Clive Culverhouse Poems

These walls are my sanctuary
guarding me, looking after me
stopping me, restraining me
my prison but my safety
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there's a man
on a train
with his head
in his hands
...

[He/She as appropriate]

Of flesh and blood
that nature gives to our breath
...

placing a pen upon the desk
aligned with paper
grooves of wood and knots in stain
as if absorbed in thought and mind
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Live to die for rebirth
Rebirth live to die for
For rebirth live to die
Die for rebirth live to
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you always said there was something
about the trees, and mountains peaks
were good places to sit, tuning in TV
sets as though we held the world, or
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stair board creek
the house long empty
... echoes
stale shuffling
...

I was fine in my bubble
just some Moses in my own parting
and yes, you ruined my thoughts
and spun me in antonyms
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stop throwing baseballs
for my neighbour's cat
his swing just isn't in it
and besides, I'm a little
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…I stoned the lord of death to death
we lye, now, side by side

as
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