Douglas Scotney Poems

The growing pace of obsolescence
That exists in the world of machines
Has seen me seeking refuge in
Less evanescent means
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Unable to do
he became able to do,
unable to do again,
able to do again
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(one three one one nine four one
minus
two two eight two)
equals
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Before Joyce
For a novel to make it as art
The end had to be at the start.
This is still largely so
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There always was a me
Then ideals came along
Said the past is gone
You're now a part of me.
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Depth
Not to be denied
In bed
The poet
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Death
Not to be denied
In bed
you turned aside
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Propaganda painter
No Saint was S T Gill

Knowing that in England
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My television wouldn't work.
I went and bought Big Other.
I watched the triumph of The Crows,
In splendid, vivid colour.
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2012

Fil's birthday being early May
She threw an Easter party.
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