not the slam of a Stan Wawrinka / backhand

Panenka
Michael Durack

#Poetry #MichaelDurack #Panenka #BlackNoreReview #StanWawrinka #Football #PenaltyKick

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/michael-durack-panenka/

The tectonic plates shift by fractions

Björk
Tim Fellows

#Poetry #TimFellows #Björk #BlackNoreReview #Iceland #Music

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/tim-fellows-bjork/

the lower notes are falling out of tune

Playing the piano at my father’s house
Antonia Kearton

#Poetry #AntoniaKearton #BlackNoreReview #Piano #Father #Music #Son

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/antonia-kearton-playing-the-piano-at-my-fathers-house/

while Sunday sermons drifted over me

Sabbath
Julian Dobson

#Poetry #JulianDobson #Sabbath #Boredom #Daydreaming #BlackNoreReview

https://blacknorereview.wordpress.com/2025/05/08/julian-dobson-sabbath/

but still we go on making them

Crumbs
Angela Topping

#Poetry #AngelaTopping #Crumbs #BlackNoreReview

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

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/

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/

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 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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/