Paul Hansford

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Another Sun

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Perhaps in another world
another sun comes
up,
lighting a different
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For Mel (Villanelle)

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The one who should have lived has gone so fast.
The old ones, in their dotage, linger on –
they, with no future, live only in the past.
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After The Stroke

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This is my husband, my mother said
to the nurse with pride,
only she meant me.
Everyone in the day-room knew
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The First Time

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I was only seventeen, and you were about the same,
and I knew nothing about you – I barely knew your name.
But I looked at you, and you looked at me, and we looked at each other, and then…
I knew, the first time you smiled at me, I wanted to see you again.
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Gifts

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I gave you violets;
you gave me your smile.

I gave you elderflower wine;
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A Poem About Recycling

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My ultimate ambition in life
is to be recycled. When I die
I shall not be put
with the newspapers, plastic bottles,
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My Shopping List

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I write my shopping-list in rhyme.
It doesn’t take me too much time,
and always helps me to remember.
(I’ve been doing it since last September.)
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Guard Of Honour (Rondeau Redoublé)

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(An RAF officer helps to carry the coffin of Diana, Princess of Wales, to the plane for return to England.)

The burden I bear is more heavy than lead.
The physical weight is a thing that I share,
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Driving On Auto-Pilot

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Called out of a staff meeting, I was told
my mother was on the point of death.
Searching in the regulations,
the secretary told me
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