poems
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A14 
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the A rush 
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Accelerating Is Language English •
advocate •
afterword •
all hands
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(ii) •
(iii)
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Am Lemming •
& beer & •
… And Then I’ll Break The Sea •
and then there’s the mediocre mouths •
angle •
Angst Cycle
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The Door •
Father •
I’ve Always Had Steep Mountains •
Watford Gap •
Why Is England So Full Of Fools •
(Untitled) •
So I Dream •
Letter
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Animal Magnetism •
antwerp (i)
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4
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antwerp (ii)
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schelde foot tunnel •
tram lines •
new city •
so many bars •
talking poetry •
for pete’s sake
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antwerp (iii) •
antwerp (iv) •
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2
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antwerp burble •
argument, after •
armchair firefighting
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(i) •
(ii) •
(iii) •
(iv) •
(v) •
(vi) •
(vii) •
(viii) •
(ix) •
(x) •
(xi) •
(xii)
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autumn
B
bacon •
balance still accelerando •
bathroom spider •
beans •
Beer And Conversation •
be infinity • Before The Bush War •
A Bicycle Criticises Concorde For Not Observing Butterflies •
big town blues (i)
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that was this morning •
my grey is a coat •
bikini hotel •
up the kriek •
denk zul •
small empire of life •
lobby watch •
that is you luxembourgers’ fault
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big town blues (ii)
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degraded stress •
since the day is wasted •
the conversatiee •
veer horizon •
pupate •
sea picture •
it’s process •
the vibrate
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big town blues (iii)
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cross tension •
at the delicious life •
being the smog •
leek & stilton •
use of weapons •
big city blues •
smog coda •
it’s in the write
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big town blues (iv)
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la voiture didn’t care
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was habe ich •
four years •
exercised •
small barrier •
box tick •
just a leak •
la fin
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big town blues (v)
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1983 •
vingt cinq ans •
e la fotocamera •
the tailoring •
summer blue •
routemaster •
the rigging •
the house
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big town blues (vi)
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high stream •
normally false •
dead leaf brown •
stone rush •
distant band •
as sid said •
a warning shade •
air a water bright
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big town blues (vii)
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just a slice •
technology of choice •
no not belief •
our rounded city •
honourable mrs council official •
rain rain •
drunks •
chum like
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big town blues (viii)
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himbeeren •
cat gut •
objectivity’s a myth •
burning •
the competition •
cast •
no refreshment •
coda
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big town blues (ix)
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darkening •
köln •
incident •
image hunt •
pinocchio’s nose •
two old buddies •
rich jacket •
coda coda
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big town blues (x)
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shiva mary’s son •
my beautiful turbulence •
crashed this guy •
slur belief •
carried from the bar •
measure their pond •
shellsuited •
above
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big town blues (xi)
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number number •
—wenty t— •
beloved •
more •
conflicted •
and confer the same bad •
remeasure their pond •
do you wanna dance
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big town blues (xii)
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je vais la vie •
airport •
bucket •
hail •
low city of decline •
morose •
desolée •
strangers’ pavement
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big town blues (xiii)
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kick le foot off •
over the clouds •
brushing the homeland
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…Bob Geldof 
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Box Number •
the breeze of breath •
bremen
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(i) •
(ii) •
(iii) •
(iv)
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Bright •
bright green the lights of the … •
broken the night across •
