Bethany

I throw away the years, every age has its must, the laughs and happy tears, eeach ife too short, for the ones you trust, within our toil of waters, you run like the deer, there’s a hint of musk, under stars you step clear, I knew you’d be sought, spinning pennies in the dust, but never overawed, what brought you here, on this tidal flood, a woman so sincere, no book or district Court, hides the fact you’re bust, that’s what I thought, blow flame across my fears, bring me all the luck, laugh before you disappear, geese rise in the dusk.

Andy

C’mon don’t let me flail, a snowball left to dance, in rooms of darkest pale, I always play the fool, waiting for the pass, maybe a path to smooth, nothing more to say, so little bodes pure chance, when you go away, I rage against your news, lilac as a lonely fast, why it feeds our feuds, is my life a freight train, brakes always getting slammed, help me to the tollgate, tell me what to do, pull over make a stance, you're nobody’s fool, spare this fool a chance.

Zac

standing by my lamp, a tree, a bridge, shaking, waiting here like a tramp, listen to some muted song, who would ever negate, my need to belong, better take a chance, always play this game, take a trip to France, hope I’m not wrong, looking at the rain, stream against the bog, ask how much this path, shuffles my remains, no more rounds to cast, someone will come along, say Heh Pal your great, give a coin or locket, makes me praise each day.

Xavier

Wouldn't it be great, to forget what we owe, celebrate the remains, kick the speeding wrongs, when pavements shin our bones, within us all our song, keep lookout for the rain, tumble down naked slopes, play amongst the drains, we'll just carry on, fly with all we know, assert in being strong, fling our time away, shiny as the fallen snow, freight arrives anyway, I’ll never let you down, or worry about the loan, you have no need to frown, we will always grow.

William

Living here's no paradise, It never makes the news, always tries to be nice, might as well be space, streets around the moon, everyone waiting on some date, you can’t order life, tell it what to do, take out all the spite, our song still resonates, a feeling for a tune, carrying all our weight, a place to make us smile, no matter what we do, beneath orange lamp lights, this is what we create, singing with the crew, home fills the easy nights, searching for our youth.

Verity

Sometimes I ask why, can we ever atone, stars pale before my eye, might as well be Mars, for all I know, we're still that far, dreams beam on other times, winds ride blue and cold, here but out of sight, if it's love you want, don't get thrown, remain calm, when you hear me cry, put away the phone, it’s not enough to sigh, say we’ll buy another car, to keep away the gnomes, you don’t need a war, to see the coming cyclone.

Unity

You scatter good deeds, like pennies on the bar, kisses don’t change anything, blow all my pay, leave the door ajar, what a terrible waste, days wrung out like these, a message in a bottle, anything to break free, it’s a different age, you’d drive a Packard, now you're a chaepskate, what do you believe, in this warm hazy fog, salt of childhood dreams, dancing on the waves, am I the stuff you're not, please just keep me safe, love amongst the stars.

Tommy

I need you now, stepping off this train, that much is certain, roll me like a stone, won’t see anyone anyway, on the street or Metro, there is not a clue, how it will go today, seeing what you’re due, you arranged the loans, introduced me to that crew, made me be strong, now what’s new, my voice flares and fades, maybe it’s not your issue, when I used to moan, you tried erase, everything I called a home, It's me just the same.

Ruby

Can you tell me exactly, why does the back door, hang between moon and sky, what has been emptied, and other parts shown, on this Christmas night, we don't need an inquiry, when truth is sought, then epiphanies, witness the time, when you’re brought, to witness the sight, some stand politely, bring gifts as they're taught, it makes others happy, every walk of life, ends with the poor, faces of delight, shine here to each shore.

Quiana

Before my fame, I only thought of you, what would you say, shadows pass in blue smoke, against an awful truth, shocked again I'm broke, you always did play, the field of successful tunes, in this different age, at the clubs alone, long lively rooms, stripped me to the bone, inside the best cafe's, flowers and gas lamps bloom, by night and by day, holding a simple note, a loving crowd is soothed, like oven baked scones, It's hardly news.

Paula

You wonder why I pray, with kids like these, they'd lead you to cocaine, run a bath with foam, not living with the need, my loving isn't done, I hold your face, forget to say please, watch horizons dim in rain, the wind and stones, helps our belief, assists the journey home, fires me through my days, makes all troubles ease, I can stand the fray, each of my troubled tones, suddenly dances free, even when we’re storming, at least it’s a family

Oscar

You scream out the news, on troubled nights, as if studying a menu, all your different phones, left hanging on the line, the ones you loved gone, flames blaze up the flue, don't tell me how to cry, why you look so callow, it’s not me you cloned, swimming against the tide, everything turns hollow, no matter what you use, however much you try, you are not immune, writers always get blocked, something deep inside, shines beyond my shock, are you worth the ride?

Nova

I’m set to leave, my soul on a wire, please someone set me free, in his eye’s amour, he wants to do right, he knows the score, rocks me gently, says everything ‘s fine, don't worry baby, the hearts of lost hordes, all lay entwined, around on my floor, glamorous, perfect, serene, he kisses me quietly, does what others dream, a perfect troubador, have I just died, and loll on water adrift on the tide?

Maggie

Don't say too late, love’s not on your list, put on your skates, the earth hesitates, like it has a stitch, It’s not afraid, someone asks for change, who is paying this, it would be rude to say, spin on your plates, they want little bits, creepy by the door frame, working in this place, is like a launderette, spinning out my fate, my little smile migrates, to all the other misfits, who’ve never seen a wage, is something missing?

Luna

Why keep trouble at bay, all that requires, for problems just look away, they pester you for loans, your eyes seek the tide, wish you were alone, stumble in the haze, dampen all desire, no one’s so easy or brave, scared to your bones, they won’t call you a liar, or chase you with guns, ride the blue waves, like a cold fish knife, love replaces gain, why don't you 'phone, these candlelit nights, not easy to disown, a soul on fire

Kayla

It's quiet here now, after many year of greed, my face smooth as stone, can still see the place, where praise be, I hope to be saved, my body’s like snow, swept across the turnpike, when it starts to blow, give me the name, where there’s serenity, not just on feast days, owls fly as silent souls, against a moonlit field, right upon my shoulder, geese honk on their way, late for the season, I'm just the same, can’t you see ?

Josephine

I still hear me Da, laughing like a foghorn, it all seems so far, happy he's not scarred, or left forlorn. I start the car, when he stamps the tar, like a toddler new born, he’s a fallen star, no wonder I switch off, he looks war-torn, apart from his heart, out of the Ark, not even sure, where he comes from, I can’t find a chart, that tells me the score', it’s gone too far, a trip to the park, an old shirt he’s worn, things fall apart, love has no form.

Isobel

Forget all these clowns, that come to woo you, many without a sound, as loud as her woes, ships blow their hooters, everyone sings of home, not just the gowns, that makes them swoon, but your very bones, you glide without a throne, among shipwrecks and schooners, she'd rather be alone, nothing’s quite like calm, those eyes look ruined, everything needs some charm, try to raise the tone, among faded boozers, the only thing on show, in this ocean town.

Hesta

You'll pay a heavy score, my eyes are savage blue, love is a running sore, no sense of ease, always in your room, you never do say please, I’m not just a whore, sat here in the gloom, a footfall for your cause, it’s bad on this street, no one hears good news, even when they scream, I hack at lousy chores, turn my life askew, sweat in furious pause, why shout and swear at me, spitting out your spume, only fools don’t heed, I’m already over you.

Gina

Is it water to blood, in this house of whispers, who says it does no good, places you want to claim, don't need a risk, to sing along the highway, diluted by time go bust, be prepared for this leave someone here a bonus, take another train, don’t do what time insists, knowledge is always gain, maybe you need a tug, to sail without a ship, when rain feels like dust, search for love again, walk the middle distance, never bow to shame, an Ocean never quits.

Fizz

Is this how we stimulate, our inventive best, when we twist and shake, open every door, to mend our fences, wake up sore, fuelled with what we take, like it’s a test, we won’t hesitate, fools sing for applause, we just want some rest, take me off this floor, the night's cool probate, scatters my innocence, how does it relate, to the wandering poor, who ask for our presence, lend us their torches, make us new friends.

Elena

Is this really the case, to ask for reasons why, his place of shame, glazed by loss and show, he beats out his time, nowhere else to go, soaked on an swampy main, desolate in his cry, he always tries to detail, what I need to know, no longer beats the sky, wooden box or one-way blow, when he jumps jail, boxcar irons safe to climb, he says it can’t fail, his lips won’t go, near his sweetheart’s ties, witness the gentle furrow, no easy way to fake, what hurts him deep inside, takes it to his grave, eyes open wide.

