Nidia

What you would never do, stuff you swore, ride horses in fields of blue, dance again to the sun, rage against broken laws, coax a saddled broom, my partner droops, what are you saying this for, only fools live out of tune, it makes me want to run, take holy orders, drown our days with rum, rage at every heirloom, divined by whores, leave her here to brew, certain hopes I shun, therein lies a heavy score, my almond eyes are ruined, love is raw

Maria

You whisper love, on throwaway 'phones, your ravaged face a moon, you wear a hooded cowl, like saints hide their bones, it massages your soul, your hands like pearl doves, a lifetime learning to moan, fly to those who give, luminous as a snowy owl, above the hunting zones, you search to earn a crust, is that why you glove, linen and eau de cologne, when men need a shove, what are the sacred vowels, when you pray alone, far beyond the police sirens, your star on its own.

Molly

Could you love me, would you dare, the way she turned wheels, look at me I sneeze, is it my grey hair, that makes you dream, drunk on glossy magazines, would you care, the nights we spend easy, with someone's being, you have to have flair, even at fifty three, blowing like steam, your eyes flared, get ready to believe, there’s no has beens, to make you scared, I’ll get some fresh teeth, you’re my new Queen.

Leticia

The turn of brighter days, scour my great freedom, towards the river’s estuary, the café’s and streets, awaken my sense of ease, solace would you believe, not a real home Journee’, shivers at my knees, but eyes love to stray, where all debts are released, beneath cool trees, drinks float over me, I adore my quiet navel, in the high cold seasons, whenever luck has its way, no matter the law decrees, the water still leads, to the open sea, sisters, other countries.

Lucy

Who wants to be free, says my lover , I do, she lifts her hand easy, nothing between her and home, the breeze is kind on the peninsula, it’s not right to be alone, her bright swelling sea, is not given to anyone, paints her toenails bright green, crimson she straightens my bones, she s a fun one, the bright colours of her clothes, wine caresses me, she says no one's told her, about hopes of eternity, God knows where she's from, it's a short step to clarity, to tell me what’s gone wrong, marriages and symphathy.

Lara

She sees the creep of moon, yellow as the easy night, rise again too soon, gleaming black cars beckon, and kids who drink wine, from bombed out glasses, men who love to cruise, seek meaning of their life, like women to swoon, she smiles but doesn’t reckon, lemon checks or July sunshine, will hide their come on, but on a white sailed schooner, she’s destiny’s child, hoisting festoons, she laughs and tries one, what makes her frightened sings a defiant paeon, everything brightens.

Kathy

Absolved of troubles, I've wrapped in time, she passes me my book, uncertainty arrested, how we’re still alive, my tears flow at rest, delivery, testimony, doubled, love flows down the line, it hangs on leaden pillows, believe me a life connected, to the stuff of wine, buckles many a song ingested, the poems speak of rivers, lime trees, water, sunshine, worries fold in their pictures, nothing disturbs her requests, the lines accept our decline, but somehow we are blessed and know we’ll be fine.

Katie

Do you see me like this, am I just your snout, who doesn’t need to fuss, powdered lightly you emerge, a shadow of light on your mouth, the fragrance of cold purges, others play at being missed, like those who travel south, all day long my body twists, I don’t quite sing a dirge, or be waylaid by roustabouts, but I am hurt, are you not my sister, a coquette with every pout, no one contains your laughter, a lover of great splurges, poets bite their fists, waters part and merge, before your famous gifts, .

Kaira

The track is midnight blue, her smile doesn’t show, what has been refused, strangled by swaying men, she'll flash a lovely No, a dancing smile at best, she isn’t looking to choose, to take their tales and blow, the sorrowed lands of truth, that smile is the test, a young woman free to bestow, love on a journey’s crest, the train’s and its crew, ascend by mountain furrow, outside she sees the moon, and warms herself at rest, snow outside the window, she knows failure or success, love won’t make her yellow.

Joe

Smoking a cigarette , a lover's old face appears, fulsome not lonely yet, geese rise and sail, haunt the sky like deer, I knew her after jail, a snow blanket carpet, she always cheered, cold blue like the rest, colours of the mail, no-one could get near, where she had bailed, a woman who wouldn’t let, flame fold into fear, who shared jokes and bets, absorbed all the claims, that brought her here, a place she couldn’t fail, to make crystal clear.

