Requiem

Hello, everyone. It has been a long time since I made an announcement and I have not really kept posting my (limited) output here. But still... Some words.
          
          This was written for my best friend from childhood, meeting again after many years:
          
          Anna
          https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/31995658/write/1486804526
          
          These three short poems were inspired by a holiday to Florence, one of my favourite cities:
          
          Last Afternoon in Florence
          https://www.wattpad.com/1486796703-fragments-and-reflections-last-afternoon-in
          
          Santa Maria Novello
          https://www.wattpad.com/1486797371-fragments-and-reflections-santa-maria-novello
          
          Churches of Florence
          https://www.wattpad.com/1486797820-fragments-and-reflections-churches-of-florence
          
          These three poems were written for my incredible H:
          
          Down in the Valley Below
          https://www.wattpad.com/1486794672-other-loves-down-in-the-valley-below 
          
          One Night
          https://www.wattpad.com/1486795772-other-loves-one-night
          
          Aspects of You
          https://www.wattpad.com/1486796357-other-loves-aspects-of-you
          
          I have found writing so much harder in recent years. I hope you enjoy these.
          
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Little writing this year, but this was for a special occasion and I somehow pulled it together over some weeks. Strange how words come and go.
          
          I realise I am rarely here, but I do hope you are all keeping well.
          
          Req/Ben
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/900160342-other-loves-anniversary

A poem from earlier this month.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/841388274-other-loves-unsaid
          
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There are a few here that have been sitting around for a while. Still waiting for the words to come back properly, but I will put up with fits and starts for now.
          
          Blackbirds was inspired by walking through a part of Leeds last Autumn I wouldn't ordinarily choose to visit (Seacroft). There were high trees and blackbirds and I was reminded of how I used to love listening to them in the garden when I lived in Essex.
          
          Helmsley 1 and 2 are what happens when you get old and you forget you have already written a poem about a day out with a friend.
          
          Learning You. Self-explanatory I think.
          
          Blackbirds
          https://www.wattpad.com/832666726-fragments-and-reflections-blackbirds
          
          Helmsley 1
          https://www.wattpad.com/832667435-other-loves-helmsley-1?preview=true
          
          Helmsley 2
          https://www.wattpad.com/832668713-other-loves-helmsley-2
          
          Learning You
          https://www.wattpad.com/832669378-other-loves-learning-you?preview=true
          
          Have a gentle day.
          
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A romantic poem I haven't previously published. There are a few of these in my drafts.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/810170604-other-loves-first-kiss

A new poem. They are coming slow, but at least they are coming. 
          
          I live in the north of England now and I wonder how I ever survived living near London and working in the centre of the city:
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/809400450-look-on-with-rage-helter-skelter

I might have found my words again. I hope so.
          
          Crow Thoughts
          https://www.wattpad.com/795425266-fragments-and-reflections-crow-thoughts
          
          Moel Siobard
          https://www.wattpad.com/795424337-family-friends-faith-and-me-moel-siobard
          
          Hope you are all well. 
          
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Two poems. One a reflection on being in a  favourite place, another for the funeral of my grandmother.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/701204640-fragments-and-reflections-at-the-lizard
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/701204578-family-friends-faith-and-me-remembering-nan
          
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A happy New Year to all here. I am glad to see 2018 go. I wish it would take the hurt with it, but, you know, these things are not that easy.
          
          Perhaps I will write more in 2019. This is a new poem.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/676022925-fragments-and-reflections-the-old-year
          
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My poem for Armistice Day. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/653200094-look-on-with-rage-last-morning-in-ypres
          
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