Tilly

The turn of lovely days, graze our great freedom, a brimming river estuary, streets and diners come awake, a sense of scholastic ease, sunlit time is breaking, not really home we pray, catch stupid yellow dreams, conjure with our brains, where does debt get paid, beneath cool trees, blue drinks served on trays, Our lady shows the way, beat your heart these seasons, luck is what you crave, departing's an awful strain, bells ring out to sea, another time to go away, will we ever be released?

Sara

Is it children you want, just to see who you are, lost in some hazy fog, if that's what's cool, you are the North star, looking down from above, born from the river salt, I realise what's going on, you need water and dogs, don't get me fooled, say your love's ajar, beached somewhere new, my dreams are pliant, no interest in futile starts, just say what your doing, try dancing on stools, tiny footprints mark, in this game they're rules, you happy so far ?

Rosalie

Paintings are my scene, museums have a lonely grace, sometimes you hear screams, stare at a catalogue tome, quality that's not great, face redder than a boat, the world gives us steam, not just a summer palace, gas fired winter dreams, how often do I drone. hoping for you to relate, the breadth of our zones, you are like Monet, before his great fame, silent fountain sunlit lake, unshaven waiters moan, bring cognac to our table wanting this cafe' to close, sling my jewelled frame.

Queen

In a spartan cafe' reclaimed from the sea I watch the green eevening, let the anchor bones, carry him from me, as far as Davy Jones, tarry blonde all wispy day, tide like a coming enemy, another one walks away, shadows make the zones, where we sailed to be free, play on echoing bones, dawn brings falling rain, pockets suddenly empty, in mist the sad causeway, I'll keep the dusty tomes, love gone down the quays. will ressurect my fortune serve 'till eternity,

Paislee

Say nothing is any good, suffer like your mother, sat in some wretched club, outside the Cafe' Du line, it’s a perfect love, sunny evenings just fine, kids are the fatherhood, overseen by their brothers, is yours in trouble, served by keeping time, knowing what if you must, anothe glass of wine, you know how to scrub, life between the covers, do what you always should, think you’re best at guile, than others behind the shutters, Ray Bans pushed a little higher, will it bring you closer ?

Ophelia

In days of autumn's wire, night rides black and cold, stars fall down like ice, no matter what we sing, the wind is fierce and bold, knows which bells to ring, love is juxt desire, if we're not at home, blows flame across our fire, our cries recall something, lost on mobile ‘phones, wanting substance anything, absence asks what we renqire, to say if we're alone, what we need to aspire, in this yellow evening, our wanting to atone, in any way stop feeling, what's written on a board.

Natalie

Here's a thing for you, you who always come first, with all your jiggery doo, you’re not enough born, to rage against my thirst, when feelings get torn, the sea is deep blue, you've no time for mirth, home is not a Bayou, by book or by 'phone, your trail is well versed, to know how you're doing, try again slice the moon, pull away and swear, your eyes like fish glue. pass a drive in cafe', where all debt's squared, your stars are never true, divine the easy air.

Maria

Smoking a cigarette, an old friend's face appears, laughing not lonely yet, geese rise and sail, ride the wind without fear, i knew her from jail, snow blanket around our heads, she always brought cheer, a calming voice steady step open colours of her face, anyone could go near, she acted with even grace, whenever there were threats, her eyes shining clear, she'd absorb any dread, a woman who enjoyed fame, blew flame across fear, made a miracle of each day, then disappeared.

Lucy

We stand by unlit lamps, a tree, a bridge, shaking, waiting here like tramps, if there's kindness to share, red lips white faced, gi' us some pennies spare, remember that posh sap, wine shipped secret champagne, who wanted us to unwrap, his stories of dockside snares, cargo ships and freighters, dark rooms without care, we can be happy she snaps, watching the rain, track down some warm path, you won't hear me swear, say straighten up our game, ask how much we dare, shuffle what remains.

Kayla

What if the stars are great, my daughter slowly fades, she won't see them anyway, listens to the clock, yellow wing's not much to say, her phone's still blocked, doesn't matter what she takes, the walls eau de grey, in her cell she hesitates, her kids are still shocked, confined within their days, lonely as the lavender crop, they see each creep of grace, watch time roll away, I’ve seen their faces, laugh as my my dogs frolic frown since she’s put away, their heart are locked, our visits never late.

