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Part time poet, full time librarian, student of the delights of milk chocolate. Likes books, milk, paddling, poetry, scribbling, chocolate, notebooks, sea, piers. Not necessarily in that order. All work copyright cih.

NaNoWriMo 2017

It's nearly November and that can only mean one thing.

Well actually it can mean several things, but as I'm not planning on growing facial hair for Movember, for the purposes of this poetry blog it means only one thing.

NaNoWriMo.

As on previous years, I shall be aiming to write a poem a day for the month.

So let us (or let me, at least) proceed...

Dating apps

No need to wait until Hallowe'en
When you can be ghosted
Any time
Online
©cih17, 10:11, 29.09.17

Fixing problems

What did you think
When well meaning, we
Came to 'fix' a problem
We created in your country
You were influenced by us
Dissatisfied by us
And steeped in Western created misery
You need our paltry charity
©cih17, 28.09.17

Invisible Boundaries

When did I change from 'Miss' to 'Madam'?
©cih17, 12:14, 21.09.17

The Register

The list of war dead reads like a christening roll
©cih17, 20.09.17