Thirdway Poetryhttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.ukumbracoChristian comment on cultureenFootagehttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/jun-2012/poem-/footage.aspxMon, 14 May 2012 12:42:02 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/jun-2012/poem-/footage.aspxpoem.jpg

Pink Floyd, McCartney, Daltrey
thrashing their ghosts for charity.
And how we remember.
How the pledges pour in.

(how the ghosts inside us all
     tap their feet,
    &nb...]]>Oxford Downpourhttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/may-2012-/poem-/oxford-downpour.aspxFri, 27 Apr 2012 12:10:02 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/may-2012-/poem-/oxford-downpour.aspxStill       I hear the gush of rushing runoff
along the cobblestones

Still picture
the ambulation of black umbrellas
between colleges        as rain falls
darkening Oxford streets

My preoccupation isn't shelter &...]]>The man who cut the crosshttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/apr-2012-/poem-/the-man-who-cut-the-cross.aspxThu, 08 Mar 2012 11:26:43 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/apr-2012-/poem-/the-man-who-cut-the-cross.aspxhad a bad job when you think about it - 

cutting crucifixes from stripped timbers. 

How smooth did he finish them?

Was his father a carpenter?

Did he hope to do great things? 

 

But had he not done it well, had the cross collapsed,

would claw-hammers h...]]>Breaking breadhttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/mar-2012/poem-/breaking-bread.aspxWed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:27 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/mar-2012/poem-/breaking-bread.aspxThere are many ways to break bread.

I have just torn a crust apart

to make no more than tasty mouthfuls.

 

One could cut it neatly into enough

slices for that five o'clock tea

my mother remembers when the parlour

 

was not only open to the family

...]]>Two men in a boathttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/janfeb-2012/poem-/two-men-in-a-boat.aspxWed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:06 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/janfeb-2012/poem-/two-men-in-a-boat.aspxHe holds the oars as if these might be helping hands

He holds the oars as if these might be helping hands

All of us have driven North this far
to see him lying skeletal and faint
in bed with apple sauce wrapped in Mylar.
We stand quiet, as though before a saint
whose last words we'll record, repeat, invoke.
'The...]]>Siren Waterhttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/julaug-2011/poem-/siren-water.aspxTue, 14 Jun 2011 12:14:55 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/julaug-2011/poem-/siren-water.aspxpoem.jpgThe fourth part was water
where no venturer had dared,
or none returned to tell.
There was a paradise drowned.
The ancient books give hint
of maps consumed by fire,
or lost at sea -
t...]]>To be an asylum seekerhttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/june-2011/poem-/to-be-an-asylum-seeker.aspxWed, 11 May 2011 12:51:45 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/june-2011/poem-/to-be-an-asylum-seeker.aspxTo be an asylum-seeker is like a jumbo jet
Your presence always creates noise
To be an asylum-seeker is like a media telescope
You are always in the media domain day by day
To be an asylum-seeker is like an unwelcome visitor
Your departure date is always asked

To be an asylum-seeker is like ...]]>