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Poem for You

Selected from the National Poetry Day competition Post a Poem.
To see the poems previously published on the theme of Stars click here

Stars
By Alison Graham

The stars are seriously
Squashing the village
Tonight.
All of them
Mocking
Our one yellow street light,
From just above
The chimney pots.
They are pressing down,
A ceiling
Full of flashing teeth:
Too near, by far.


Page last updated: 24th February 2014