Veronica

When is the time to give, do we need the rain, fail to show us love, and you my lover, with your laughing ways, under yellow covers, how do we live, knowing not what to say, praying that's enough, rub a stone or piece of wood, as if to create, a little bit of wonder, what's wrong with being different, it's not our place, to get a blaze to shift, maybe not even our gift, even on holidays, to live without cliffs, recognize what's above ? my wrist around her glides, her body limpid, to lay upon the tide, with the herring gulls alone, their faces to the wind of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do How can we ever grow, /is this your last throw it reaches inside you again worms of the cemetery quarantine, resist just the same, they party every night, and you my lover throw, scenes down every lane, skim the lake with stones, swear what you'd never be, each Sunday again, when sunlight lifts the Poppies, hide her deceit/ a soul not hers to keep certainly not deep, a family she thinks cheap, who don't check their Escrow, than promissory notes, far more than any keep, birds thrum their tune, she pulls at my traces, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, other shipwreck signs,

Victoria

Who will tend her bones, how beautiful her kiss, does a river wash the stones, my wrist around her glides, her body limpid, to lay upon the tide, with the herring gulls alone, their faces to the wind, white breasts atone, blue notes a soul on fire, for the Cormorants we miss, at Christmas times in mire, their flight is almost known, black scissors hunt for fish, her moonlit eyes are gone, she asks where is home, remembers every broken promise, including what is known, gently makes her wish. How can we ever grow, /is this your last throw it reaches inside you again worms of the cemetery quarantine, resist just the same, they party every night, and you my lover throw, scenes down every lane, skim the lake with stones, swear what you'd never be, each Sunday again, when sunlight lifts the Poppies, hide her deceit/ a soul not hers to keep certainly not deep, a family she thinks cheap, who don't check their Escrow, than promissory notes, far more than any keep, birds thrum their tune, she pulls at my traces, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do

Verity

How can we ever grow, when our bodies list and ache, if not by winter's groan, worms of the cemetery quarantine, resist just the same, they party every night, and you my lover throw, scenes down every lane, skim the lake with stones, swear what you'd never be, each Sunday again, when sunlight lifts the Poppies, how beautiful are your bones, your neck as it cranes, betrayed as my torso falls, soldiers never act alone, their faces to the rain, someone far from home, never feels the pain. hide her deceit/ a soul not hers to keep certainly not deep, a family she thinks cheap, who don't check their Escrow, than promissory notes, far more than any keep, birds thrum their tune, scientists of a global nigh, your mother prays to atone, kids on yellow block reel regular as the five and dime, she pulls at my traces, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, shudder with each wine, think of the next engagement, in the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do

Ula

Depending on how you sleep, for a justice sought, my daughter would weep, what she doesn’t know, cannot be bought, on trips to New York, certainly not deep, to fill any loving thoughts, a family she thinks cheap, who don't check their Escrow, nothing better wrought, than promissory notes, far more than any keep, she maintains a clause, states that nothing is free, inflated by what she sees, she looks upon nought's, like prayer without a priest, on troubles brought. u i o birds thrum their tune, scientists of a global nigh, your mother prays to atone, kids on yellow block reel regular as the five and dime, she pulls at my traces, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, shudder with each wine, think of the next engagement, in the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do

Una

Lover tell me the time. that has no reign, when i gasped for wine, sweated for what's known, in motels along the highway, was i always alone, in my tears and finery, you said just the same, there is never a line. you could not throw, me this and that way, to give up that hi tone, even with easy crime, love kills when i pray, you turn away your eyes, are you just being kind, to spare me the pain, of a wretched life, when you depart again. u i o birds thrum their tune, scientists of a global nigh, your mother prays to atone, kids on yellow block reel regular as the five and dime, she pulls at my traces, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, shudder with each wine, think of the next engagement, in the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do 0, soft a frustrated by home, supped thin by water, she's ready to go alone, tuned/ wound dances free without control, your lips can only croak, on the porch storms flare, moan/ away i your consoling pain, between you and your claims,

