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Marc Carver – 1 poem

GORMLEY

 

As I drive up the road
I see a man on a flat roof
he is like one of those Gormley statures.
He is perfectly still
as he looks out into the distance he does not move at all
could almost be dead
it is like he is looking at this land for the first time
like
it never existed before he got up on that roof
and now he doesn’t want to come down
so
he is turned to stone
When I drive past later
I will see if he is still there looking for something that he will never find.

 

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Marc Carver
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Marc Carver – 1 poem

FOOL

 

 

My words are underlined by hatred
just under the surface
but holding them up to the light
their foundation
contempt
their tune
scorn
however much I would want them to be about love
where I see it
how I feel it
and even doves could come down
and fly off with one word at a time
all attached to each other like a kite
trumpets blowing.
I really, really don’t feel it.

 

 

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Marc Carver
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Marc Carver – 3 poems

A LOOK

 

I wonder what people see
when they look into my eyes
Love
Fear
insanity
an idiot
A possible murderer
They try to escape
but I hold them in for as long as I can
I don’t know why
perhaps it is  so I know I am alive.

 

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ACCORDING TO

 

I went into the coffee shop
the guy took my order
and asked my name.
I looked at his name tag
it was Luke
Between us we have half the gospels I told him
He told me the coffee would be at the end.
No religious conversations today.

 

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KNOW THYSELF

 

I walk past two young women
sat on the floor
one looks at me and says
He is not a very nice man.
I say me
I am lovely.
She doesn’t reply
but I think she may know me better
than I know myself.

 

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Marc Carver
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Poetry

Marc Carver – 1 Poem 

THE BIG QUESTION 

I walked in the wind and rain.

“Marc what do you really want?”

I said.

Before I could answer the wind

had taken the words away.

But the question still remained.

 

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  Marc Carver