{"id":132,"date":"2011-01-14T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T12:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=132"},"modified":"2020-12-14T13:43:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T13:43:52","slug":"short-cuts-for-a-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/short-cuts-for-a-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Short cuts for a Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here's a collection of shorter pieces to ease us all gently into the weekend…<\/span>


Quite early one morning<\/span>

\u2018Y\u2019 Tumble<\/span>
half past ten<\/span>
a black and white<\/span>
waitress<\/span>
haiku\u2019s the menu<\/span>
\u2018black pudding, mushrooms or<\/span>
   tomato\u2019<\/span>

as shepherd alcoholics<\/span>
warn of Swansea<\/span>
   storms<\/span>

<\/font><\/p>\n

…David Lewis<\/span>
<\/font><\/div>\n



BORED<\/span>

if you blow your foot off<\/span>
with a double-barrel shotgun<\/span>
is that an innocent mistake<\/span>
how many toes constitute an error<\/span>
how many inches of shin a sin<\/span>

the devil is in the detail<\/span>

<\/font><\/p>\n

…G W Colkitto<\/span>
<\/font><\/div>\n



Four Alone and Together<\/span>

1.   If ever there was<\/span>
      a home for haiku<\/span>
      it is outside this window<\/span>

2.   South is not a sense.<\/span>
      North is always true<\/span>
      and I am not the centre.<\/span>

3.   I was at first annoyed by<\/span>
      the fly on my peach.<\/span>
      But not any more.<\/span>

4.  My heart is ready.<\/span>
     My thoughts are now clear.<\/span>
     Pressing \u2018send\u2019 still does nothing.<\/span>

<\/font><\/p>\n

…Sue Guiney<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/div>\n


* David Lewis<\/span>'s forthcoming book is out April-ish. <\/span>www.david-lewis.co.uk\/write.html<\/a>

<\/font>* G W Colkitto<\/span> has had short stories in The Ranfurly Review<\/span>. He has published two poetry anthologies and a poetry pamphlet. He is part of Read Raw<\/span>, four writers performing regularly in the Glasgow area. www.readrawltd.co.uk<\/a><\/font>

* Sue Guiney<\/span>\u2019s novel <\/span>A Clash of Innocents<\/span> was published in September 2010. Her poetry collection<\/span> Her Life Collected<\/span> will be published in early 2011.
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