At Buckfast Abbey •
bug cracked •
built •
burton •
But It’s For The Children …
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C++
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Of Caroline •
cathedral level court caught •
The Cause Of War •
Cavity Wall Insulation •
Chance Is Such A Scornful God •
la chanson du singe •
chase chase •
Cheese And Onion Sandwiches •
China Poem •
Chopin And The Chilli Wars •
christmas card poem •
chuff or that’s why the fragging counterstrike •
church is dangerous vital •
citroën ds •
The Clarion
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lord pisswater’s clarion •
beer and pindar •
damn the clarion •
little diddems •
Scared Of Spiders •
Papers •
bigot reinforcement
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clifton •
clip monopoly •
cold pity •
collective nouns
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(i) •
(ii)
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confidence began •
Copenhagen •
core •
cramps
D
Damage •
Darmstadt •
dead write •
Dear Paul •
Debugging • Dedication •
demo •
Demon Internet •
the deep crash remains •
did you help •
dim him an ignore •
discard
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dog & sand •
dog sample daze •
Dog Sound •
Don’t •
Don’t Understand •
Doris’s Day Out •
drawn •
Driving The Trees •
dragons •
drowse the drawn like •
dye–de–ho
E
e •
early winter rose •
easter sunday •
een engelsman in ierland 
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An Eighteenth Century Beam Engine • Elsewhen •
Empty land •
an engineering rush (i)
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new scientist •
a song so dire •
the argument •
another bitch •
homework •
hymnen •
recreated arts •
the game •
oh gods •
rushed off •
unanswering
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an engineering rush (ii)
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jumbo crash •
time •
defect •
less •
immensities •
paper •
rewind •
light •
here •
quanta •
humanic •
the A rush
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england corrupted •
english garden •
entangled •
Epigrams
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On Al–Qaida •
On Islam •
On San Francisco •
On Science •
On The USA •
On The West •
On Fear •
On Politics
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europe •
Every Second, To Everyone •
excuse me •
Exercises (From A Cley Weekend)
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Riddle •
Why I Prefer Schoenberg •
(Untitled) •
Family Photo Album
• Expanding Horizons
F
the fame do the local •
Fear In Flight, God
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2
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(fallen) •
fallons •
A Fenland Poet’s Advice •
Fenland Sketches
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2 •
3 •
4
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fifty year guess •
final tv big •
finse
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(i) •
(ii) •
(iii) •
(iv) •
(v) •
(vi)
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Five Days •
Fivers Wander Down The Street •
flock state
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echo echo •
create new killer our fear •
strike pale •
epigram on the USA •
kinder •
military •
fifth say •
victory impossible •
and on the ninth day… •
oh there
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food studio •
footsteps
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fora •
from Sappho 
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fuddle •
Fugues
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Fugues •
More Fugues •
Pop Fugues
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Galveston tonight •
garden •
generational •
gentle •
ghost •
glist
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3 •
4
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grand • green •
Grey •
Guinness •
gwynedd on
H
the hand of taste
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happened •
harvest •
Hence The Coldness •
Her Catching Eyes •
her ran •
Higg’s Boson •
Home Town •
A Horrible Day •
On Hunting With Hounds •
Hymnen
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[notes] •
Technical Note •
If •
Teaser •
Machine Solo α •
Converse •
Man Solo •
Machine Solo β
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i am perfect its the universes fault •
I Don’t Visit My Mother’s Grave •
I Saw A Sleek Seduction •
ICE •
ici, pour les enfants •
i’d stood 30 mins •
ierland is geen belgië
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(i) •
(ii) •
(iii) •
(iv)
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if she dresses •
ignoring the … •
i’m a gorgonzola •
In Another Conversation •
in cynic adverati •
–ine •
In Me; Shiva •
Inmos •
in politic
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(i) •
(ii) •
(iii)
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instead of Shakespeare •
Instructions For A Common Ceremony •
intelligence still booting •
intention and the window glass •
in the name of •
Intruder Alert •
Is It Coffee In The Blood •
It Must Be Christmas •
It’s My Hands
J
The Joy Of Tax •
Just Protectionism?
