Terry Collett Poems

As a kid
you used to watch
your mother
...

While her husband was off
fighting a war
in a foreign land
she gave birth
...

Janice sat beside you
on the bombsite
off Meadow Row
looking towards
...

Bath times as a child were
a mixture of joy and fear,
Lulu remembers, rubbing
her neck dry after her bath,
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Early summer
after school
after low tea
of bread and jam
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Early July
and Judith sat
on the wooden fence
beside you
...

Outside Burgos
in the base camp
after seeing the cathedral
and other sights
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O yes
this is love
this is what Miriam knows
as love
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Miss Schinzer do not undress
they said but she did and so
they locked her in the side
room alone and she heard the
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Putting the world
to rights,
I expect.
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