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Editorial Poem: Diamond Bite
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Poet's Letter Reading and Live Music Series: July 14th, Monday 7:30 pm

Reading Nnorom Azounye, Tricia Peak, Sharon Harriott, Joshua Seigal, Munayem Mayenin and more. Kerry-Fleur Schleifer in Music. Poetry and Live Music: Open Mic as usual.

 Temple Bar, 284-286 Walworth Road, London SE17 (Next door to Sommerfield)

 The Name of the Poet: Isabel Galleymore

New Magazine: Inside Out

Events: Royal Cinque Port’s Yacht Club (Dover) Poetry Evening: June 10th, Tuesday: 7pm

Poetry More: Kerry-Fleur Schleifer, Ben Barton

Purely Poetry: Neelam Shah

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 4th London Poetry Festival 2008 August 8, 9, 10 & 11 (Fri-Mon) Poet in Residence at Poet's Letter Programme

Katherine Michaud: I am Me
 

Of everything, a little stayed.
The world, vast and unexplored by my eyes,
never called my name.
The office, seemingly always open.
The groceries, seemingly always gone.
I am here.

Of everything, a little changed.
Universities, with all their pull,
still call my name.
Salisbury, suburban and friendly.
Baltimore, a strange city, full of strangers.
I always answer.

Of everyone, a few stayed.
Sisters, with all of their goals,
moved far away.
The older, conferencing in Switzerland.
The other, studying in Boston.
I am here.

Of everyone, a few changed.
Mother, with her singsong tone,
still calls my name.
Her calls, seemingly always echo.
Her needs, seemingly always unfulfilled.
I always answer.

Of everything, a little stayed.
A little changed.
Of everyone, a few stayed.
A few changed.
The world keeps turning and
I am still me.
 

Katherine Michaud: Featured Poet, Poet's Letter Magazine, May 2004 Issue.

Briony Dennis: You Breathe
 

I breathe,
milky and warm, I take it in.
It feels like home.

The way that you need to be held—
not just held but contained, as if you still were.
You breathe,
insecure little gusts of reproach are you close enough?

I look
you are not fragile—as you look
defiantly existing.
You are at home in this chaos of worry and work.

After nights and nights on fast forward, I realise you will continue to breathe.
So I breathe
new warmth, perfumed with everything of you…
it is beyond description, I cannot try to…

Slowly you begin to unfurl
testing each day suspiciously, then you realise slowly
very slowly
all is as it should be—
except are you close enough?

I am humbled, ashamed that I could forget
the simplest pleasures,
a hand opening and closing
a chest rising and falling.

I breathe
because you breathe.

Briony Dennis: Poet in Residence 3rd London Poetry Festival 2007

 

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