Tag: reflections
member name: Malcolm Brookes
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February 11, 2007 11:06 AM EST --
He returned from war
alive but dead
here but there
A stranger in community
And when death took him
there were tears -
well-sprung from a shared absence -
for the unknown father
. . .
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February 09, 2007 07:52 AM EST --
“I’ve found your other pyjamas,” she said.
“They were stuffed at the back of the wardrobe.”
“Oh,” I said.
“They’re the same as the ones you're . . .
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January 15, 2007 07:18 PM EST --
Time lurks
in what is remembered
mentioned here
encountered there
lovingly
universally
recounted, or
kept
secret
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February 08, 2007 06:52 AM EST --
Standing by the bed,
I said,
"It was a good idea
I had about the two duvets?"
She replied,
"It's too warm.
I don't want to get out of it."
© Malcolm Brookes . . .
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February 09, 2007 04:00 PM EST --
Feeding the Dicky Birds is a bit of whimsy based on truth. At meal times my mother-in-law saved two lots of breadcrumbs. One went on the ground outside the front door and the other at the back. My father-in-law . . .
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February 08, 2007 07:09 AM EST --
Ma-ra-na-tha.
Deep pools of silence remain
all else is gone.
Drinking draught
wells up within.
Time stops.
Ma-ra-na-tha.
© Malcolm Brookes
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February 03, 2007 07:28 AM EST --
My wife hovers,
and says,
"Can I throw it away?"
I say, "Not today.
It's part of my history.
I'm writing a book."
She gives me a look
and says,
"Does that include . . .
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