tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76590492672373806562024-02-18T22:34:11.306-08:00Di SherlockDi Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00185974995126114155noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659049267237380656.post-65999538567360529952016-03-14T10:45:00.000-07:002016-03-14T10:45:37.292-07:00New Memory Cafe Poems <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Started working with Westminster Arts in a new Memory Cafe in Hammersmith. A new poem, inspired by the participants' chat over tea and cake as they painted pots and planted seeds.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Painting of Pots</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">She paints her pot a vibrant purple and blue</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">freely,
yet tempered</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">by
design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">A
Rothco from the fabric of Africa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Today
was a storm in a teapot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The
husband she cares for</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">at
home,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">once
a tv and radio mechanic,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">can
no longer put the tv on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">It's
a big patience</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">she
says,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">indicating
Kahn's fancy china cup</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">from
Peckham. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">If
he says teapot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">and
she says teacup</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">the
problems start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">So now she says teapot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">She
came by sea in the Seventies,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">hot
from Sierra Leone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">used
an afro wig, platforms and flares</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">and
met him through her brother,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">who
didn't like the idea,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">them
both coming from different backgrounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">But
who listens to their brother?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The
days of autocratic men are quickly going,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">says
the man from Grenada, </span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">knowingly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Round
the table the women laugh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">She
calmly paints, </span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">precise
strokes that allow the pattern to emerge,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">a
blue eye leaps from the royal purple</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">like
a spot on the surface of Jupiter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">It's
a big patience.</span></div>
Di Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00185974995126114155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659049267237380656.post-62103635813820110032016-02-10T12:49:00.000-08:002016-02-10T12:49:28.159-08:00Do not go gentle..wrestling on the inside of Veronica Toppino's extraordinary performative suit. Thanks to Peta Lily and The London College of Fashion for shaking up them bones. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIzChXTtGIriYEkCpV0G6doa76e-KNj1h6rfunOc7bDYcIHRlvRYZ_04QQAb_8yvSlOIoJEP_GImMKXeYTCIdhwXHsVpGt4kQwGWo9jYHA8jowdl4OOn56uO445NY4AYlpSs48RygVVo/s1600/IMG_89.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIzChXTtGIriYEkCpV0G6doa76e-KNj1h6rfunOc7bDYcIHRlvRYZ_04QQAb_8yvSlOIoJEP_GImMKXeYTCIdhwXHsVpGt4kQwGWo9jYHA8jowdl4OOn56uO445NY4AYlpSs48RygVVo/s640/IMG_89.jpg" width="480" /></a>Di Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00185974995126114155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659049267237380656.post-63301126447273417262016-02-01T08:25:00.000-08:002016-02-01T08:25:28.042-08:00The Daffodils<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the poems for Dad whose birthday would have been this month.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When
the Daughter returned
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From
the meeting with the Registrar,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stone
in heart, unbelieving –</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The
man did not know her father,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hell
bent on putting
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The
hateful year behind him –</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When
she returned,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Smile
mask in position,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He
fixed her with his one good eye and said,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I
thought I’d at least make it to the Spring!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mortified,
she lied,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No
one said you wouldn’t, Dad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But
the Registrar had said
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dead
by Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In
a corner of the front garden,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Always
his domain,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The
Mother had no interest in that lawless patch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Flanking
car and step,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There
now began a pushing and swelling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beneath
the frozen earth,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Driving
juice green flow against the clock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And
lo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Three
daffodils burst through the January snow,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Loyal
against all odds,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sounding
the trumpet for Dennis</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Who
put the old behind him</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Against
all odds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In
a miracle of Spring.</span></div>
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