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**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Mar 20

Mar 20

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

but still we go on making them

Crumbs
Angela Topping

#Poetry #AngelaTopping #Crumbs #BlackNoreReview

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/angela-topping-crumbs/

Black Nore Review · Mar 20Angela Topping – “Crumbs”Crumbs A lifetime of them, wiped daily from worktops: spilled cereal, cut bread, nubs of cheese, haphazard record of what’s been eaten, as telling as stomach contents in an autopsy. They stick to t…

**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Feb 27

Feb 27

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

magpies on the path

Frozen
John Short

#Poetry #JohnShort #Frozen #BlackNoreReview #Magpies #Skating #Morrisons #Busker

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/john-short-frozen/

Black Nore Review · Feb 27John Short – “Frozen”Frozen I open the front door to a cold blanket of whiteness but magpies on the path feel no discomfort. Later, I note a frozen canal; how skating’s no longer a pastime that attracts people. Fallen …

**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Jan 27

Jan 27

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

The hunter, the lion, the fish and the bear

Over the Stone Rushes the Wind
Mike O’Brien

#Poetry #MikeOBrien #Stone #Wind #BlackNoreReview

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/mike-obrien-over-the-stone-rushes-the-wind/

Black Nore Review · Jan 27Mike O’Brien – “Over the Stone Rushes the Wind”Over the Stone Rushes the Wind Over the stone rushes the wind From nowhere to nowhere with nowt in its wake And physics, biology and chemistry And freezing and melting and boiling occur And the sto…

**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Jan 13

Jan 13

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

Like sinking into the peach

On the way
Danny O’Sullivan

#Poetry #DannyOSullivan #BlackNoreReview #Tram #Airport #OnTheWay

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/danny-osullivan-on-the-way/

Black Nore Review · Jan 13Danny O’Sullivan – “On the way”On the way All of us move wildly into the princely morning. We balloon with possibility, fresh like a chubby new baby. This, my astonishing friend! The tram’s yellow trading brilliance with t…

**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Jan 10

Jan 10

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

Black suit, black tie, black shoes from M&S

Compassionate Leave
Robin Kidson

#Poetry #RobinKidson #CompassionateLeave #MilitaryService #Army #BlackNoreReview

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/robin-kidson-compassionate-leave/

Black Nore Review · Jan 9Robin Kidson – “Compassionate Leave”Compassionate Leave On Sunday, he marched out of the gates, Itch in his groin, it’s an imperfect world. On Monday, he drove down to the South, Coffee at Woodhall, burger at Trowell. On Tuesday, he …

**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Nov 28, 2024

Nov 28, 2024

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

the jazz drifting out of open windows

The Taste of Forgetting
Rodney Wood

#Poetry #RodneyWood #BlackNoreReview #Forgetting

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/rodney-wood-the-taste-of-forgetting/

Black Nore Review · Nov 25, 2024Rodney Wood – “The Taste of Forgetting”The Taste of Forgetting I’ll toss those words to the wind— the smoke signals of half-formed thoughts, the drafts of letters never sent, shopping lists for forgotten dreams, cocktail recipes scribbl…

**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Oct 10, 2024

Oct 10, 2024

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

I will be there for more than five minutes

Next Time I Go To Dunster
Peter J Donnelly

#Poetry #PeterJDonnelly #BlackNoreReview #Literature #Dunster #ConygarTower #PorlockWeir #Minehead #Bampton #Somerset #Travel

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2024/10/10/peter-j-donnelly-next-time-i-go-to-dunster/

Black Nore Review · Oct 10, 2024Peter J Donnelly – “Next Time I Go To Dunster”Next Time I Go To Dunster Everything will still be open, the Deli and the gift shop. I will get more than a picture of each, the view of the castle at one end of the high street, Conygar Tower at t…

**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Oct 7, 2024

Oct 7, 2024

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

puddle-kicking after school

Alive in the Rain
Sheila Jacob

#Poetry #SheilaJacob #BlackNoreReview #Rain #Literature

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/sheila-jacob-alive-in-the-rain/

Black Nore Review · Oct 7, 2024Sheila Jacob – “Alive in the Rain”Alive In The Rain Rain is a luscious triggering, night’s pitter-pattering on window panes, luring us out beneath the sky. We breathe in tempo; lap droplets, kitten-tongued, relish needle points of …

**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Sep 26, 2024

Sep 26, 2024

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

playing an imaginary piano very slowly

Noon, or Thereabouts
Matt Thomas

#Poetry #MattThomas #Noon #BlackNoreReview #Literature #Piano #Music #Scars

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/matt-thomas-noon-or-thereabouts/

Black Nore Review · Sep 26, 2024Matt Thomas – “Noon, or Thereabouts”Noon, or Thereabouts Down the road, scaffolders are workingand swearing and laughing. The shoutof ratchets, the peal of runner tubesknocking together, the thump of planks,sing a song that seems out…

**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Sep 12, 2024

Sep 12, 2024

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

Just one more mile now

Driving Home
Gordon Scapens

#Poetry #GordonScapens #DrivingHome #BlackNoreReview #Traffic #Radio #Literature

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/gordon-scapens-driving-home/

Black Nore Review · Sep 12, 2024Gordon Scapens – “Driving Home”Driving Home I’m driving impatience home, refugee from a pitiless day that tried to abuse my goodwill. I can picture our house smiling its inner secrets like an unfinished book where we supply the …

**Andrew Shields** @AndrewShields@mas.to · Sep 8, 2024 *

Sep 8, 2024 *

Andrew Shields @AndrewShields@mas.to

He’s munching a mouthful of buttered crumpet

Reversing the Charges
Matthew Paul

#Poetry #MatthewPaul #Literature #BlackNoreReview #ReversingTheCharges #TelephoneCall

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/matthew-paul-reversing-the-charges/

Black Nore Review · Sep 5, 2024Matthew Paul – “Reversing the Charges”Reversing the Charges Portrush to Worcester Park Hurray for the operator, complicit in my guilt. Not as if they can’t afford it now and then, I calculate. ‘Putting you through, caller’ initiates a …

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