Darcy

Sometimes when I’m beat dancing in the common air, I think to rescue everything, love’s the same, heaven is a place to share, with my good name, in the depths of need, I’ll have a go at taking care, it's not easy being free, forgetting the game, you’ll always find me here, whether it's up the lane, I know how to keep, a wooden face on stairs, bars where I wet my feet, anyone can feel lame, go mouldy on hard chairs, maybe the use of chains, I won’t go there.

Clarisse

They say get a grip, falling off the rails, let another lifetime slip, don't need drugs to pray, sooth my bones, my quest never goes away, juicers have surly lips, manacled by wretched homes, others take a coin and flip, tired jokes and spirits crave, on 49 different time zones, lies in everything they say, it makes the eyes dip, cheeks ringed by hollows, wonder if you’ll make the trip won’t know how to sleep, if I can act grown, when faith takes a leap, the only way to go.

Bethany

Your kisses leave me, shivering on the train, tongues beset by family, your walled off news, runs dread across my face, more Gospel than the Blues, I know I believe, but a growing grain, burrows deep inside me, who turns the screw, at these hospital gates, when you face the truth, a swollen handkerchief, an unborn fate, one star across the sea, I sometimes think how cruel, life can be, but before darkness looms, I’ve regained my dreams

Anthony

Mustn't take sugared tea, sweeteners lachrymose, jokes your repartee, once it might have been, you suppose, never one to dream, the pain starts to ease, ride out the blow, replace it with certainty, the moon is like a screen, you can never close, doors ride on their hinges, who needs the sea, why bother to roam, when you have belief, kids are on the scene, fix a drink alone, mother's well it seems, need to lose five stones.

Zara

It's been a while, so there you go, wait by my side, when donkeys start to bray, or the cock crows, we’ll have our say, no need to find, what we barely own, to walk all these miles, a star shows the way, frozen in our clothes, we’re not here to play, if you don't mind, it’s not another show, forget about the time, we’ll hear someone say, wrap well in the snow, this is a holy day, let’s light by a fire, why worry or scold, try to remain kind, a smile in our bones.

Yola

Will you stay the same, behind your screen, each time we separate, remember the times, we drank in the heat, in bars sipping wine, now the morning train, is just how we feel, in this tired game, believe me I'm fine, I dream of the sea, to me it's no crime, what does it take, with my dawn novena, to see you again, you smile by the line, look at your feet, why can’t you align, our tracks to meet?

Xemi

A diagnosis only half true, I can smell the Limes, on a tree-lined avenue, you act like you know, in the ties that bind, breathe deep on your bones, hope holds you aloof, to see if they’re right, accept there's little due, you won't be alone, in this cosy light, the house is of stone, you sit near the flue, it's not a crime, to let a fire warm you, you have to keep going, each steepled night, when the kid's phone, am I Ok asking why?

Wynter

If you are so aware, think you’re so great, who am I to care, I’m looking for a home, a country to fit my face, you're too far gone, hand’s too heavy to bear, the shaking down of fate, just find me alone here, heaven screams a song, then a voice fades, no one’s left all done, you in chains on a chair, I plan a great escape, need a sunlit timeshare, a bird that's going, don’t claw at my traces, this cage feels so cold, I’m on my way.

Vita

Put me on the train, I can hardly speak, you listen to the rain, get me to sunlit avenues, not a roof that leaks, forget all the bad news, Paris or Marseilles, anywhere that doesn't sleep, I’ve had enough of jakes, pray you’ll see me soon, before I start to creak, in your lavender rooms, please don’t mark this day, when crazy inner needs, come out to play, the station magnolias bloom, love drips in the trees, soaked they’re out of tune, can you hear the sea?

Una

Please don't moan, stifle your moonbeams, he’ll be home soon, a knife to our throats, we know where he’s been, does that keep us going, we just need a stone, to throw at the sea, an edge to hone, when we dance with ghosts, happy as queens, toasting our lot, when you see him alone, is that what you mean, like being lost, in his greatcoat, he once used to tease, our flyaway souls, maybe he dreams.

Tate

Forget that crime, the sentence to come, drink some red wine, don’t get bitter, what passes for love, won’t alter this, digest broken lines, that say you’re no good they are another life, all that you skip, is there to discover, you only need a ship, enshrine, your silence in blood, delete that terrible time, you’re not so much litter, hand out your scrubs, laugh at big hitters, pull on your gloves.

Sam

Dance in poor man's shoes, sing songs on the wire, always pay your dues, it’s what my mama scolds, don’t wait for no flyer, wait to be told, each little bit of you, balances on a wire, stay and face out truth, life isn't a stone, you leave in the fire, no one does it alone, if your choice of ruin, sings louder than a choir, turn away from the Blues, know in your bones, when others conspire, you know what to show, you’re no liar.

Raelyn

A flower by my side, just some little token, I hold with great pride, ribbons in my hair, stuff that you follow, you asked me to dare, stupid to ask why, accept I've been chosen, my turn to fly, forget all the hurt, child memories broker, I’m now in your care, heavens may cry, shrunken or coaxed, am not here to deny, all that I share, is warm in my soaking, is with you here, now love has spoken.

Quigley

Chained to our days, we’re here to forgive, the mess we made, best not to moan, or want to rescind, what’s leant as a loan, forget the sweet haze, bumble bees in bliss, our life is like cellophane, we’re not alone, to go on like this, there's meat on our bones, celebrate each day, make love a trip, it’s more than a trade, welcome the time zones, consider the shift, we’re going home, this time to give.

Pammy

Limpid pools groan, whisper your name, our ship is far gone, didn't know what I knew, a brilliant ocean, absorbs our view, when we’re alone, I tell you the game, on this island shore, how lovely these ruins, a foregone disgrace, brings us to truth, birds that have flown, we’re here in a daze, our troubled home, the sea lemon blue, your face drained, nothing more is new, we turn to the flame.

Oti

Memories of your face, so eager to please, the soul in your grace, you recoil at my thunder, my very conceit, a man fixed by numbers, they call me too late, eager to squeeze, the times where you lay, a path uncluttered, my insides heave, wish you were my lover, went out one day, while I’m sound asleep, dreams fall away, it makes you wonder, rings, stones, your place, who splits who asunder, who, I hear you say?

Nora

Brilliant bones sculpture your frame, your life’s in full flow, need to be free, the name of the game, how to stay happy, you dance by the door, want no part of fame, others will follow, taste salt by the sea, fools think you’re lame, laugh at their belief, you number each zone, circle each day, don’t ask where time goes, stones and glass pieces, make out your name, shine without cease, even in the rain.

Maura

He smiles when he comes by, laughs and hums and diddles, says it's all a lie, he keeps a cheerful mien, to do’s on yellow lists, always in the frame, then he starts to cry, tells you what he's missed, all that's wrong with life, others take a plane, searching for a kiss, what they've thrown away, forget the bitter times, when it’s hit and miss, little need to keep trying, dreams that won’t go away, sorry that he’s pissed, asks can we start again bars, rain, days of tides, stars come out like milk, it’s not some other guy, who makes his life a ship.

Nicola

Don’t live life by drops, no poem or big sea, makes the red light stop, your words only create, some lousy creed, hung on a useless frame, latticed with coughs, it’s not just a wannabe, to show whose on top, frenzied child’s games, around your needs, must you find a way, to show them who's boss, everyone squeezed, like a kitchen cloth, but golden pockets can't delay, when you’ve gone to seed, the need to hold sway, just let it be.

Mikey

In darkness and grain blue, please give me a sign, release this stupid fool, it’s not me gone cold, when you break the light, others that you've known, please don’t play sad tunes, tongue aches to ask why, all the stuff I’ve blew, nothing left to hold, at your sudden news, is it that I'm old, care such a mission, your eyes in constant flight, mine are drained and bruised, you say it's your life, stay with me I moan, can’t we fix the fuse, no one loves alone.

Lara

The sum of infinite ways, puts our love on hold, others close the gate, all the time your fine, let others be bold, broken laws like bad wine, for those consumed by hate, someone kisses your toes, be gentle with them today, why scream for tontines, you see them getting old, try not to be a siren, when bells ring out late, don't worry what’s foretold, better this than fate, time is just a sign, that measures dust not gold, hang washing out to dry, each evening sing for love.

Kevin

If I’m so aware, might think you’re great, who is to care, looking out alone, new country on my face, maybe too far gone, a handful to share, shaking out the freight, if I'll find someone here, heaven seems so cold, when voices fade, there’s no one at home, in chains on a chair, plan my great escape, think of a timeshare, a bird that's flown, when shutters raise, a time that feels old, claws at my traces.

