Hurley, UK

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Poetry in Residence  The cat with gooseberry eyes looks puzzled Indignant even as it peers from under a scruffy privet shrub, Rank summer grass and premature leaf-fall  Concealing him from all but me. For indeed the sun beats down While tarred cauliflower clouds Threaten the safe red roof tiles. Makes me long for cathedral spires: Architecture worthy of the skyscape.   Must be your influence.  Me, a pagan, longing for cathedrals! Cool musty-shadowed vaults, Wholesome food in the steamed-up refectory And the brown wax frog that the dog tried to eat.  I still have it, tooth marks and all, On the book-case next to your photograph. Makes me long for the sharp Staten Island wind: A blade equal to the grief. Ursula Hurley 14 Moss Bank Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5DD 

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