Tina

How you hide your pain, while a lover somewhere weeps, closer to the flame, a flicker at your gate, when you try to sleep, lock in your battered gains, like brigands fight the tide, heavy, scarred, ill at ease, silver cups your eyes, do you plan to wait, make your body seep, from sail or distant animate, which might include your flight, coin and notes that crease, always to be right. an arc of scurried waves, a map, some perfume, please, you won't try another way, or merely smile release. u i o birds thrum their tune, scientists of a global nigh, your mother prays to atone, smoking her Camel Lites, just to worry you, kids on yellow block reel regular as the five and dime, she pulls at my traces, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, shudder with each wine, think of the next engagement, in the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do 0, soft a frustrated by home, supped thin by water, she's ready to go alone, tuned/ wound dances free without control, your lips can only croak, on the porch storms flare, moan/ away i your consoling pain, between you and your claims,

Tracey

Why mix me your blend, or leave me tattered dreams, call me a lemon friend, hurt me with your truth, and twisted ballet scenes, with perfect bows and perfumes, quarry me pink or tend, take me to my knees, gently ease your stipend, run a knife of glue, dance feather like as a bee, across a bridge of wasted tunes, don't make me bend, if you’ve someone else to see, i won't become a trend, face to mine in the end, satin shoed tambourine, you know what to lend, talk is cheap. 0, soft a frustrated by home, supped thin by water, she's ready to go alone, tuned/ wound dances free without control, your lips can only croak, on the porch storms flare, moan/ away i your consoling pain, can ask what they like, but you tell me lies, i dance my evasions, whisper to the night, between you and your claims, the peace of moonlight, burns on my fire, it doesn't feel right, u i o birds thrum their tune, scientists of a global nigh, your mother prays to atone, smoking her Camel Lites, just to worry you, kids on yellow block reel regular as the five and dime, she pulls at my traces, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, shudder with each wine, think of the next engagement, in the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do

Stacey

Are you happy to be turned, does your blood runs cold, she’ll make you learn, fanned by shadows she skirts, around what remains unspoken, never again her smile unfurled, frustrated by home, supped thin by water, she's ready to go alone, she laughs on the stairs, hears a lonely hooter moan, a chorus from the Fair, she 's leaving this joke, dances free without control, your lips can only croak, on the porch storms flare, the outside light is broken, she steals away unaware, a future made of tokens. i your consoling pain, can ask what they like, but you tell me lies, i dance my evasions, whisper to the night, between you and your claims, the peace of moonlight, burns on my fire, it doesn't feel right, u i o birds thrum their tune, scientists of a global nigh, your mother prays to atone, she explores an open wound, smoking her Camel Lites, just to worry you, kids on yellow block reel regular as the five and dime, she pulls at my traces, the world isn't blue, guilt is washed away, she knows what she's doing, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, shudder with each wine, think of the next engagement, in the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do

Sola

That tune detonates, a memory in me, web spun blue it recreates, that day in the park, where you danced a treat, the year we found so stark, can’t get past the image gate, i'm shrunk on my heels, but the song still creates, those years in the dark, down fallen streets, you the first to embark, serious and staid, from that nightmare scene, only eyes betraying your rage, with bread, wine and fate, you made the journey, i still lie prostrate, at your feet. your consoling pain, can ask what they like, but you tell me lies, i dance my evasions, whisper to the night, between you and your claims, the peace of moonlight, burns on my fire, it doesn't feel right, birds thrum their tune, scientists of a global nigh, your mother prays to atone, she explores an open wound, smoking her Camel Lites, just to worry you, kids on yellow block reel regular as the five and dime, she pulls at my traces, the world isn't blue, guilt is washed away, she knows what she's doing, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, shudder with each wine, think of the next engagement, in the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do

Shrova

1973 a big year for me, my parent's life very hard, always another reality, my dancing brings a destiny, gossamer joy to Spring's yard, Jewish notes on a blue sea, like my mother in photography, unashamed by pardon, her number fronts me daily, they called traitor to Daddy, no leniency declared, killed him when they were ready, but me a Disco Queenie, i don't weigh the lard, rouge lipstick on my history, move about freely, at 28 receive my card, worried by uneasy duty, i do my thing plupart.