Janice

Don’t laugh at stupid fate, if you're wearing red, find gold in any grate, it’s what you should do, always stay ahead, smile like a nincompoop, know the latest rates, even from your bed, never rise too late, find money for every school, even without Cred, you know what’s true, OK you carry weight, but nothing you can’t shed, if it’s to your taste, in a time of feuds, settle with your head, arrange a time of solitude, say that you’re dead.

Irene

Forget the desperate news, set a passage clear, nothing else will do, don’t carry heartache home, it will cost you dear, ditch that wretched ‘phone, with nothing left to rue, make your life a spear, throw it at the blues, if this makes you groan, think what else you fear, cancel out the tone, there’ll be countless rules, to prevent your vision near, other golden domes unused, just take another loan, dab perfume on your ears, on such paths we’re born, taste food instead of gruel, say prayers instead of tears, no need to be cruel, ride these battered years.

Henry

look at me girl, don’t I look a fight, are you scared, your eyes dart away, can't you see, the fear of my shape, sorry about the hurt, your songs of the sea, don’t really belong here, I always pay too late, You don’t need, to make me feel great, worry when I slur, know the might have beens, you really do care, kneel down to pray, for a kind of ease, nights I'm off the rails, do I need new teeth?

Gigi

Watch out for trains, your face like a stone, you will show the way, forget the time, perhaps he waits to board, you're not the worrying kind, talking makes you say, some songs are all your own, others float away, you won't take fright, or hang from a rope, with any state of mind, rub against the grain, he knows you’re not alone, no one worries about freight, these cargoes take a while, the wind alone is blowing, nothing changes deep inside, just keep going

Gabriella

When you want to phone, from that airport in Quatar, don’t say love’s a joke, it’s a trail we all use, searching near and far, as life circles 'round us, Saints may reveal their bones, some leave the door ajar, passion never flies alone, who needs a feud, at the blue crowded bar, to know what to do, we aren’t going home, anywhere’s too far, we'll be right along, not a very promising tone, safe within your credit zone, what’s inside us nearly gone, hear the engines roar.

Stevie

Don't pray in the rain, or swear it’s the others, that drive you to hate, hope you can use, costs you can smother, find the best refuge, see that portrait, of a wounded trooper, it carries your name, whatever you choose, don't curse or bother, just pay up the dues, whisky fires the brain, live without trouble, don’t run away, brook a dawn curfew, see yourself as a brother, despite all the feuds, make life your lover.

Freya

If I warm my toes, around your fire, who are you to deny, what you bet you lose, so many fly, by your lost excuses, it’s a chance to show, on telephone lines, that you can grow, are not just the fool, who plays for time, but can work the tools , never more than now, what is made right, you need these holy vows, my blood's smoky blue, what do you desire, to know what’s true, I drink your wine.

Erica

Your eyes are never chaste, in rooms where no one goes, champagne cognac keeps us late, forget how much we blew, we always need to show, we’re beyond bad news, always on the make, paying off the loans, fiddle what remains, we never seem to rue, who we have let down, it’s not part of us, won’t worry about the gain, at supper hide our groans, say it’s all a pain wouldn't it be great, to live our life abroad, throw out all the flakes, live it as we go.

Daniella

Fire and evening light, make picturse of my tune, I might even cry, longing for my phone, that doesn't ring with news, it’s a Nokia two tone, the beach is drained of life, grains now turn cool, away from Freeway tyres, it blossoms in our souls, accept all that we do, we may even atone, a return to paradise, could be beyond our purlieu, but not a better life, far from being a drone, you’re always very nice, you'll end up in my song, make the morning wise.

Camilla

Why beat at the walls, sit down in the rain, haver outside my door, you were never at home, acted just the same, stuff that made me groan, I know the score, there’s nothing to gain, while you run the course, could you ever atone, dance in my flames, love isn’t a loan, you know what’s more, you’re a fake, I’m hoping you roar, never want to gloat, this time is too raw, to face myself again, alone in a boat.

Charley

Sing songs in my car, hot water in my tank, nothing leaves a scar, blown about by forays, a ticking from the crank, get ready for the play, you smile within the dark, make my mind go blank, scatter ashes on the bar, what is there to say, I am not a bank, clinging to a brighter day, Oh, you are a dog, no dollars left to thwack, roll me like a log, we never know how far, love lies down the track, to see what's going on, greatful in our thanks.

Bryan

Sometimes I ask why, can we ever atone, your eyes on fire, is it just a shame, that lights our bitter home, turns over each new day, same with our nights, the wind runs cold, aching for that other time, kids and dogs bear our name, we can’t get stoned, just try to stay sane, when you hear me cry, please put down the phone, it's not enough to sigh, I’ll buy some shiny nails, help out with the loans, a house is not a jail, to bruise our yellow bones

Arabella

Please don't identify, one lonely drunken fool, hopeless between me and sky, ask me to suffer, your lies like broken sewers, stuff you offer, angel on a wedding night, where no one is uncouth something you got right, now I must consider, all your bad dreams too, act like you’re a winner, bring sweetness into light, make jokes for the few, buttered dreams candlelight, to keep with my promise, instead of this Cruise, I’ll just step off it, so tired of your music.

Zara

We share jokes and put, hopes on those who can, geese rise amongst the soot, no one wears a crown, to be ushered onto trams, or put others down, those of us fussed, are always on the lam, to see what's crossed, in our Ocean town, everything is panned, even those unsound, someone to trust, she walks with a mask, there's a hint of musk, everywhere she goes, laughs before the dust, never on her own, fallen leaves unplanned.

Yolanda

Oh go to France, you expect me to say, don’t ask for another chance, I won’t go mute, your life’s not famed, you're still a fool, in fact you're banned, once again nailed, take too much for granted, laugh if you want to, your lies are mere details, this path’s not for you, don’t look askance, when I start to rail, passion can pass, shame’s but a fugue, nothing more to claim, you won’t need tunes, the door's your name.

Xaviera

Can't get ‘round the news, now you’ve ditched the car, why no one tells the truth, you wave at the Metro, talk of making parts, leave me with the loans, I haven't got a clue, where your heaven's are, what I’m going to do, everything we call home, glistens on the tar, the children watch alone, I sing hopeless tunes, trapped within my heart, everything turns blue, you leave us here to moan, as if I was some tart, make jelly of our bones, truth’s a broken cart.

Wayne

Since you've been away, there’s nothing left to do, but each night pray, laugh on my fishing boat, see your face in whirlpools, act like a drone, spooked each new day, surrounded by the blue, you said no way, will give me a loan, even if no need to, help me with the show, the sea is turning grey, you ’ll always be you, help me to stay, don’t want to be alone, you were never cruel, ask the lobster cones, love will find me soon.

U

Clouds unfurl across the sky, death brings no easy due, even when you die, who cares what’s fake, the other stuff around you, burns forever in the grate, something deep inside, not just an ordinary buroo, makes me want to fly, these barriers I raise, not to look a fool, always make me hesitate, however much you sigh, and I act like a goon, my spirit’s always high, only when you castigate, something about this room, that you smile and say, you knew.

Tommy

Like a tramp ship at sea, I swear to the night, you won’t hear from me, you are a buzz saw, spinning great lies, hanging off my cabin door, your lost fidelity, between moon and sky, shines like a painting, from the earth's poor, my terrible why, rises from the ocean floor, you’ll see me in weeds, my lips blue tight, then you’ll be free, Here on the shore, I’ll do what's right, there’ll be no furore, look into my eyes.

Rita

Can anyone seriously, believe this creature in a jar, rescued from the sea, like something in a frame, has a different mark, something you can't name, one that looks and seems, when distant bells afar, call up childhood dreams, maybe a different age, keeps you like a postcard makes it all feel strange, nothing fills your need, within this milky fog, even when you kick, dancing in the waves, unhearing crass remarks, stuff that's almost wreckage, all the stuff you’re not.

Queen

A cross for a sign, to where we sing songs, she gives out a sigh, there’s a deal at Primark, she pulls me along, takes hold of my arm, talks about why, when hurrying along, she turns to crime, hair like a jump start, she needs to stay strong, no one takes her part, we head up the front aisle, take what we can, make dust in plain sight, never easy alarmed, her life is a clock, tied to wandering stars, says that she’s wise, but feels wrong, the stitch in her side, asks me to calm.

Pilar

You have the spark, her lovely face tight, just need to stay strong, no more chasing the mud, most of your nights, focus on what's aboce, in a supermarket car park, they ask you why, you hang around bars, says we all need a crust, this trolley suits her fine, no place for doubles, she never walks far, to gossip is a crime, each step’s another mark, you can work without gloves, unlike other times, when hard being good, there's never a chart, to show us what's right, she’ll bask like a shark, wait for the light.

