Anthology 2019

Page 85

Almost a Confession * Cheyenne Dunnett

I want to take this night and hide it Away. Treasure it. Keep it locked inside a cage. I want to say things under these magnetic stars That I wouldn’t usually say. Yet somehow, The lump in my throat gets in the way; Restricting my throat until each breath becomes A gasp of wonder. Oh, you are so beautiful. But we cannot talk of beauty In such a romantic setting, With your eyes illuminated by the night sky. Wouldn’t want you to go and get The wrong idea.

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Resource for writers and teachers

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Juliet

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Like Dreams Or Drainpipes: A Meeting

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The Little Mermaid

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Librocubicularist

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Mr Nobody

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Blossom

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Portrait of Nusch

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pages 188-189

Machine Wash Only

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The Tunes of Life

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Recuperations

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Villanelle for a Dementia Patient

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Payday

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pages 172-174

Two Bowls

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A Face and a Name

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Back To The Pen And Paper

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The Harpa

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A Villanelle on Inferiority – Fool’s Gold

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Seal-Breaker

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Storm

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The Mad Side

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Cell 56

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The Figurative Café

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Gracious Tempest

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A Day in the Life of

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Bus Stop

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Fake

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Station Four

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Another Dance Competition

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Dwarf

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Silent City

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Humphrey

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Harpenden

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Mocha Afternoons

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January II

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Almost a Confession

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A Point in Time

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Tea

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The Skirt Sonnet

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A Backwards Wish

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Photograph

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The Armchair on Bradford Road

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DNA/Making

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Forged in Fire

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Newborn

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Part of Your World

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Fear Like Waves

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Desertium

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Chasing the Wind

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Like Dreams or Drainpipes: The Funeral

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Foxgloves

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Packed Lunch

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Fresh Clean Bedding

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Shall I Compare Thee to a Cup of Tea?

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Temptation

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The Squid

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Perspective

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Ode To The Reader

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Basketball in the skies

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Cygnet

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