen I open the front door to a cold blanket of whiteness but magpies on the path feel no discomfort. Later, I note a frozen canal; how skating’s no longer a pastime that attracts people. Fallen …

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Andrew Shields Jan 27, 2025

The hunter, the lion, the fish and the bear

Over the Stone Rushes the Wind
Mike O’Brien

#Poetry #MikeOBrien #Stone #Wind #BlackNoreReview

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/mike-obrien-over-the-stone-rushes-the-wind/

Mike O’Brien – “Over the Stone Rushes the Wind”

Over the Stone Rushes the Wind Over the stone rushes the wind From nowhere to nowhere with nowt in its wake And physics, biology and chemistry And freezing and melting and boiling occur And the sto…

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