Othello

On the Autumn tide, I see the poor, huddled in line, it's cold for the season, sons and daughters, share one pitiful reason, on the starboard side, the missing are nought, don't need an inquiry, they shiver in the lee, the ship has left port, they’re sick of being, worry about time, being caught, in some populist drive, what it teaches, is to buttress the law, accept no guilty plea, weather the storm.

Larry

I stand by what I said, where praise be, words are better off dead, my eyes roll like thunder, wine dark like the sea, it makes me shudder, from a blue dread, stripped down like a tree, I’ve nothing more to give, here and there a cluster, poplars blow in the breeze, it doesn't pass muster, my voice has nothing left, too late for the season, geese fly overhead, her face is the wonder, happy laughing clean, that I tore asunder, it's quiet by this shed, my place of need, I’ll take here some rest, left open for me.

Maria

It’s not a love of rain, a bird on the wire, that you rage against, shuffling in the gloom, waiting by the fire, no one’s here to tell you, many come this way, pester you for hire, they ask and ask again, to do what you do, your eyes a hidden fire, that dance forever blue, an offering to be made, old cars burn out tyres, this is where you live, forever someone’s due, quench each waking desire, nothing else is true, such miracles they crave, with the tongues of liars, betrayed by flames, you tickle a wooden bier.

Tony

Conceal the bitter news, take it to my grave, I'm back from the land of guns, drunk on borrowed goods, won’t be the same again, sat in a borrowed pew, a country dance I prayed.

Tony

That’s it folks for another month am sailing to the land of guns it’s no joke, wish me luck hop I don’t croak.

Leone

You stamp the tar, never bring good news, even with your car, the tip of your tones, bears messages from a few, lovers never dine alone, they don’t cross the arc, nor makes excuses, right from the off, who needs gall stones, someone says they knew, the way things will go, now it's gone too far, lipstick, the jeans you use, has anyone a heart. splutter down the ‘phone, rage like a fallen star, laugh at this fandango, smoke a Lucky Star.

Keira

Gamble everything away, don't care what you do, you can’t subject the age, to winter's iron jaw, there is no abuse, just a shallow maw, watch ships sail away, put every tool to use, to salt away your days, everyone’s sore, sad song's ring on cue, what treasure they hoard, blow smoke rings in the rain, pull every trick as ruse, it’s all such a game, sever love with a sword, no one really hates you, why make them roar, they’re not fooled.

Janice

Don’t try to separate, what’s buried deep inside, it’s only in the taste, what you want to eat, is beyond a common fry, singing life is never easy, your lips won’t fake, neither can they lie, stood before the magistrate, if you could only see, instead of trying to deny, stuff that sets you free, who needs all those opiates, vodka tonics citrus limes, they’ll kill you anyway, follow your own destiny, back to Louisiana some time, make the Ocean your sleeve, take in the sunshine.

India

How do you know, what makes you feel, if you live alone, that splintered smiley face, watered by the sea, people see it anyway, don’t have to borrow, to lock without a key, all the stuff that’s gone, why jump a ‘plane, gaze at mountain streams, when you want away, there’s nothing to bestow, from crazy instincts, or need to follow, don’t make a long tirade, live without a bean, just face each coming day, it’s never what it seems.

Hazel

it’s more than a while, tell us all you know go on speak your mind, this passing freeze, is not one to follow, who says it's only dreams, don’t play at crime, whoever says so, cells get lonely at night, no fun to retrieve , whatever lies cold, you have to believe to catch other's shine, is best to pray alone, drink communion wine, be part of bigger schemes, feel it in your bones, there'll be no screams, before the road

Our Cargo Party: Gina

Our Cargo Party: Gina: You come to us in bits, say madness is your blood, somehow nothing fits, state and berate the name, your life's misunderst...

Freya

You ask me Bud what's new, never one to shut the door, always smart on cue, last in saying please, confined by any shore, what there is to eat, not one to form a queue, working all the floors, you’d bust any curfew, bad guys on the street, don’t make you pause, when you hear the screams, shrug each life is new, handing out the chores, the dollars that you blew, who knows where you've been, keeping all your mores, what would they see, I know by your perfume, drinking like some Commodore, your head full of tunes, you always know the score.

Emily

How do you know, what people feel, in their bones, your loving smile is great, weathered by the streams, it’s noted anyway, take the time right now, unlock without a key, your luminous glow, you don't need the rain, life’s never what it seems, when you arrive by train, you’ve everything to bestow, dancing little dreams, your moving picture show, is not so far away, now then live by schemes, chase each coming day, won’t have to borrow, or say where you've been, before your fame grows, conduct yourself simply.

Emily

How do you know, what people feel, in their bones, your loving smile is great, weathered by the streams, it’s noted anyway, take the time right now, unlock without a key, your luminous glow, why seek the rain, life’s never what it seems, when you can catch a train, you’ve everything to bestow, dancing little dreams, your moving picture show, is not so far away, now then live by schemes, chase each coming day, won’t have to borrow, or say where you've been, before your fame grows, you’ll know who to see.

Diana

No one’s out for gain, everyone is sent, why bother feeling pain, geting sore, help your neighbour’s fence, fix their front door, no matter what it takes, always give presents, to ungrateful ‘probates, only fools sing for applause, get drunk like the rest, but you know the score, no need to remonstrate, to bring out our best, cooler than a milk shake, two and two make four, you scatter our defences, never ask for more, will you be our friend ?

Carter

When you start to say, shall we dance alone, please ask a little later, throw salt on the fire, don't use your ‘phone, you’re not a liar, make lightning seconds delay, it's lonely on stones, our Iliad’s away, cows are in their biers, these boulders rough-hewn, calms all desires, give us back our day, not some rag and bone, can they hear us pray, we are like Sapphires, whose sparkle once shone, draw air to the pyre, we need a break, our jangled chromosomes, won't jiggle or flake, waltz our way home.

Bonny

Each laugh makes me a liar, will he see, the lines between my hair, sometimes just a little shove, makes heaven easy to be, even if you’re not tough, awful places make bad affairs, they still let me dream, no one kids me there, get dressed I need a hug, what about my teeth, grace comes shining from above, act like I don't care, scrubbed sparkling clean, I swing through the air, who will be my new love, he might rescue everything, the tide rises in flood, when evening turns green.

Annie

I used to be fine, drinking alone, dancing in wine, no need for weak tea, ladled humour lachrymose, jokes were my repartee, now what do I find, a house full of groans, running to be kind, the rain starts to ease, do you still carry stones, stilling that uncertainty, dumb when it’s tight, won’t use answer’ phones, everything on your side, I still need to believe, what used to be so, when we all dreamed, where is the line, that you cross going home, the stuff bathed in time, is that all gone?

Zayla

Who will break your news, struggling to escape, all the stuff you blew, no horizon's bright, if your mark’s a stain, think you're always right, don’t make life a curfew, be frightened of the waves, knowing what they can do, it’s nearly the time, to hear a donkey bray, you sit by the fire, before sunrise is due, let your tears seep away, it’s all up to you, ever wondered why, people pine for the day, after long silent nights, if your groans are true, a fortune comes your way, rain falls on the roof, let if fall OK.

Yara

Look up down the road, try to be kind, make that smile your own, the stars show the way, cold in your time, you've come back to stay, no need for a comb, you'll walk off the miles, your hair needs no crown, what’s the going rate, your eyes come alive, learn how to behave, where is the soul, what face doesn't shine, before the cock crows, never mind future days, don't put out the fire, you’ve finished with waste, sing like a child.

Xitali

Give us the love we know, float it on the tide, live with what you show, drained by winter's views, before you sail on by, keep us in good news, caught up in a cyclone, which you say you’ll ride, we ask again don't go, what you say is true, a heart needs to fly, but why is it always you, at least avoid the dopes, when wind sings at night, you have nothing to atone, it’s us who have to lose, the moon is by our side, we’ll know you’ll be true, write from time to time .

Whitney

I wonder if she's right, to head for the sea, lilac as the night, she’ll dance and parade, make faces for a reason, her soul works that way, the shouting and fighting, slakes her release, star time’s her lightning, the eyes bear the fray, cold for the season, when she calls it a day, what comes to the wire, before she flees, is pulled from the fire, she has no in tray, Spring's done with heating, needs to be away, will she always love me ?

