Tall as houses
No, Taller
The speed of it
A stray spark
The back field roaring
Jumping from house to house
No, not jumping
Leaping then?
Yes, leaping
Or dancing
Yes, dancing
And fast
So very fast
A great wave
Taking out the whole row
How did it feel?
We can't explain
It was terrible of course
We were mesmerised
We saw things in the flames
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Poet, writer, artist. Writing and performing in England, publishing anywhere. Member of Hexameter performing poets. Workshops, projects, cross-arts collaborations.
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A beautifully descriptive – and worrying – piece of poetry, as seen on 13 January 2023 on the Poetrywivenhoe website. Highly commendable.
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Hi Colin
New Fire is such a strong poem, I wonder if you’d like to read it at the Poetrywivenhoe Zoom on Thursday evening. It could take the place of either Apophis or Impossibly Bright. How does that sound? Would you like to make a choice? All best ::Peter
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