{"id":668,"date":"2010-05-09T11:38:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T11:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=668"},"modified":"2010-05-09T11:38:29","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T11:38:29","slug":"two-short-cuts-new-poetry-by-jo-overfield-esther-poyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/two-short-cuts-new-poetry-by-jo-overfield-esther-poyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Two short-cuts: new poetry by Jo Overfield &amp; Esther Poyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Two short pieces today \u2013 by Jo Overfield and Esther Poyer&#8230;<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic; font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Southend, Southend<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Southend, Southend, how does your garden grow?<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">With concrete slabs and shopping centre domes,<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">And Starbucks all in a row.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">* Jo Overfield<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">  is a writer, performance poet, podcast presenter and film geek.<br \/>\nShe runs the arts event Sundown in Southend-on-Sea.<br \/>\nShe writes a large range of literature from poetry to short stories to<br \/>\nsketches and has written for <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">BBC Radio 4, TotalDVD<\/span> magazine, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Electric<br \/>\nSheep<\/span> and more.  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