Michael Shepherd Childhood Poems

1.
! Childhood

At the height of sun-pressed summer
the tar on the seaside pavement
stuck to the Start-Rite sandals
with a sound like half-dried glue.
...

If I don't
go and
go
when I need to
...

3.
! Childhood Circles Around

The sharp, irregular knock of wooden
brush’s shoulder against skirting-board,
punctuated with the lighter tap
of brush on pan, the contents neatly
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