Jonie

With your love of horse, a needling desire, it brings no remorse, the tide's never easy, how different midnight, to shoulder burdens we carry, the offerings of a catechism, an ice cold fish knife, cuts my dawn resistance, the demons need feeding, on starlit signs, but who hears my pleading, we play off the Bourse, our situation dire, who’ll show us the course, at ourselves as we scream, love breaks the line, friends play mean, do we ride the lightning ?

Judy

She hears a strange whisper, the sound of a removal van, thinks is that my sisters !!! each move smoother now, no one faults her tan, every tune she’s known, she wears a woollen hair clip, the bars are full of men, happy from their last trip, they rise like ghosts to greet her, she walks the streets with them, each sea green evening, but barefoot prays alone, her dancing done, she'll miss a place to show, rather than hear the whistle, a place to call a drum, she wonders if she’s driven, if that day will come ?

Jade

The wind blows silent, across our fences, who cares of its caress, it starts in darkened cellars, what cast as we bend, flowers to the mad jealous, do armed enemies jar us, encouraged by friends, like jackals to the rush, across our coffin lands, nothing is sensitive, to a gangster’s brutal stance, the world still wants us, dressed to offend, their stupid advances, we carry a naked tread, and bear no indebtedness, to the inventive West, our life is our breath.

Janine

Don't make a fuss, she carries yellow lists, do not try to love, your heart within her bones, or rail against her fits, a place she calls home, if you need a crust, be prepared for this, or believe me she is dust, go or take the load, drag or get a grip, knowledge never sails alone, ride the semell of musk, keep the middle distance,, simply do what she insists, or leave on the road, surmount another hill, the sea hears your moans, from a house of whispers,.

Isadora

In days of autumn fire, night rides black and cold, stars come out like ice, the love of dreaming, even at home, to dance across the sea, no matter what desire, winds are fierce and bold, they know each gleaming lie, our love is not for scheming, om smart ‘phones, they don’t give us memory, won’t replace the tides, tell us we're not alone, no matter who conspires, in the yellow evening, you appear condoned, a name for every leaving, written on a stone.

Izzie

Who do you want to suffer more, me or your blessed lover, outside the Cafe' Du Bourse, it’s a perfect sunny evening, kids looked after by mother, love’s not done by keeping, all your little more’s, a life between the covers, needs an open door, if you think you’re cheating, wiser than the others, forever in your peeping, sourballs on blue dance floors, September smothers, our time just before, moonlight keeps us drinking, the softest smells of summer, friends are somewhere sleeping, will you close the shutters ?

Irene

What if the stars are great, my lover slowly fades, lonely flown off to Spain, doesn't matter my happy tone, the walls are limpid grey, my head is still alone, watch my hands shake, it’s difficult on the phone, when a voice gives way, the kids have grasped the bone, confined within their days, furious now he’s gone , the moon is on the break, the seasons roll away, I’ve seen them happy, they play their school trombones, say he was always a flake, they wonder if I’ll cope, and each night pray..

Holly

Sometimes you can’t explain, the hurt you feel inside , the way her face fails, my lover, proud, unbowed, no longer hails the sky, but dances in the clouds, nothing in the way, but retreating light, or how her eyes play, a woman of rage unbowed, she beat out her time, but hated crowds, once she jumped the rail, found places safe to lie, plenty of times the jail, when she’s down, behind my confessional sighs, her face blue as dawn, did I once ask why ?

Hannah

She knows what's been around, an unbroken sky, leaves a naked mound, a rose broken tree, when others fly, she makes her great leap, a kid from our town, she promises to try, to break all her bounds, although born and weaned, and raised by signs, she misses yellow fields, now she dances on the brow, city lights bring pure delight , away from cattle sounds, but her homely dream, still demands a reasons why, little ones and fireside scenes, make her want to cry.

Gabriella

You shouldn’t spit, in this house of spirits, Oceans dance on your lips, be like someone at home, whose bones are in bits, all laughter sealed in domes, you’ll engage or quit, taken to your limit, that tourniquet really twists, bolstered by unending hope, even love becomes visible, happiness is the climbing rope, tides turn at every instant, escape on a cargo ship, cry in the middle distance, never one to mope, watch the sea glimmer, not yet alone, the moon your silhouette.