L
later •
Laughter Rose Above My Tired Desire •
lege land •
Leicester Square •
Leicester Station •
Limericks And Corks
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Introduction •
There Was A Young Lady From Venus •
A Newspaper Editor Said •
I’m Sitting Upon This ’Ere Train •
’twas Ten Years Ago To This Day •
There Once Was A Cat And A Dog •
Look Back To The Romany Times •
There Was A Young Man In A Bed •
There Once Was A Bureaucrat •
There Was A Young Man From Nantucket •
There Once Was A Monday On Tuesday •
It Wasn’t What I Really Expected •
Assam
•
lines stride yellow •
Listener •
Little Willie •
Little Willie (recast) • A London •
looking the jungle foliage •
look rich apple grows •
Lord Protector
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(i) •
(ii)
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Lost Sanctuary •
lou reed •
luxembourg
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(i) •
(ii)
M
M6 •
Manifesto •
Marketing Honour, Poetry Quality •
mechelen
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sound •
shoot •
scene •
shine
•
Memories Of Shadows, Words •
A Moment Of Pizza •
Moon Shadowed Walk •
movie •
movie stamp & splash akin •
… a much for we … •
My Difficulty With Melancholy •
my father was a ufo
N
Namings
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America •
Bedford •
Cambridge •
Catford •
Keighly •
Manchester •
Milton Keynes •
Norfolk •
Sandy
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nation six dog •
Neil Armstrong Is My Explorer Of The Millennium •
New Year’s Eves •
Nobel •
no pit is not no clay •
North Of Kylesku •
northumberland •
November Rain • Nursery Verse For Nursery Heads
O
Obligatory Cat Poem •
An Ode To My Ego •
An Ode To The A14 •
oh dear what a pity there there •
Old Funeral Music •
old man Keats •
The Old Witch •
on aghast •
On Being A Nerd
P
paper
•
the daily mail •
the daily express •
the sun •
the times •
the daily telegraph •
the guardian •
the independent
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Paris •
peered •
Pilotless Ships To Seed The Universe •
player
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2 •
3
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Plumstead Station By Electric Light •
The Poet Illustrates… •
Poetry
•
push pop •
select •
techno •
what •
Copyleft •
pah! •
early a
•
the positive pompous •
i’d prefer to remember summer
•
the prevarication of flowers
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The Pub Quiz League •
puzzle so
Q
R
red •
Regrow
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Manifesto •
Father •
Son •
Program
•
remembering the das •
Reply •
restaurant wall •
rile •
Rock (Of The Early Eight) Is •
Rose • Rushdie
S
satoriial •
On Saying No •
Scenes From A Blackpool Conference
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Dog Sea •
After Eighteen Months •
After Silent Years •
Exhausted
•
Scorpion •
scratby •
seeking integrity •
server room •
Sharp •
shrines •
A Simple Fantasy •
Six Months Ago •
skelet centraal
•
Slough, Pronounced In French, Is “Slug” •
small lives •
you just don’t expect •
the dead cat blues •
meet the kitties •
“Smoke Filled Rooms” •
sneak like the •
Soap •
sod the world •
Software Engineering
•
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2 •
3
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sometimes a guy just needs a beer
•
beer & poetry •
white the train •
i am the air •
not ten •
such fur to stroke •
no •
cliché •
i am hit •
it’s not an alien axe •
i’ve seen denied •
if i pounce these •
so •
tail up
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On The Sonnet •
sore did
•
Sprache 
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Spreading Strands •
Starr From The Outside •
still biting •
stole •
Sunlit Gloom •
swan •
Sweet And Stupid •
Swoop
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2 •
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4 •
5
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succes
T
talen •
talking beer •
ten •
tension nitro ego •
than the sun rises •
a then •
There’s Money In Mechanics •
These Words, They Were Not Said •
Thirty Hours Near The Western Isles •
the three monks •
this ‘bright’ life •
Thoughts On Odes To Nightingales •
tin rush
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po •
ba •
fi •
vo •
pp •
ti •
fu •
ni •
ag •
av •
ee •
hu •
ei •
xu
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To Let •
To Let Too •
Tobacco’s Such A Treat •
toll rain tell •
tomorrow tonight •
Too Fast To Stop •
Touching Each Desire With Happy Jokes •
Tring •
The Trumpet Blown
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uncivil law • introduction • centuries • unjustice • complexity • money • smirk • flame • magistrates • age • wrong • invention • scotland • criminal • democracy • consent • piano • parliament • citizen • bailiff • bones • health • maid • blackbox • 53 • fear • Underneath The Loch • upset
V
A Village, Old Families • Introduction • Ceremony • Inn • Vanilla
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the washer machine broke •
watch the desire of love to exist •
Water
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The Anger Of Water •
Three Flawed •
Viaduct •
The Mere Of Ice •
Cold War •
the brick the brick the pattern brick
•
Wake Up, Wake Up, Oh Slippery Snake •
watch the water •
waterford fronts •
We Drunken Here •
Week •
weekend •
A Well–Kept Pint Of Burton •
We, The Fell •
What Do Lemmings Eat •
when the morons declared war •
when the trains first came •
Why Am I In Politics, You Ask (A Drunken Rant) •
who’s the heron •
Why The Black Background? •
wing mirror •
workahol •
Working For…
Y
you beautiful cascade •
You Know
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