Skeeta

If i asked for some wine, to shame this dull life, don't ask the reasons why, your consoling pain, a greater hurt than mine, falls on me like rain, abroad the roaring lines, can ask what they like, but you tell me lies, i dance my evasions, whisper to the night, between you and your claims, the peace of moonlight, burns on my fire, it doesn't feel right, instead of killed time, i crave some delight, thirty years of being kind, gone on the tide. birds thrum their tune, crickets sing to the half light, salt rims the dunes, you moan the toils of Rome, scientists of a global nigh, your mother prays to atone, she explores an open wound, smoking her Camel Lites, just to worry you, kids on yellow block reel regular as the five and dime, she pulls at my traces, the world isn't blue, guilt is washed away, she knows what she's doing, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, shudder with each wine, think of the next engagement, in the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do

Skaya

Why lift the sleeve, on a thirteen year old life, one you can't retrieve, smoking a cigarette, i chase the reasons why, it all descends like this, the river in Spring, the cool evening light, stuff you can never leave, they killed my loving yet, made me dance when terrified, didn't worry about the debt, it was good for my scene, no one asked why, they acted and believed, with such relief, that my graceful fire, spun open their dreams, and the child?

Rula

Your son has gone home, to his Papa and waves bye bye, you lie in the lemon zone, birds thrum their tune, crickets sing to the half light, salt rims the dunes, you moan the toils of Rome, scientists of a global nigh, your mother prays to atone, she explores an open wound, smoking her Camel Lites, just to worry you, you stay as she moans, no sea or given fire, between you and the slope, over a shoulder bone, starlings turn in final flight, you shudder and say alone, 'so this is our time'. the path i tread is tight kids on yellow block reel cool evening tunes, without dreams on lonely piers, you left me marooned, regular as the five and dime, she pulls at my traces, the world isn't blue, guilt is washed away, she knows what she's doing, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, shudder with each wine, think of the next engagement, in the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do

Ruby

What brings love to light, or makes me pray for previous years, to the walls this life, there is the creep of moon, stars white and clear, before i whisper soon, what you can easily feel, when you dance with demons, a kid on yellow block reel, cool evening tunes, without dreams on lonely piers, you left me marooned, regular as the five and dime, lemon tart as tears, knives my only birth right, the debt is tight, i'll live or die in here, the first one offers wine, others circle near. she pulls at my traces, the world isn't blue, guilt is washed away, she knows what she's doing, the moon is her nosegay it haunts her face, shudder with each wine, think of the next engagement, in the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those cool untruths, give me just one more time. what comes to meet you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, she dances on Hawaii, thats what she'd like to do. wriggle up to someone new

Rita

Sometimes we have to pray, when she bends to kiss you, manner easy in her own way, music is playing, love lights in her tune, somewhere down the alleyway, when she calls for rain, all the world turns blue, guilt is washed away, the moon her nosegay, for what she's doing, she knew the transatlantic trade, her long twang and gait, gives everything its due, she pulls at my traces, makes love her cradle, doesn't care a hoot, whispers for me to stay, in her eyes bitter fruit. that haunts a face makes you feel brand new. you listen for the make, shudder with each wine, think of your next engagement, the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, draws fire,tips the pace, of someone else's purlieu, learn to dance don't get blue, ignore those with cool untruths, hit me with more wine. go to sea, get out of hand, or come to see you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, barefoot she prays for glue, better than that bitter grease, if she is to be free, between worrying about disease, or dancing on Hawaii, what she'd like to do. wriggle up to someone new

Reina

Do you remember that tune, throw out a line, never fake the blues, the song that haunts a face, forgives each generous lie, draws fire,tips the pace, those who give always lose, mysteries of their own time, like rain falls on issue, you listen for the make, shudder with each wine, think of your next engagement, the evening gloom, other shipwreck signs, a place flowers won't bloom, to mask your news, or make designs, women who bear the truth, are never frightened.

