Greg Freeman is a former newspaper sub-editor who is now news and reviews editor for the poetry website Write Out Loud. 'Bagni di Lucca', 'Learning by Heart', and 'The Butterflies of Yorkshire' are included in his debut pamphlet collection, Trainspotters, published by Indigo Dreams. 'Subterranean Homesick Blues on Juke Box Jury' is in his first full collection, 'Marples Must Go! ', published by Dempsey&Windle in 2021. Email me at [email protected] if you'd like to buy a copy of Trainspotters or Marples Must Go!
Colonised, old railway tracks and pits.
Spread of creeping thistle and bracken.
Limestone grasslands, brimstone broods;
fritillaries, clouded yellows.
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The clock shows different times on its two faces,
both wrong. We arrive early,
work out the ticket machine
and validator, settle down to wait
...
I hope these help to keep you safe.
Are you lonely at the front?
You have your pals, along the trenches.
And we have ours, inside the factory.
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BBC trying to get with the Sixties.
After it was played
compere David Jacobs
repeated the title in his
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