ivan mcguinness Poems

I observed the cooling towers to be chessmen
During our descent
In Indian style
Beneath a scattering of morning rooks
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Rounding a corner I stopped mid
Stride, ridiculous with one leg raised
High, a surprise sliver of adder
Tongue toward the thigh high grass
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Meet me on the Cowley Road
Beside the Temperance Hall
Where the beer hounds cough and guzzle
By the gaudy painted walls.
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The slow walk back
Of the pace man
Makes me heart-quick.
A bat, a prod of the crease,
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