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Category: Poetry

  • Fertile, Never Lazy, Replete

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    Tim Smith
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    Talk to myself out loud Thank people for their thoughts No rhythm To save the soul To save you when you need. It’s the leave The leaving solip The you indivisible. It’s the stop, rest, consider It’s the life of a field Fertile, never lazy, replete. The touch of someone who won you Who feels…

  • Bad Bait

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    Tim Smith
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    I lived in Australia for a decade. One thing I loved was to go out with my mate, Rob, to fish outside the Heads of Sydney in his boat. One day, Rob left some bait in his car in the heat… 1 It’s 5:37 in the New South Wales morning. Rob and I are ready…

  • Leaving It All Behind

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    Tim Smith
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    Words often just go with each other irrespective of what I want them to do. Here’s an example. Go ahead, go onto something new.  Packing toys and tools and terrible things Into thin grey plastic bags. Throwing them into the sea of bins On the other side of the world. 2 A lifetime moved into…

  • Removal Man Conversation

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    Tim Smith
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    Getting around.Seeing the place.The lost world.Scavenging.Removing the detritus.Posing the question. Tall, cool stranger.Eating an orange.Cleaning the peel for later use. Dust free environment.A corroded relationship.Closest to home. Removal man strikes conversation.In a cloudless sky.Pausing for detail.Breathless hard labour.Approval of debits. A tall bruising stranger.Playing piano with zest.Over the haystack.Beaten with broomsticks.Falling in fever.Collecting the debts.Left…

  • The Epic of Benbo

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    Tim Smith
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    Benbo is a mythical character. He is concerned with words and how they alter the reality of where and what he is. “Are you there, my friend? Are you around the place, sitting?” Benbo growls his reply He is all caustic, all off his face. Hungry and willing. A wasted guy, a desperate cause. Catch…