broken-monoku--By Ralph Stott--England

broken-monoku

.......a wooden cross
............................a scar of trickling resin
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.....someone reads over your shoulder
....................a commemorative plaque on a park-bench
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.....silent movie
......................Wurlitzer-words
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.....musical thrones
.....................a republican's tune
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.....patched elbows
well-worn statements
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Ralph Stott was born in Kent, England in 1957. He is married and has two daughters.  He studied design at the Medway College of Design in the mid-70's. Expressing ideas through the written/visual media, has always interested him. Ralph began to dedicate more time to poetry with The Writers and Poetry Alliance, in particular the 'Stylists' forum, over the last 3 years. He has self published one book called Legends For Lunchtime; a collection of short stories and has a second book pending called The Sounding.