Josie

2020 wasn't finished with me, not after that screening, my partner Sandra Gee, the photographer of happiness, has ashamed cancerous dreams, now she's for a festival, what should have been, dazzling different by the sea, has to fit my radiography, howling at her requests, raging in midstream, I shout about my breasts, poets don't die unseen, swept away like leaves, sometimes they have to heave, she still continues to jest, knowing how i feel, silliness is her only quest, to rip apart the seams.

Isla

A sea passage marine blue, my smiles won’t show, what our ancestors refuse, strangled by swaying steps, I'll tempt you with my glow, dancing waves my bequest, not waiting for the curfew, to take your arms and show, the fertile lands of distance, a knife my only threat, a young woman free to bestow, love to a shipmate's chest, bellowing engine chewing, horizon's a shipping furrow, there's nothing left to view, I feel blessed, the engines warm my toes, my mind is at rest, in places without windows.

Hayley

You'd gamble on anything, your friends say, including the Holy calendar, i wonder kissing your lips, watching cormorants in the Bay, roll on waves like ships, did you have other flings, salt and perfume far away, how they clean their wings, this time belongs to kids, would you feel that way, when everything rescinded, tunes drift by in rings, smoke and whisky rise to slay, a search for night's failingss, going out as you came in, what a scene it makes, a safe harbour for lovers, count numbers to your day.

Gia

What you would never do, stuff you swore, ride horses in fields of blue, dance again to the moon, pray to broken laws, jump like a startled roan, my present partner swoons, why I'm saying this for, only fools welcome ruin, I want to run away stoned, take holy orders, drain summer into the foam, rage at every heirloom, divine night by party whores, leave you here to stew, a fool you led me home, you'll pay a heavy score, my almond eyes are tombs, my love is raw.

Frankie

Don't talk to me and pause, pretend an interesting life, we've heard it all before, then your letter suddenly appears, from someone she despises, Kobe, Manilla, Tangiers, even if she's your daughter, sea ports and rivers don't lie, she died when you walked, a missive reminder to cheer, forgot how she cried, you sailed from every pier, waved off laughter ta ra, she writhed and tossed aside, all the stuff you wrote, the bottle no longer cheers, sometimes we dance alive, others what we fear, she sings on every tide.

Elise

Like a swathe of flowers, your lace covered ribs , disguise a family ruin, you glide between lovers, when life doesn't fit, it so rocks your mother, extend the rain shower, swing life by the jib, smile at waiting Rovers, do you brighten follow, fuse with all your will, any absence of tomorrow, as a woman here and now, why resist what gives, dance the way you feel, no need rage or bother, find a way to live, love's more than Sayanora, when you turn and spin.

Darcy

Just say you love me, go on face the dare, the way she used to be, look at me i seethe, is it my cropped hair, scared it makes you dream, Fizz on glossy evenings, would it make you care, the nights i spent free, with someone else's being, certainty with her, literate at thirty three, your nostrils blow steam, your eyes are flared, don't you want to see, what might have been, why worry it's not fsir, we are setting a scene, Woman on red chair.

Caitlin

Will he clip me now, make me drink more drink, watch my face go brown, sit and wonder why, his face a beaten rink, see me dance the tide, all this Summer long, we skated on the brink, heat drips off my brow, what he might try, as he gathers and slinks, slippery as a ship's side, savours a line thrown down, a petty display that stinks, disputes all that I own, constrained i sit close by, know what he's thinking, his eyes are eggs fried I don't need a shrink.

Bryony

You whisper love, on throubled 'phones, your ravaged face a moon, an arc of pearl light, a lifetime learning to moan, bring you those who cry, luminous as night's glove, beyond their credit zones, learn the words to give, the useless reasons why, dry linen eau de cologne, makes you want to fly, you wear a frosted front, like saints show their bones, it massages your soul, pray with all your might, in gardens lie prone, beyond police sirens, your star is coming home.

Adara

Like to watch me dance, you know about horses, but won't take a chance, all you do is moan, show others around the course, continue the useless flow, you smoke and look askance, always sell yourself short, do you think I'll prance, how you might gloat, the life you made me court, regard me as some ghost, swigging whiskey from a flask, your voice drunken hoarse, you hold my hand and ask, have I missed the boat, no tricks in being taught. your tongue turns to toast, real anger at your loss.