Rhianna

Does your family gather pain, need you to suffer still, light candles for you, give money to every vagrant, see you stumble, fall ill, draw salt at your curfew, decant the falling rain, strain against your will, love it when you're Blue, it's that river again, recognise the chill, of someone else's purlieu, this one turns your gaze, breaks into laughter still, with dreams of long avenues, as a Catholic will you tame, nights of easy thrill, sometimes she sings anyway, makes you feel brand new. the places where we try come on love they coax, let's sing a song don't cry, not one catches their throat, learn to dance don't get blue, wear a dress of any issue, seize this time 'as mine', ignore those with cool untruths, hit me with more wine. go to sea, get out of hand, or come to see you, the decks that grace her due, each sea green evening, barefoot she prays for glue, better than that bitter grease, if she is to be free, between worrying about disease, or dancing on Hawaii, what she'd like to do. wriggle up to someone new a drop of comfort as her due maybe the rain can provide, solace of another time

Roshin

Ignore those pieces of you, on schemes that do the cry, heed nothing more as true, don't settle for anything bland, roll dice, see someone wise, go to sea, get out of hand, philosophers always knew, the edge of what is fine, crawl towards that virtue, forget about Temazepam, it always brings the lie, what you think is grand, or what its going to do, each side of what you try, learn to dance don't get blue, wear a dress of any issue, seize this time 'as mine', ignore those with cool untruths, hit me with more wine.

Rora

My time gone by unspoken, not drunk enough to try, what is left is broken, the town is all at play, afraid of kids, family, my kind, the pubs dance they say, someone gives me a token, beyond the grave here's a why, which bridge lies open, when we cross do we say, we are strangers to our lives, a horizon for every day, come on love they coax, let's sing a song don't cry, not one catches their throat, i am not even loath, to look at the sky, dig out the evening's load, rescue God from the tide.

Rona

What a great exchange rate, this party on the sea, a Baltic Ports get away, who cares for her home, she always goes this way, knows what's lost at cabin doors, each day she's at play, the voyage is a feast, sometimes seems like yesterday, how can she ever own, something that dances uncannily, beyond the shipping zones, this life she creates, is living like royalty, her bottle is a freighter, , she sees a dawn fate, in the bars like wooden beasts, men look to hoist sail, will anyone knock or greet ?

Quamra

You say you once adored me, not always in your dreams, but the way i used to be, now you grieve when i'm at home, not just on your schemes,/knees as if i was your whore, you can't still play silly, like the river's spleen, on its way to the sea, look at me i moan, i am not deceased, do you know what i don't, are you looking to achieve, sorrow without release, time to kill your fantasy, a thousand nights i have to retrieve, what is lost with your deem, do i look increased, it's not what it seems.

Quadira

You act like you knew, your carnation hangs but shines, the desert doesn't worry you, we go to meet the writers, my partner almost climbs, wears silk and linen finery, the palm trees are few, but after rain provide, drops of comfort as her due, nothing here to frighten, just the yellow signs, of a poet becoming excited, she wriggles to someone new, her laugh becomes delighted, 'it's no one she exudes', ‘she's really just the crew', 'come and make me wise', powdered with a smile of glue, we sip at lonely wine. at the rails pray, for something better than a headstone, could't stand the shame, from yesterday’s game, the ones off the labour, thunderstorm and showers again like a schooner waits for wind, she let us pause for thought the loss she created, her bottle a freighter, , she knew all our sins, cargo boats making for home, their freight caught, she jolted all our bones, knew where we lived, the Bridge her open shore, how we were as kids, at her party on the Falls, Belfast's steamy closeness, we were all her towers, never made to cowe

Queisha

You dance on stones, say you're in love again, blue baby on your own, public toilets are for the old, no one takes the blame, . only junkies want to atone, they say resist your loan, don't exceed your gains, remember all that you know, moving fast with my 'phone, it helps me explain, how far i need to go, the buzz is mine alone, once it gets to midnight, no one hears you moan, blow me big kisses, from the howling zones, send lightning if you miss, wrap my skin and bones.

