House, Kennack Sands. Cornwall

House teeters on the cliff’s high edge,
looks out across the drizzling, grizzled shoreline.
House must keep her head in the clouds
so she is careful never to look down.
House is stubborn, built square and stout.
Once her feet were planted in tomorrow.
Now the red earth retreats, loosens its grip,
shifts a little more with every day.
But still House goes on. Stares out the weather.
Hears the grey gulls squabble and screech.
Her blue eyes are dull. Her roof, her stone,
knows the end of things will come when it will.
Let waves crash and roar, let wind have its way;
let the elements perform their very worst.
House stands for all that. She endures her undoing,
loves her blisters and her overgrown gutters;
finds something to honour in her damp
and rotting timbers and her long neglected flaws.
House is bold, defiant…

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Sunrise on Midsummer Morning
 
A full moon falling, the sky lit
with last night’s charred and crumbling embers

across the field, thin spills of misty light

visiting spirits haunt the hedges
or try a cry in the canal’s bandaged ear

dung reeks and steams, a horse’s hoof strikes home

and out of the trees the great bird rises
wings spread and beating the sky into flame

and the great egg of the world is hatched

with an outflung shout and tumble of voices
many and many, song of all songs.

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Later on oak’s shoulder
an owl puts on a mask of light

and the big mothers with their babies
stand among thistles and stare.

David Calcutt is a playwright, poet and novelist. He is the author of four novels and three collections of poetry. His plays have appeared in the theatre and on BBC radio. He lives in…

Well yesterday I recorded my first show in the host’s chair of Brum Radio Poets with the 3 lovely poets that are Holly Daffurn, Bethany Slinn and Tom McCann…

The format of the show is pretty straightforward. I find 3 amazing poets, we get in the studio, we talk poetry and all things related and then we do readings – simples! But what fun we had too. The different styles, opinions and observations of the poets makes for a fascinating hour of conversation and I really enjoyed getting some insight in to the work of all 3 poets as well.

The show is broadcast on Brum Radio at 11:00am on the last Sunday of each month, so you can catch Holly, Bethany and Tom on Sunday 30th July. There is also a Mixcloud recording of the show available if you miss it on 30th – just go to the Brum…