Zoe

Across my forearm lover, a number you might consider, it points to the others, your face lost in wonder, mine a perfect mirror, God has bourne witness, I feel myself crumble hearing them whisper, how the world suffers, in this illicit sliver, night winds sing forever, beyond our daily jumble, birds slake our days hunger, reeling over what is done, by fire and distant thunder, one unwashed sign above us, tells why we had to run, we prisoners walk under, some won't make sunset.

Yolanda

If i'm not too spaced, i'll dance with you, each evening until late, swept up by your jib, melted lemon blue, your greased hair and whispers, I walk down fallen lanes, my Ma says stay true, she doesn't know your ways, your tone insistent, our trips to secret venues, a temperature consistent, smellbound in a haze, i'm lucky to have virtue, nothing's laid to waste, you turn towards my sister, she's not my running mate, don't kid yourself mister, she can really hate.

Xanthe

Please don’t let them see, why you ring our feet, we only ask for freedom, our consoling love, a village soul and shady tree, lost to this crowded boat, I sing to you of ease, a bitter chant sung truly, Dear God set us free, in our heart what's good, this swarm of human seed, who sail with jangled blood, don't tell us to believe, the bounty of your feast what is broken can't retrieve, the hearts made of wood. across this moonlit sea, a craft so sorely troubled, it melds us to history.

Wyona

She prays a dawn novena, and worries about her feet, wondering who will see her, if love's a trick to hold, not knowing her own to keep, she's ready to go cold, every tune sounds sweeter, hazy bars fuel her conceit, a woodyards blonde singer, won't do what she's told, more than any feeling, dancing swells her toes, men rise up to greet her, when evening turns green, her only prayer is please, perhaps a communion bolt, mask s a careful retreat, she'll rescue any joke, that simulates her dream.

Vicky

Before you called to me, carried me to the Bite, i knew how to be free, ships famed on their own, whispered sails at night, you were my living bones, who gave you that legacy, love you thought was right, fire you released, a sunlit beach at Thebes, a power beyond my sight, you left me solitary, three days i wept windblown, whole cities heard me cry, knowing my song unsown, nailed by your island creed, you don't spare delight, like a broken scream, fury is in my smile.

Ulla

Don't leave big schemes, with nursing assistants, regret for lost dreams, go beyond blond curls, travel past middle distance, you were never that girl, be a sailing boat wheeler, a golden age sister, laugh at what comes after, raise a canvas flap burl, spread your resistance, sing like Elma Turl, unlistened to screamers, won't hear of injustice, show them your feelings, how different a whirl, not reduced by the hospice, your love spreads the world, no one does it for us .

Tammy

She's happy let her go, the woman used to love you, now she's on her own, you didn't treat her right, she sings of past humours, now she has another wife, has vacated this zone, how she blew the candles, what used to be home, do you understand why, she dances perfumed, a mirror to your lies, where lemons melt her bones, a sea of forgotten curlicues, burned her ribbons gone, forged by your rotten sighs, her lights all fused, the tail end rainbow high, will you make room ?

Skylar

Her day is just beginning, she dances in the tide, freshly alive and spinning, she kills me with that twist, next to me like a bride, knows I'll always give in, around a constant trilling, tobacco blonde full of lies, her lips shine like shillings, just as the sea she risks, a smile to beam estuary wide, welcomes each day by ship, she blows a happy grin, has never left a family’s side, but needs to escape the din, here with me she kicks, sunlight,water,sky. a Medea used to thrilling, who knows the reason why ?

Rosemary

More than any laughter, blood seeps around her knees. it's like broken water, but life isn't hell, its toll is at her feet, a used cartridge shell, elated or in despair, she can cry if she pleases, or wonder who cares, she stands by the river, swears she'll never release, names he called daughters', in matters of distance, knows what she's leaving, why beg forgiveness, a dank set of stairs, times that brought sympathy, a rope just for her, yellow nights of weeping.

Quiana

Brother what was that time, when I prayed on trains. sweated for your child, did you watch me plumb, a drain pipe in the rain, to fashion us a home, poets from another clime, say God is not to blame, for these tears and brine, who says find the zone where life remains the same, why need to use your 'fone, anchors bind my hands, ships ply ancient lanes, nothing seems to rhyme, you laugh in dogged tones, cannot bear to chase, a love that'doesn't chime, I am not your slave.