Valentina

Will you come back this way, to see the ruins, each time we separate, in this tired game, you play the fool, I dream of your face, just what it might take, through a cool afternoon, for you to remain, I can’t explain, why there are no avenues, keep me on the rails, here in the shade, I’m thinking of you, my thoughts are like rain, are you made of clay, shall I howl at the moon, I know there's a flame, you’ll come back soon.

Uma

The aching half of you, when you smell the Limes, on a wind tossed avenue, act like you'll follow, the ties that bind, feel them in your bones, it’s wise to stay cool, say you know what’s right, please give me a clue, I ‘m not alone, in this lonely night, I might even go home, won’t rage and argue, not like it’s a crime, put a fire in the flue, you have to keep going, try to do what’s right, the kids might even ‘phone , if they feel inclined.

Tara

The sun rises uneven, cars fill up their lanes, I won't see you 'till evening, beyond the night sky, all I need to say, is what keeps deep inside, a sepia rush of feeling, love is just a name, give me one good reason, I will toe the line, it matters that you stay, not go off this time, reject my dawn novenas, smile like a drain, boil my bones for yeast , I know am just a swine, but don’t act betrayed, drink another wine, accept my offer of peace.

Sophie

Go on then be free, Your skin is well fused, who am I to believe, or demand what to say, the only song I knew, blown down this highway, is a tune bittersweet, down in my shoes, floats high on the breeze, who are you to state, the only pain is curfew, when you're in my face, you smell of the sea, don’t need an excuse, against some rock of eternity, you tie up your laces, better than your dues, no one makes your day, you never have a clue.

Rowan

She taps on the bar, sees the morning rise, hits the highway burning tar, who needs her eyes . she knows what’s right, another line of her disguise , will just carry on, everyone says last night, but no one hears a sound, ask her to wait a while, if you could see the fright, that blinds her smile, they howl in ancient parts, time weighs heavy at night, wait for dawn to start, would you have the time, to say it’ll be alright, stop before she rides, make her see the light ?

Quincey

Who can ever say, we will warm our bones, when life is like today the picture is not kind, you can cry but don’t, around's not a pretty sight, thoughts get delayed, the same at any Front, when stuff is far from plain, like the harvest light, comes without trace of sound, it’s the living who cry, maybe I’ll take a train, find someone to love , if it comes this way, make my horizon bright, whatever else I’ve done, yes that’s the style, we're all far from home.

Phoenix

Don't turn away silent, we'll see each other again, in not such a bitter time, do what we can alone, it can’t bring us shame, rivers flow on their own, we’ll laugh in warmer climes, no one is to blame, tho’ part of me is dying, beyond this war zone, the shifting hand of fame, is a place we’ll allow, to return us on the tide, is all we need to say, wrap up safe inside, if our promises are broken, spirits fast ablaze, we’ll call on the unspoken, to make us dance again.

Octavia

Before you came for me, who carried your light, bobbing across the sea, they say it isn't you, in whispered prayers at night, but do they know the truth, somewhere at my feet, I’ve lost all the signs, am supposed to believe, even with your news, a power beyond my sight, I beg the sky for virtue, love is a bitter feed, it always asks me why, if someone need to bleed, wolves howl at the moon, words fall ill at ease, some mask an open tomb, save me Lord I plead.

Nicola

Who gives a break, for those who can't denude, the wind in our make up, in our bones, a golden certitude, can’t beat a fire’s warmth, like a waterfall snakes, memories that exude, beyond stories we fake, who will take us home, that driver’s a lazy fool, now his bus is gone, what will our Ma say, are we rattling our jewels, Autumn sheds its rake, standing by the road, within a third interregnum, just leave us alone, can't you see our ruin ?

Maya

Outside the Yankee, I know I’m home, the pavement is green, shouts above the door jar, on a painted stone, my name scratched in scars, pitching roll of the sea, the sun going down, ignore all the has beens, On Princes Boulevard, I am done, hardly see what’s going down, won’t hear of blame, fresh linen and Eau de Cologne, the teeming avenue shapes, I follow beside the cars, the maritime sky atones, no more lonely stars, selling love on telephones.

Lola

My mother used to say, the scent of a woman, is heaven in its own way, absent, for any man, love is a nonsense, like luck in a game, when it's gone, that's the time to weigh, what others witness, . when fine evening’s chance, pours light over sadness, then the cloud breaks, and the sun hangs on, I call out your name, like an arriving cargo ship, coming home, seafarers add to their lists I know I’m one.

Kahlia

From starboard you wail to me, Is this our place, terrified moans across the sea, a crescent rising moon, our lives turned about face, wondering if there’s room, surrounded by the boat’s infirmary, auxiliary lights trace, a brittle wind folded scree, no matter what the news, indifferent stars won’t lace, our lifeboats to the Booms, they bring us into Sicily, Our Lady keep us safe, in these Gardens of Gethsemane, you who know each rhythm, God shall light your face, in our cold night of fortune, as we kneel to pray

Jade

Will you see me home, what flag have you unfurled, don’t leave me alone, you laugh away unspoken, like you’ve been spurned, anchors bind my soul, love is not for mocking, if a thing is earned, chairs need more than rocking, you smile when I make jokes, about life on wretched earth, no wonder that I’m broke, ships roll by forgotten, we sit by trees and murmur, feel my blood is clotting, if there’s need to atone, it’s me still scared, despite this little token, won’t you help me turn ?

Isabell

A crescent moon at home, she knows she is loved, but wants away alone, surrounded by indifferent stars, she turns her face to shove, against her tear stained Da’s, flees the ‘burbs to roam, Our Lady holds a dove, in winter’s night of storms, this time is of the heart, no matter what’s going on, she doesn't feel apart, when they sing of home, in the times to come, weight sings inside her core, she’s asking for a start, at some crummy Drum, his lovely little daughter, what she’s gone and done ?

Hailey

Do we keep or burn, love we thought would last, a flame that could not turn, I can demand anything, now it's gone, passed, but what would that mean, some things don't seem fair, maybe not enough to crash, a circle through a square, now she’s gone it’s raining, bitter songs of our collapse, I couldn’t see it coming, if you take by words shared, they might provide a map, within this salt filled air, all I did was bring, stuff to make her laugh, except now there’s nothing, I didn’t think of that.

Ginny

When you talk seaports, when you talk pool rooms, try to understand what’s caught, coming home he says, don't try to lace my boots, give someone else time to pray, smile at a mirror’s comfort, wait for his dismal hoot, try to stand in support, a tree, a bridge the terrain, livid at my son’s cahoots, instead light a candle name, for vagrants and their consorts, who suffer him like you, and all his tawdry recourse, don’t walk away, you’ll always find a solace, for that mind in flames, the Chalice your oasis.

Evie

Our love of God, a healing fire, please give what we want, sweet offerings of the sod, your ice- cold fish knife, cuts through the morning smog, how different is so far, life is never drawn tight, burdens us we sit in Bars, angels roll white logs, across neon lit signs, we have no need of forests, designed by our cars, a headlong desire, our friends could not care, our ship jolts and rocks, the situation’s dire, we need love not stars, adrift in our lives.

Daisy

Will you spend, a lifetime of gain, eking out a stipend, enjoying that gift, down shameful lanes, standing only in your shift, beneath that rend, all fires give way, you are more than that, washed by the cliffs, sheltered by rain, no one resides in bits, chained to their ends, mistakes all lovers make, for slumbers in torrents, just listen, let each have their say, your eyes might glisten, it’s better today.

Camila

You tear at my heart, I'm a fool you say, don't need to be so tart, to fly my web, you hold my face, it's all in your head, you’re the first to start, why don’t you stay, instead of carrying on, my security in shreds, you’re poised but wait, to distance yourself, when you’re spinning off, I firmly state, no way there’s the bottle, the psychiatrist said, . emotion’s her blackmail, I stroke her head dress, she smiles but hesitates.

Beulah

She notes the distance around, the hallway’s public telephone, a screed of wheat when found, she wouldn't dine or sing, luminous solitary but not alone, strapped to this old thing, her granny fleece of Down, like the Book she holds, her feet on the ground, what better cure for everything, than an oat field blue smoked, around her a hundred kin, her drink is ginger ground, lemon linen and eau de cologne, she whispers out her love, her face is shining pink, she can see them all watch them rise and sink, across this sepia carpet.

Beulah

She notes the distance around, the hallway’s public telephone, a screed of wheat when found, she wouldn't dine or sing, luminous solitary but not alone, strapped to this old thing, an old granny a fleece of Down, like the book she holds, her feet on the ground, what better cure for everything, than an oat field blue smoked, around her a hundred kin, her drink is ginger ground, lemon linen and eau de cologne, she whispers out her love, her face is shining pink, she can see all her own, watch them rise and sink, across this sepia moment.

