Terry Collett

Terry Collett Poems

• Her Beautifulness.
  There's an empty cottage at the end of this lane Jane said
• Talk Over Tea
  Her mother poured tea her father sat talking about his day at work
• Watching Her Sleep
  He loves to watch her sleep. Likes to hear her breathe in And out; see her breasts rise And fall like sleeping giants.
• Grace's Visitors 1940
  I am in a wheelchair on grass outside the hospital I hear birds sing and distant traffic
• Invitation To Tea 1969
  Sophia's parents had invited me to tea best go
• Already Dies.
  After the service at the church on Sunday morning
• No Monkey Business
  The saying goes that if you give a room full
• School Fight
  How you got into a fight with Woolgar in the school playground God only knows but it seems to stem from
• But She Knew
  But I know she said
• No Donovan.
  Miss O’Toole moves in her Broad bed. She scratches Her behind to relieve an itch. Tries to harness her dreams
• Behind Closed Doors.
  Miss Bundlestun watches the man Next door go down the path to his Car open the door climb in slam the Door look up at her and give her an
• A Smile
  A smile and that was it she had you captured and that was
• Almost Made Out
  You almost made out that day
• As If It Was A Crime
  Your mother had given you a few coins to buy sweets and on the way you met Fay and you said