Tag Archives: loss

The Alternative Father’s Day

Posted on June 16, 2013 by barabrith

THE ANTI-TEA TOWEL POEM for FATHER’S DAY There aren’t any cards in Tesco’s, Hallmark, or the ever-so-fashionable Farmers’ Market to say to someone on Father’s Day “Sorry your father wasn’t around for you, or sorry your children’s father isn’t around … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Writing Month, Day 17, April 17th

Posted on April 17, 2013 by barabrith

Feeling my way through your skin Scarred with bramble hooks, ticklish with tension I remembered the old pathways Overgrown, tangled.You told me, the machete showed me the storage place. It was late, tired evening, the lock rusted, slipped into dust … Continue reading →

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