Quanita

Waiting for the train, a summers day home late, on methadone you never say, the buzz is mine alone, if it gets to half past eight, no one hears you moan, at the rails pray, for something better than a headstone, could't stand the shame, public toilets are for the old, who will bear the blame, . it's only junkies who atone, from yesterday’s game, Yes, we have to state, this is our brand new face, dinner is still to make, suicide is not child's play, feel my cotton waist, sunlight floods the plain. she made us flower never turning away making our case the loss she created, her bottle a freighter, the ones off the labour, thunderstorm and showers like a schooner waits for wind, she let us pause for thought, she knew all our sins, cargo boats making for home, their freight caught, she jolted all our bones, knew where we lived, the Bridge her open shore, how we were as kids, at her party on the Falls, Belfast's steamy closeness, we were all her towers, never made to cower

Queenie

She made us flower. as if literature our passport, the ones off the lower, like a schooner waits for wind, she let us pause for thought, she knew all our sins, cargo boats making for home, their freight caught, she jolted all our bones, knew where we lived, the Bridge her open shore, how we were as kids, at her party on the Bowery, New York's steamy closeness, we were all her towers, she died as we knew her, listening to Artie Shaw, a thunderstorm then showers, the city our open door. even struggle sedated the trouble you create, a drunk without jokes, crying on the pavement, lost to your ghosts, in a red lipstick fragrance, your bottle is a freighter, including the kitchen sink

Quenata

Do onions and cloves, scare you to blink, who will want your clothes, will parents serve the pasta, is this what they think, a home and child disaster. does your husband moan, drink more drink, bellow Basta down the phone, a warm place forever, not like his bedroom’s pink, or when you're past it, who hasn't felt the drone, of the river’s slink, the ocean in your thoughts, flickering beside your moans, inside you a link, what happens to the soul, when it doesn't sing. even struggle sedated the trouble you create, a drunk without jokes, crying on the pavement, lost to your ghosts, in a red lipstick fragrance, your bottle is a freighter, by sun, moon, your breath, it will bring no ruin, stay close to your friends, including the kitchen sink, houses bought under Kennedy, moving like you wouldn't mind, a sense of ease

Quita

Alone at the bus place, you ask for a smoke. you're not the patient, in a white coat, who struggles sedated, like a daughter brought home, who’ll sweep up remains, like others fix horses, for some kingdom unnamed, once more you're broke, the trouble you create, a drunk without jokes, crying on the pavement, lost to your ghosts, in a red lipstick fragrance, your bottle is a freighter, to welcome your hosts, don't feed the alligators, your beautiful soul. not through your bones, nor for your good, it merely drips when you're alone, by sun, moon, your breath, it will bring no ruin, stay close to your friends, for ones who may atone, gamble everything, all our days inseed, including the kitchen sink, houses bought under Kennedy, moving like you wouldn't mind, a sense of ease

Quedesha

Miguel de Unamuno said, a drop of blood,a little love does not bring death, but does you good not through your bones, nor for your good, it merely drips when you're alone, by sun, moon, your breath, it will bring no ruin, stay close to your friends, for ones who may atone, persuade those lovers to soothe, do again what's already done, if that makes sense, yellow sand, tidal flood, make a rush to send, a hardened face to the end, resisting what you could, this is why you bled, before the dust. seeing life through your gaze, the oranges and the sea,/a lovely gentle philosophy you go about your days, gamble everything, all our days inseed, including the kitchen sink, houses bought under Kennedy, moving like you wouldn't mind, a sense of ease

Petta

You direct me to make tea, why is it so hard to stay, lies i tell of where i've been, you wipe my face, turn a cheek, make all the wrong arrangements, what do you see, you'd gamble anything, including all our days, without even a kitchen sink, your Ma crawled to West Kirby, from Liverpool in her day, grateful on her knees. is my luck your uncertainty, seeing life through your gaze, the oranges and the sea, you'll go out you said to me, in a blue cigarette haze, maybe that has to be, knowing what to say. Do you drive on fire,/ beneath evening trees seeing those those photos, of your family long deceased, slipping beneath the road, dusty places along the wires, dancing on the breeze, homing like a pigeon flyer, settling on the stones, kids kicked on the street, another of Uncle Joe, the father alongside who died, so young his wife screamed, Why, Sunday faces looking inspired, houses bought under Kennedy, moving like you wouldn't mind, a sense of ease their life is tame. Great Days in the fast lane learning of trouble in shameful ways, or act the holy one, against your lover, all fires raised, awash on the coast hooray/ state sheltered by rain what you love most learn to forget her