to help us to become lucky enough
Bad luck
David Floyd
#Poetry #DavidFloyd #LondonGrip #BadLuck #Floods #Expertise
https://londongrip.co.uk/2025/03/london-grip-new-poetry-spring-2025/#floyd
My sunscreen and the summer sun
Everything is Running Out at Once
Amy Jo Philip
#Poetry #AmyJoPhilip #LondonGrip #RunningOut
https://londongrip.co.uk/2025/03/london-grip-new-poetry-spring-2025/#philip
I peer into the mirror
Sometimes
Sally St Clair
#Poetry #SallyStClair #Sometimes #LondonGrip #Glasses #Kitchen #Evening
https://londongrip.co.uk/2025/03/london-grip-new-poetry-spring-2025/#stclair
I like zat music now
Unheard Music
Stephen Komarnyckyj
#Poetry #StephenKomarnyckyj #Music #Father #LondonGrip
https://londongrip.co.uk/2025/03/london-grip-new-poetry-spring-2025/#komarnyckyj
A poem he learned when he was eleven
At the Door of the Whitechapel Mission
Maggie Wadey
#Poetry #MaggieWadey #LondonGrip #WhitechapelMission #Shakespeare
https://londongrip.co.uk/2025/03/london-grip-new-poetry-spring-2025/#wadey
she’ll say that everything is fine
peanut butter sandwiches
Paul McGrane
#Poetry #PaulMcGrane #LondonGrip #PeanutButterSandwiches
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/11/london-grip-new-poetry-winter-2024/#mcgrane
everything we needed and nothing at all
Yesterday's confetti
Sian Meades-Williams
#Poetry #SianMeadesWilliams #Confetti #Wedding #Memory #LondonGrip
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/11/london-grip-new-poetry-winter-2024/#mwilliams
okapis, elephants, antelopes and giraffes
Mrs Uomo visits Myddelton House Gardens
Danielle Hope
#Poetry #DanielleHope #LondonGrip #MyddletonHouseGardens #Swallows #Ornithology #Literature
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/08/london-grip-new-poetry-autumn-2024/#hope
a sequence of little shocks
The Quiet Carriage
Alex Josephy
#Poetry #AlexJosephy #LondonGrip #Train #Literature
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/08/london-grip-new-poetry-autumn-2024/#josephy
And the class started like a regular class.
Double French
Paul Stephenson
#Poetry #PaulStephenson #LondonGrip #MargaretThatcher #French #SixthForm #ALevels #Literature #UKPolitics #UnitedKingdom #PrimeMinister
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/08/london-grip-new-poetry-autumn-2024/#stephenson
there are 100 places I must visit
Bucket Lists
Jill Sharp
#Poetry #JillSharp #LondonGrip #BucketList #TSEliot #GoldenShovel #Literature
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/08/london-grip-new-poetry-autumn-2024/#sharp
Elbows on window ledges
Spring 2020
Rosemary Norman
#Poetry #RosemaryNorman #Spring2020 #LondonGrip #Pandemic #Lockdown #Literature
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/05/london-grip-new-poetry-summer-2024/#norman
a cup of English Breakfast tea
Technology
Rod Whitworth
#Poetry #RodWhitworth #LondonGrip #Technology #Literature #iPad #3DPrinter #EnglishBreakfastTea
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/05/london-grip-new-poetry-summer-2024/#whitworth
Everyone welcome! Big prizes, local sponsors!
Epistemology for Quizmasters
Nancy Mattson
#Poetry #NancyMattson #LondonGrip #Quiz #Circus
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/02/london-grip-new-poetry-51-spring-2024/#mattson
lipsticks in various shades of red
Vermillion
Rodney Wood
#Poetry #LondonGrip #RodneyWood #Vermillion
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/02/london-grip-new-poetry-51-spring-2024/#wood
History has happened to her, then moved on
On a Whitechapel Ward
Neil Deasy
#Poetry #NeilDeasy #LondonGrip #Whitechapel #Poland #BlackShirts #Blitz
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/02/london-grip-new-poetry-51-spring-2024/#deasy
a broken horseshoe, a lock / of hair, a round pebble
Admissible Evidence
Jill Abram
#Poetry #JillAbram #LondonGrip #AdmissibleEvidence
https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/02/london-grip-new-poetry-51-spring-2024/#abram
the photo taken when you started school
Turning down the bed
Rennie Halstead
#Poetry #RennieHalstead #LondonGrip
https://londongrip.co.uk/2023/11/london-grip-new-poetry-winter-2023/#halstead
