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Holier than…
I used to think I was an angel,
Sent here to help people live,
Then I got chubby,
My halo got grubby,
And my holy heart wept like a sieve.
Toolbox When I was younger I had no airfix models
I only had dollies with bows,
I really wanted a hammer some nails and a spanner
I got prams ‘cause I’m a girl I suppose,
But now I am older I’ve got my own tools
To put in my brand new tool box,
And I’ve found that women are equal to men except that they haven’t
got
The same cultural backgrounds.
Raw
When I’m raw
My eyes burn
And I learn
My mind churns
When I’m raw
I feel you,
I see you,
I need more
I need fed
My face red
My lips dry
I see why
and feel why,
I’ve been blind
And I melt
Because I’ve felt,
It’s still pain,
It’s pure hurt,
Insane,
My brain
Needs you
I’m sore,
When I’m raw
ABOUT THE WRITER is
a performance poet and comedienne from Barrow-in-Furness.
She has performed as a support act for various rock, folk and
punk bands in
Cumbria and South Wales.
Ann performs at various stand-up comedy and spoken
word venues throughout the UK. Lancaster Spotlight is one of
her favourite
venues.
Ann is single, 26, blonde, GSOH :)
These three poems are taken from her collection Raw.
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Do Skerton Bus Stop by Mollie Baxter If only arts funding was
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Oolin by Mollie Baxter Alien encounters over a cup of Earl
Grey, hot. • The Miracle
Worker by Charmian Coates Shenangians in a Blackpool pub have
unexpected results. •
Evacuees by Bill Jervis A schoolboys' pitched
battles on Padfields, Lancaster, in 1944 remembered. • Snapshots by
Bill Jervis A chance encounter brings back
memories of wartime Morecambe.
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