On his first day back,
He gingerly stepped,
Over the picket fence,
Smelt the apple pie,
Placed on the window
In the porch.
He heard her singing,
Some number from the shows.
On his second day back,
The gravitational pull weakened
And though now he could only
Look at her from a distance
He remembered how
No one on earth
Could feel the way he felt
When they had been together.
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Very moved by visiting the National Memorial Arboretum; a fittingly organic, non jingoistic, non hierarchical tribute to such service and sacrifice. Particularly moved by ‘The Shot at Dawn’ section. Here’s
A Berkshire Miracle I remember visiting the Blue Pool at Stanford Dingley, the frost had risen From the ground plucked to the heavens By the bending Noon day sun I
After the Divine Comedy One day the devil (Who nowadays is Only ever seen advertised On the wall paintings Of old churches) Came out into plain sight. Seeming to taunt
Bernard lives in Oswestry, UK. He is published in around one hundred journals and magazines worldwide. He is also a spoken-word performer, finalist in both the John Tripp Spoken Word Competition and The All Wales Comic Verse Competition. Plus a biographer and prize-winning short story writer. His work has appeared in many publications. In 2017 a selection of his poetry ‘In Free Fall’ was published by Leaf by Leaf Press. In 2019 he won second prize in The Aurora Prize (an international competition in Poetry) for his poem ‘Manor Farm’ and his first novel ‘Where the Willows End‘ was published by Leaf by Leaf Press. His second novel is due out in 2022.