Ariana

Ride horses with leather leads, my lover asks, sway gently in the breeze, pray to an altar at noon, how can you live like that, my heart rises like a salmon, it feels the air I breathe, the kids are up and gone, is all loving done furtively, I want to tell her soon, get away from this prattle, break the ship of fools, raise my spirits to believe, gallop instead of trot, I’m not some innocent Eve, dancing in the perfect gloom, my eyes set on the past, the gentle sea's so smooth, raise me here at last.

Willow

You won’t get far, I still wonder if, you know who you are, where’s your watering hole, Aretha rolling off your lips, who’ve you’ve left and gone, wiser than your Da or Ma, flashing your fingertips, are you wearing a tiara, at Trapani in the foam, where you laugh and skip, are you there to gloat, your Ray Bans on the bar, watching the Ocean slip, sunlight on dock rail spars, still you talk of shadows, ask if they still grip, dance at mother’s window, make the sign of ships?

Vivienne

When you waved ta ra, kissed me here and there, I died in your arms, what you said still sticks, love of harbours and Fairs, beaches pebbles insects, this lonely dog gazes far, at your jumbled worlds, bottles, tidal wood, jam jars, you are a pin prick, squeezed red on my finger, seepage from an oil slick, forget your shiny cars, nothing but a thirst, besides the ocean’s roar, continue with your phoney tricks, say love will keep me here, you have had your kicks, don’t worry, I’ll repair.

Udella

Did you fake your everything, gamble on your cheek bones, just to make bells ring, your girl’s say, you could have had a throne, troubles all scattered away, was it different with underlings, dancing fools called to atone, you dismissed as has been, who call you out to play, sing songs drink full on, set images only you can take, the calendar sings, waves of arrangements and moans, smells of river and lost things, you know it’s been coming, blowing cigarettes like coals, sucking on tangerines, chasing angels down the road.

Tammy

When did I say you must, was it going back to sing, or the words of my son, who loved the house of soul, among other things, he never sang alone, in the city always first, clothes that needed ironing, anchored to his sins, but he never crawled, towards any living being, making songs was his goal, his Daddy blows a kiss, but he never did anything, a pie without the crust, says he knows the score, doesn’t even think, in a back alley scrawled, my boy is dying.

Star

Sometimes you can’t exclude, what cascades deep inside, then a face hove’s into view, laughter in her blue eyes, when she asks me why, moon’s rise on the tide, a lover, grounded and true, she holds out all the time, but draws a line at virtue, once she paced her pride, found places safe to cry, explored huge caves at night, a woman of rage and sinew, beats out sweet lullabies, it’s not an easy listen, here’s the stuff that chimes, like a bell on a kite, her face a sunlit paradigm, a glass in the sunshine

Robbie

Smoking a cigarette, I exhale, stuck here on my mind, a lover's face impaled, can anyone retain, that unforgiving light, the way she's famed, haunted, proud, regaled, she no longer asks why, about the time after jail, she was first to name, places where it's wise to lie, and safer still to fade, a woman beyond the pale, who beat out her time, danced around the flames, crossed uncertain terrain, laughed beneath each sky, small wonder that I failed, colours brighter than mine

Questa

Who forgets generous acts, standing by an unlit lamp, drawing fire, watching ships, are those who give always first, waiting for a scan, measured by horizons, does my husband's laughs, need a tree, a bridge, a candle, to rattle around our pan, send us money by post, we’re jobless on the tramp, throw salt at our ghosts, decant us like the sacrosanct, stamp the Catholic stamp, drunk do not let us sag, tell us to get lost, spit saliva on our plans, for you the baptised hosts, always give what you can.

Paloma

Who wants to be free, asks my lover, I do, my hearts skips a key, nothing between her and the sun, the breeze whispers on the peninsula, says she thinks we’re done, my bright intensity, bends awkward out of trouble, unhampered by serendipity, the smell of her perfume, makes me think of mother, who also played out of tune, light has a kind of density, it leaves no spaces for cover, wish I could join the Fleet, she'll stand by her ruins, places run out of love, so close to the truth, it’s hard to keep going.

Olivia

Who wants the last kiss, asks my lover, eyes raised as if nothing amiss, nowhere between us and sea, a kindly breeze on the peninsula, it makes me want coffee, her eyes full of mist, given over to watching others, nails painted and clipped, same colour in our infancy, the great light untroubled, she thinks she's a celebrity, a blinding sky resists, any hope of cover, she'll look for passing ships, places that bear no scrutiny, it's a small step to bother, her being happy, a marriage running over.

Natalia

Bending smiles to blonde seats, the kids who drink wine, laugh up from the Bleachers, a twisted smile between, wooden decks that blind, soften cool blue evenings, she sees the creep of moon, regular as the lemon night, dance sourballs in her glass, men who only want room, to enlighten their lives, love the way she loves them, but the goal, the jewel, escapes each time, only makes them drool, sikn laughter at such scenes, nothing can entwine, her great sense of being, she’s never frightened.

Maya

Absolved free of the scorn, I've wrapped her in, she passes from our home, uncertainty arrested, my letters binned, her tears trip uncontested, believe me a career is born, by making false decisions, wronging women my new crown, delivery, testimony manifest, between myself and her lips, whoever knows what’s best, they tell me nothing shorts, the rattle of wind on sill, that cannot beat bad thoughts, I pause, bitterly still, sunlight cracks the window,

Lena

You used to write then, of smoky laughter and winters, tales and all the rest, awful stories of the tenements, scrawled over by wet kisses, men who had lost everything, but made you their friend, do you want me in splinters, to read all that again, the little lines of credit, dollars dimes and dodgy business, houses lying within a sentence, nothing else but that wee pen, sunken sunlight by the river, for us far off kin, why only help to fashion, the dreams of lonely sisters, donning boots and leathers, your smudges like a siren ?

Katherine

Don't talk like that she hisses, you always make a fuss, love isn't mailed long distance, powdered lightly she groans, shadows of light catch dust, a fragrance of glacial cold, others seek convergence, she’ll do what she must, through days of pure insistence, she’s betrayed by everyone, doesn’t ask for much, her epiphany not yet done, my fair haired little sister, what have the years brought us, that it's come to this, a parent who fled the home, a pie without a crust, mandolins contain your song, but weeping she dismisses.

Janis

Do you ever spare a thought, about our separation , he interrogates me at the door, you think it’s easy for me, avoiding drink's temptation, his chin is cast to the lee, full of trouble and fraught, his protesting eyes dilate dance like he’s been caught, for my part he feels, I'm from some other place, my upper rooms blown easterly, his blessed mother’s thorn, she would say don’t hesitate, drag her through the Court, like a wind blows viciously, she spreads unleavened hate, her steady flow of history signals one word, escape.

Isla

As if to anticipate me, the wind soothes the Lime, and Cypress trees, on hills beyond the Cliffs, an ambient light, seeps, says forget his lips, I drink green tea, aroused in stumbled fright, by a foam washed sea, surprised in my shift, supposedly young and bright, I still hear music shiver, his song one long apology, really more of a whine, stunted by apostrophe’s, mandolin strings drift, on futures with the tide, remnants of cargo ships, sing of love and sigh.

Harriet

Was going to leave without you, idly breathing without a clue, a supposed departure from Taranto, I chew pasta and think about home, but really don’t know what to do, you are such a generous soul, this friend of yours Billy Hughes, my Italian friend brings news, says he really isn’t true, knows it’s not New York, but most place have the same avenues, that walk the unfaithful walk, since our time on Corfu we’ve had to face the truth only love makes you drool, men think they can beat our bones, fade away into the blue, but they bring nothing at all, least of all Billy Boo Boo.

Gerri

Your love of Horse, a needling wire, allows for no discourse, no rush to atone, for the offerings of desire, hands like ice cold stone, cut our morning recourse, fevered in dawn’s grey light, they run a river’s course, on burdens we own, through candlelit nights, our demons ride home, there is no concourse, for ourselves or the time, friends have all withdrawn, we sail all alone, like a tide breaks the line, circumnavigates the globe, laughing on fire.

Francesca

Why treat me so uncouth, enclude me in your dreams, melt me lemon blue, with your scents and perfumes, and easy Ballet scenes, don’t run a knife through glue, your palace lies in ruins, dances feather like in the sea, its walls are yellow mildew, take me there as rescue, and forever gently ease, its face to mine in tribute, your tiny satin shoes, splay like tambourines, waiting for such a move, why leave me here as rebuke, if you’ve someone else to see, no one need know the truth, rise above its beams.