Georgie

What keeps you moving, a crescent moon at Easter, a sail that fits a groove, an arc of scurried waves, why you want to flee, do they know your trade, your flight to water, by troubled season, by map or distant slaughter, while you keep the morning star, and look to the sea, consider us from afar, your love of freedom, guarantees no sweetness, a sky to dance upon, you sing of truth, this island's a prison, light the carribean, lce pirate's linen.

Greta

Who will tend our bones, listening to the rain, does a river run alone, let our song ring, on suburban trains, birds we hear sing, herring gulls that soar, we maybe see again, hear their eerie moans, their cry a broken thing, these September days, driving before the sea, swore we’d never go, just to count our gains, birds already know, struggling with everything, they always find a way, drain summer’s softening, before autumn stays .

Frederica

What's wrong with dreaming, let horizons redeem, your love of the sea, like luck or a number, brightens your features, when other stuff crumbles, time for you to seize, don't wait for a reason, one fine green evening, see it in your slumbers, splash out and believe have a little fun, life is always a tease, so help yourself get free, forget moments of panic, water is not encumbered, it embraces everything, look at it and wonder, waves surround your feet.

Freya

The security of hope, stretches out in lovely ways, I know I’ll always cope, I'll go home soon, in a sun that slays, all the pockmarked yellow stone, down the New York slopes, I can feel its rays, splice Brooklyn ropes. the cool evening due, is when debt are paid, no one's surprised or snoops, do my parents know, how I pray, indifferent stars unfold, clouds chase like schooners, burdened with quotas of praise I’m not made to atone, to wonder at my gains.

Eva

Can you love me, your eyes like fireflies, in the way you sing, look at me, I whisper, they dance like satyrs, say what you think, make me believe, like two summers gone by, this Sunday by the sea, two lives by the river, a thousand nights, when you quivered, dancing on the beach, exploring all you like, laughing at my creed, will you want to live, here and wonder why, this side of the Ocean, our poles side by side ?

Elsa

All these constant issues, that deny your needs, raise other issues, they hang like skeletons, with lip sticky greed, ride out in a peloton, standing by the beach, you say let me be, love’s just out of reach, not particularly elegant, our frugal solidarity, but money starts its dance, a manifest delicious, waltzing to its earthly creed, between shore and distance, salty tears continue , your eyes gaze out to sea, a pocket full of tissues, lay scattered at your feet.

Ella

The light swinging at Faro, green evening stripes the beach, smell of sardines from boats, at the raging kitchen, I smell rain and sea, warm against the beam ends, while you eat alone , I bring you tea, filled with words of stone, don't try to insist, another happier reach, I don't fit in , she wants to dance and sing, but her opacity, splits me like lightning, cuts me to the bone, above my frayed dungarees, birds from Africa fly home, will she ever see ?

Delilah

You laugh like Camus, but it’s not the heat, deserts delight you, you’d say that fools, always miss the beat, when looking at ruins, you are like an almond, brown and seventeen, before the sun and wind, will you sail away, like their leaves, when autumn scrapes, over poverty yellow and grey, hurt dreams, Spring returns on hot days, inside you hum a tune, turn your head serene, ignore the blues, your spirit runs deep.

Dee

Am pretty sure of what to do, around your knees, a tattered sheepskin to warm you, birds cling to the ferry, passion doesn't crease me, we hardly went on holiday, your lover and your son, say I'm not easy, well, what's done is done, interesting but uncaring, you'd never fight for me, water brings another yearning, which is sad but true, when orange lights the sea, I’m not thinking of you, this night of coming liberty, we’ll drink Merlot at tea, drunk en famille pass crudites, set our lost ghosts free.

Diana

Great swollen days, without your care, makes me want to say, yes, go on, watch me dance, you know about mares, you've never had to ask, you smoke without craving, drink fino from a chair, like you’re some player, white faced dinero, dark glasses, you breathe thin air, shout mas vino, tapitas, clap, are my legs your craze, this tail end of an affair, music drifts away, no wonder you should chance, to live without prayer, like being tasked, with no love to spare !!!

Cresta

Standing by the beach, she says don't leave me, I’m only crying for the sea, can anyone retain, that unforgiving need, when you've derailed a train, I say take it easy, what do you want me to be, she shrugs at our destiny, dunes shift in the evening, in her eyes a steel, she says 'you’ll bleed', I hum an innocent refrain, how to enjoy freedom, when no promise is made, a life of dull marriage, is not for me, pretend they don’t matter the could have beens?.