SHAUN TRAYNOR Poems

MEDITATIONS ON THE SUSPENSION OF STORMONT 1972
Part One
For my mother I would build a monument,
if I were skilled in masonry;
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THE CHILD AND THE THRUSH
Consider the thrush how it learns to sing,
and then the song that has brought it fame,
remember that this is no ordinary thing,
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FITZROVIA
Too many young men now wish they were old
and spend their days walking like old men,
looking for wisdom in cold, drafty corners
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VAUXHALL CROSS
1.
I must somehow attempt, attempt …
to make permanent what I witnessed today:
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SUNFLOWERS
In Hackford Rd SW9,
there is a house where Van Gogh lived:
there is of course the high, obligatory, blue plaque,
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