Eileen

You'd pray everything’s right, your daughter says, including unforgiven light, you smile between moans, laugh as if sunlit all day, but who will control us, around your eyes, there’s a certain terrain, the love that we prized, chasing numbers like a drone, the lights of Bingo emporiums, in rain or touch of snow, as if passing by you sigh, does everyone think that way, smoking your Marlboro Lites, could never get the tone, as your family raged, water falling pheromones, no more use as blame.

Dee Dee

We dream of justice, jangled thrown away, dream of life consistent, when we think of home, whoever believes that domain, do we think of love, rage does not absolve us, nor further troubles gain, we wash dishes on the move, calendars retain the known, need now to turn the page, polish our brilliant stones, all our interests, with loving children every day, make us take a back step, we cannot undo what’s done, great stories have to wait, our endless tales mellowed, how we live today.

Christine

When I look to see, three missed trains, your face is both relic and screen, what is it you wish to hear, that love alone should remain, becalmed as the vanquished bar, are those lines just tweaked, in the wine given away, nights of cafe's and drunken sleeps, beyond the carriage car, trees wave in gentle rain, cigarettes assist your jar, electrics shush to the wheels, I hear them rush away today, unhearing of your childish zeal, what makes you scared, wrapped around you every day, my mother says take care your talk to stay sane ?

Billie

1983 was a big year for me, nearly 40 years ago Wowee, met my partner Sandra G, howling down the 'phone, raging in midstream, says all artists die alone, a photographer of big Beasts, and unashamed sclerotic dreams, she recounts all her stories, rocking episodes one by one, that terminate at the sea, their shadows dance in tune, storms at could have beens, God grants us dynamic scenes, forging history out of nothing, wherever she still carries on, in heaven with an ice cream, laughing at that time gone, such an enlightened being.

Angie

Here’s a wish for you, who do you think comes first, in everything you do, wish I wasn’t around, ask what it’s like to thirst, when summer comes to an end, you say the sea alone is blue, haven’t time for mirth, to know when something’s due, was it by the Sound, you left such trails well versed, to know I'd sit alone, you try to ring on cue, sometimes for the worst, from desolate white walled cubes, the river shines where debt is shone, stars and light converse, your reach for me is gone, are you scared ?

Aria

The sea’s a dancing mirror, twisting brightly on the tide, a breeze has you stand there, my being demands a throne, any jukebox lights my fire, don’t act the holy one, can you be less bitter, this shining star of mine, your summer of whisky tremors, aboard your sloop Carona, sailing dangerously miles wide, please don’t stop to moan, keep me flowing like a river, fill my cup of singing pride, love me while I consider, if I make a show, will you always be inclined, to buy me shoes, perfume, clothes, want me as your bride ?

Zadie

In the white washed rooms, proclaimed by the sea, let me show you an heirloom, a common man working plain, his cross of Saint Anthony, swings gently on its chain, our impending sense of doom, crumpled cups at the infirmary, radios play an empty tune, the doctor's sad face, not as it should be, Papa is gone from us, where are those rutted grooves, we ran in a summer lanes, fixing hedges strong as a loon, his laughter gentle as rain, roused us drowsy from sleep, he won’t come again, loss brings such certainty.

Yalonde

Before you came for me, I would carry the light, of love to the sea, would you give or care, for what I thought was right, sailing ships of might and turn, famed brightly for their speed, their whispered sails at night, commerce in their creed, why provide for all to learn, silk cushions swathe my thighs, reflecting what you earn, sun sparkles in gardens at Thebes, a power beyond my sight, days you wept and screamed, such dreams I couldn’t bear, demands for a little child, a baby son and heir, all the fury in your smile.

Xena

At the gangway she takes a right, away from drinkers and vagrants, her youngest suffers that plight, there's a Chapel alone, behind where the cruise ships lay, she heads towards it like Rome, her mind racing and alight, to reach that cool oasis, away from the tourist cries, she eyes their pressed clothes, they dance like wraiths, beneath the sun, in the gloam, stilled by her troubled mind, she avoids their laughing landscapes, constant dreams of golden skies, arrived she waits a moment, feels the Stone’s sweet glaze, scented candles at her shoulder, fires the ancient flame.

Wenna

Do we know how to give, will a lifetime of greed, bring the love we miss, do you sometimes wonder, if it’s in our creed, our gift to wonder, does love wear a feature, make us tremble at the knees, perfume, lipstick, high heels, and what about our lovers, with all their surly needs, in yellow nights of summer, pray tell us how to live, stroll bright days in weeds, if luck takes a trip, are we so encumbered, knowing just enough to see, to drag a stone or lumber, howling with relief ?

Valenciana

Summer clouds her blue eyes, she knows the uncertainty, love is the big why, what separates from her bones, stuff that makes her dream, is sight of water, a hero home, surrounded by impressive skies, she feels the pull of destiny, not some faded alibi, Our Lady says she’s not alone, with inchoate thoughts and schemes, the wind her great bellows, memory’s arc of scurried nights, a map, a bottle, all the wean, the thrill of troubled flight, she’s conscious that she’s bold, sees the line of harvest teams, hears the horses groan, better the sea .

Ummi

If he's happy let him go, this woman loved you, isn't that enough to know, you didn't treat him right, you can say that now, whatever those nights, he has another mojo, hair curled a dancing loon, can’t you see him flow, a mirror for your eyes, when you hear dogs moan, try to act wise, how he wears cotton clothes, why sympathise , with a man you’ve stolen, caught out of sight, sing a songbird's gruel, listen to the cock crow, hear his refusals?

Tamara

My day is just a swank, I dance in the tide, fresh and alive off Burbo bank, he kills me with his laughter, wants me as a bride, helps me ride another breaker, shakes his bony shanks, tobacco blue water on the tide, he’s a writer not a crank, I won’t say he’s famous, but his smile’s estuary wide, ships enter their channel lanes, his soul isn’t dank, who never left a mother’s side, neither is he a windbag, I could produce many Shamans, Medea would use the knife, why bother when you say, he’s mine tonight.

Sue

Miles beyond her district zone, love catches on the breeze, like a river on its bones, inflated or in despair, she cries when she pleases, if it's absent on the stairs, then neither is it gloom, to that other disease, iron bed tight and honed, where she stands and declares, she'll never release, that little doll of hers, why she’s leaving home, all the plans and secrets, brings a quiet celebratory storm, at times in her underwear, the yellow light of feasting, sometimes makes her scared, but she believes.

Rhianna

Tell me what was that time, when I kneeled to pray, sweating all the time, did you watch me rocking, arms like pipes in the rain, it’s not me who’s shocking, the poets of Loire Maritime, say God is never afraid, there is a love inside, my tears are unblocking, we pay just the same, you see the birds flocking, they exist in different climes, freighters ride on ancient lanes, twisting between their lines, is this what makes you mock, any choice but to remain, anchors weigh us like clocks, you will need my reins.

Querida

A needle truth is never easy, especially on this campaign, your cold fish knife cleaving, held towards my thighs, believe me no child’s game, a flash of blinding light, what am I supposed to feel, enduring these days, with someone who seems, constantly in flight, afraid of fight or change, a gauze filtered prism, separate from love’s delight, what makes you delay, our crossing on fevered nights, it is better to dream, face you down make it plain, pull you to your salted knees, America on your blade.

Pamela

Our ship leaves the harbour wall, in darkness and green light, who would carry us at all, tell me, tell me why, sails spread in translucent flight, you rage against their spite, a high strung hammock makes you call, when bells ring the night, we will see our own downfall, love spreads across the Bight, Africa comes within sight, its warm embrace widening, why when I kiss your sweet jaw, across the shining moonlight, you talk of useless laws, something is not quite right, rubbed petals for sweet delight, beside you our baby cries, your face a tissue of lies.

Oceana

Summer clouds her blue eyes, she knows she is free, but love is the big why, what separates from her bones, is stuff that makes her dream, the sight of water, a hero home, surrounded by impassive skies, she feels the pull of certainty, not some folded alibi, Our Lady says she’s not alone, sing yellow plans and schemes, the wind her great bellows, memory’s arc of scurried nights, a map, a bottle, all the wean, the thrill of troubled flight, conscious that she’s bold, sees the line of harvest teams, won’t do that tells herself so, she’ll sail again the sea .

Naomi

Don't leave your dreams, with those most persistent, of serious mien and demeanour, they're for those who gloam, who travel huge distances, you never felt alone, you grace our daily scenes, how different in that instant, you altered all our visions, now love a shipwrecked rover, a sight of heaven mister, a pirate of golden bones, a wayward soul who deems, you are his angel’s conductor, if security comes between, the offering of someone torn, or good men of the justice, is it children and home, no one does it for us ?

