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Poetry
Poetry

Aug 6
1 min

Sibilant Star Song

Sibilant Star Song I wake at midnight. A window glow is parting the soft darkness. Stars. I see stars. Wrapping a shawl around my shoulde...

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Kate Gold

Jul 6
1 min

Washing my Father's Hair

I try my best to hide the shock but we both know that death has left a shadow on the skin that stretches over your bones. Always upright,...

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Kate Gold

Jul 6
1 min

The Red Shoe

Lost in the long grass garden somewhere amongst clover, at the foot of the buttercups - one red shoe. As I persuade the tired dirt from d...

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Kate Gold

May 11
3 min

Lines from Lockdown

Whisht Whisht Don’t be so fast to scramble over the deeper unfolding of this new story. Each erudite quote; considered phrase acting as ...

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Kate Gold

Feb 6
1 min

Over Stowey

An audio version of a three part poem set near Stowey, a small village in the Chew Valley in SW England. Moving through the months July, ...

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Kate Gold

Jan 15
1 min

Sacred Geometry

I am poised above you: one foot on the horn of a crescent moon. Arms outstretched. My right hand holds the murmuration that celebrates th...

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Kate Gold

Jan 6
2 min

A Different Day

Stop what you are doing. Put that device down, that newspaper, that book. Stop that habitual litany of discontent at your partner, your c...

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Kate Gold

Dec 15, 2019
1 min

The Arrival

Should I feign surprise when you come to my door? Though I was shown in a thousand ways that your arrival was imminent. Clouds had painte...

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Kate Gold

Nov 20, 2019
1 min

A Gift in the Making

Last night I surrendered Allowed my fierce love to rise Furious, bright, dangerous. Sleep dared not approach; hiding; elusive at the edge...

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