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Poetry Drawer: I once lived in Sydney: When I was a child: I dread the hour by Dr Susie Gharib

Posted on 31st March 2022 by Deborah Edgeley
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I once lived in Sydney I once lived in Sydney,the Venice of the very Far East,where boats glide on ancient watersthat mirror a kaleidoscope of things,some yachts, aeroplanes and fairie dwellings,all basking in coves and bays of tranquility. There was … Continue reading →

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Poetry Drawer: So Long: Tedium: A Reading of the Film Bee Season: What Is? by Dr Susie Gharib

Posted on 9th December 2021 by Deborah Edgeley
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So Long So Long, Marianne, Leonard Cohen had sungwhen I was a thing of the future and still unborn,intuiting the ways of the world from an unhappy womb. My father died when I was six months old.My eyes cannot recall … Continue reading →

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Poetry Drawer: You Woo Me: Nostalgic: Lucia: The Lamp by Dr. Susie Gharib

Posted on 8th May 2021 by Deborah Edgeley
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You Woo Me You speak of a coast that’s so pristine,where the sand is decked with shells and pearls,where the fish that venture into the airare safe from spears and goring hooks. There the trees that hum to the eager … Continue reading →

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Poetry Drawer: The Italian Kitchen: Politics: Ingratitude: Pan by Dr. Susie Gharib

Posted on 17th January 2021 by Deborah Edgeley
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The Italian Kitchen Paulette was the most elegant person I had ever known,a ballet dancer, half-Swiss, half-Italian, with a British home.We walked into a cafe in Glasgow’s trendiest zone,the only friend I had made then during my studentship abroad. It … Continue reading →

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Poetry Drawer: Percy Shelley’s Heart: Amulets: Edward Scissorhands: Expansive by Dr. Susie Gharib

Posted on 7th October 2020 by Deborah Edgeley
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Percy Shelley’s Heart Don’t quote what scientists had thoughtof the heart that lay unburnedamongst a pyre’s ceremonious coal,a handful of gold,on the Tuscan shore. Don Juan had drowned in an ugly stormwhose wrath had claimed Percy and allon a voyage … Continue reading →

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Poetry Drawer: Autumnal: A daughter takes after her father: Yonder: Deeds by Dr. Susie Gharib

Posted on 29th July 2020 by Deborah Edgeley
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Autumnal Water is my element,hence the Summer became a girlhood’s favourite scene,heralding swimming, boats and vanilla ice-cream,but it took English Studies in my late teensto make me enamored with autumnal traits. Grey became imbued with a literary hue,with the Brontës … Continue reading →

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Poetry Drawer: Blessed: Interlocking: Solemnity: Heritage by Dr. Susie Gharib

Posted on 28th March 2020 by Deborah Edgeley
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Blessed I’m blessed with eyes that look inwards,that see the departed and joys to come,that sifts the beauty that’s foiled with smog,that keeps a gallery of lakes and fjords. I’m blessed with ears that vie with shells for capacity to … Continue reading →

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Poetry Drawer: Exuberance: Black Dice: Charlotte Mew, a Nemophilist: Sacred by Dr. Susie Gharib

Posted on 14th January 2020 by Deborah Edgeley
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Exuberance What sort of plumage is my exuberant words,words whose foliage no Autumns could scourge,whose leaves still flutter in speech and versewith eloquence? With what sort of rhythm the word bells resonates, a word that chimes with vespers and faith, … Continue reading →

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Poetry Drawer: The Cerulean Lore by Dr. Susie Gharib

Posted on 7th September 2019 by Deborah Edgeley
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The first two arrows that pierce my orbs through fluttering lashes, too loath to unfold, are cerulean fragments that, unhampered, probe my naked window every cloudless morn. My wavelengths, attuned, respond with a flow of rippling images that W. James … Continue reading →

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Poetry Drawer: Complacency by Dr. Susie Gharib

Posted on 28th August 2019 by Deborah Edgeley
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I cross the crowded streets, my mind congested with thoughts, get startled by myriads of complacent looks that are painted on faces like gilded books. The topography of miens remains intact. An imbecile look adheres like a mask, unruffled by … Continue reading →

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