Mary

Across my vision Athens, on my sleeve a chance number, we’re silent at its shedding, those faces a sweet shining, a garrotted wonder, as if they were swimming, I whisper to myself, how the world slumbers, fallen within a spell, we shelter beneath the limes, the sea’s gentle thunder, a storm within the fire, a nation brought to this, a night time of whispers, lost in this parched wilderness, it makes our days entwine, one sun washed conundrum, the sailors are swilling wine, our City can’t go under.

Laura

Give me demon jewels, let me laugh through tears, even dance with fools, under cold white stars, golden waters bathe me clear, I can’t stand this war, my dream is for renewal, servants can spike fear, money make them drool, their smiles come from afar, aching for those peaceful years, when I soared like a lark, turn my head aside, look cool, news makes me not want to hear, what they've done is cruel, my gait lights the dark, sparklers sing at my ears, I’ll make them see the cost, they'll rue this Seer.

Kieron

This awful strumpet year, sea crashing on rocks baby, is going to be different, down to the city by train, nothing about maybe, hate long journeys in the rain, it’s only my fear, pray long distance to Our Lady, I won’t wallow in tears no need to feel ashamed, when you call me crazy, the water is my holy grail, Sparta Corinth yesteryear, I was a pirate trading, let me make it clear, assure you I’m not lazy, fill this ship with lading, bring you peace of St Saviour, I will find a way.

Jane

The wind holds its breath, it caresses our ship, we want to dance instead, in downtown clubs, with bad drunks hard hips, who can’t feign enough, those gloomy inward men, whose creative quips, make us sorry for them, they crawl like bugs, desire our lips, don’t care how we tut, we say what the hell, go take a pill, dab perfume erase the spell, this ship will fly with us, we know our maritime drill, when to unfurl or trim, always keep a steady grip.

Inez

My time goes by unseen, afraid of kids, family, my bones, you closed off my dreams, which face did you use, outside the stables or by the lawn, when you struck and threw, those weekend scenes, if anyone hears my groans, the roar of silent streams, you pick a time you knew, raise your scare brained tones, discard everything true, morning chit chat, is too extreme, survey my jewels and clothes, breakfast on Baileys with Cream, this ring side is a lighted fuse, it’s why I say go home, sing your own life's blues, it’s all written down.

Hadley

She regards a dawning sea, each dance is a trip, and wonders about her feet, if she feels love, not knowing what to give, still needs to keep strong, bars fuel her sole conceit, every song shakes her hips, sunrise greets the Atlantic, brown wood yards, their blond hearts stripped, stand closely by the docks, when morning turns green, she dresses and skips, to the heaven on 8th Street, says a prayer up above, wishes on communion lips, that maybe a turtle dove, might bring her a kiss ?

Greca

Who will clap you now. make you drink more drink, show you where’s no shadow, your eyes beat like fireflies, they dance on the brink, this hot Sunday in July, the rocking of the boat, sunlight swathes the links, how far will it take you, ship's sails unfurl and glide, your golden skin and trinkets, who has never been wise, but your friend sits alone, what is he thinking, his laughter comes hollow, perhaps your new side, will make him think, an Aria to the sky, kiss your face pink ?

Gaia

Could you love me, demand we save this earth, the way it used to be, look at me, I whisper, do you think I’m scared, whatever the resistance, a few drinks, a glossy evening, would you care, the thousand nights we believed, you’re no one's tipster, you tipple and declare, becoming a regular hipster, expecting a scene, your eyes get flared, when I ask for your dreams, was it that church chorister, who sang the world turns, why don’t you listen, you might hear it burn.

Faith

You whisper your grace, down a public telephone, massage your ravaged face, the arcs of your concern, a lifetime, learning to moan, bright flames that never burn, luminous as the lace, that lightens your clothes, who knows how your heartbreaks, are you free to discern, sweet linen and eau de cologne, you know where love ends, the gifts of Saint Teresa, and other’s sacred bones, enhance light from this place, take from them and learn, never go for broke, beyond what you have earned, no star shines alone.

Elly

Don't talk to me and pause, sea shores where rivers widen, she’s our daughter, we've heard your tales, they don't make an interesting life, how you lied and railed, when you slammed the door, she writhed still kicking inside, what you said was poor, then a letter suddenly regales, from nowhere in your Paradise, Kobe, Manila’s Palisades, left as a reminder, a cork, places to cope after you sigh, sailing out from every port, from here we can see Wales, this lovely beach and sky, bottles, tar, feather your tales, is it hope you buy ?

Delilah

The cliffs are sourball blue, your smile’s a scarecrow, our ancestors refused, garrotted by your steady leap, you'll hurt us with your no, that dancing smile asleep, are you looking for the truth, take this glove and go, scrape the hand of the new, a knife wound above the sea, a young woman free to bestow, love to midnight’s serendipity, a ring of your lost fugue, by stars of August's Apollo, rage around her moon, hold her though you feel, she’ll only warm her toes, sprinkle charms around your field, other cloth to sew.

Cresta

Was it worth the fire and pain, the beam bouncing in our room, smell of salt from last night’s grain, when now the kitchen grieves, your face a relic in alternate gloom, is it solace or wreck beside me, useless as a lighthouse in shade, malted sightings or warm perfume, you bring tea on a tray, you said I was scheming, on the road you’d wave a plume, to those you did not wish to see, love you gave to rolling trains, carpet salesmen, seamen consumed, beneath the song of elation, shadows dim corners of this dream, a disco ball glows your costume, dance the way you did on Crete, let the holy Ocean bloom.

Bianca

In the yellow light of June, night is blue and flows, stars polished like jewels, no matter what we fling, the wind is fierce and bold, it knows our little dreams, what's wrong with the moon, and loving to roam, it makes our features bloom, like luck or a thing, when we’re on the ‘phone, that’s a place to sing, there’s always space for news, to tell us if we're cold, riding down this avenue, in days gone of Spring, how did you know, my name was on this ring, never a time to be alone.

Ann Marie

My bus weaves a ragged run, tied to a third interregnum, now please leave me alone, don’t pity us poor joes, life didn’t pass a magnum,, a river won’t wash our bones, anyone can pull a con, even just a simulacrum, to find one golden certitude, an even break for those, who sing to life C’mon, but don’t have fancy clothes, they call these oceans God, but dance like poorhouse bums, when they want or slump, it’s for young ones gone, such silence waves forlorn, here I am staying mum, walking down the road..

Zoey

Here's a wish for you, who do you think comes first, with all the stuff you do, wish I’d never been born, ask if you ever thirst, when summer ends forlorn, a canticle, the sea is blue, you haven’t time for mirth, to know when home is due, in a book or on the 'phone you pick a trail well versed, to know you’ll be alone, will you arrange another cruise, to make me worse, riding in your Subaru, places where all debt is gone, stars and sails converse, their reach beyond the sun, Hombre beware.

Yara

Love is a breakfast test, in this summer, of trauma, don't I feel blessed, sailing dangerously, with a would be Cassanova, all his troubles start with me, they roll around my head, this tremendous performance, the metaphorical duplicity he sheds, howling like a banshee, his complaints grow enormous, I bend like the breeze, the radio roars its manifest, everything inside me falls, goes weak, seeks wine at 8 am, shocking that he's never at ease, a boat rocking in a storm, I try to calm the sea , call upon the holy ghost.

Zanna

Who do you want to suffer more, me or your blessed mother, outside the opera in Baltimore, from a perfect sunny evening, the kids looked after by others, all your money on Diva's, scaling down knowing the score, in a life between the covers, who do you think you are, certainly wiser than me, in your cotton suited summer, Ray Bans on the seat, sunlight on the terrace floor, music offers you a lover, everything inside is stored, you drink a long Campari, the dusk’s a dark red colour, an Atlantic bay like Brittany, have you reached the bottom ?

Xantara

Give me children and dogs, you be what you are, lost in a hazy fog, help me realise, what's gone on so far, with someone unwise, is this what you want, waiting by the river Alt, a tidal rose in your car, west of these broken skies, the sea is like a scar, south of me sideways, you say you walk a lot, all my fires are marked, will you reach that far, or can your love suffice, assign me what I want, little ones would be nice, beneath astonished stars.

Whitney

Singers dream of home, Arenas are lonely places, even wearing cotton, we glide across the night, that really is our fame, how the world seems bright, heaven to look upon, the scent of our grace, we shine like polished stones, from summer nights, or gas fired winter cafe's, how different is our flight, that path ahead unknown, carried on buttered waves, to wash our fierce aplomb, waiters glow in fairy lights, carry cognac to our table, orange gold in artifice, through a mirrored pane.