We are all passing, some of us speeding:
Last breath of Sussex, that garlic scent-seeping
‘cross my car-flight, off lamp-dipped byway;
roofless in the dark, dash-muddied spray;
the fear of deer-leaps suspends my ill-state,
I’ll drive too fast, to avoid pain’s complaint.
Drop down, under Barcombe, about ten fifteen,
over The Ouse, banked, by garlic’s foul teem.
My late return home, from a house in Hove:
We carved plans in ply, with Wilfred Owen.
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Mike Bell's expanding collection of poems is his ongoing response to actual moments – conjured memories – and a fearful future.
His ambition is to publish 10,000 poems, and then take a nap.
His writing continues to be reproduced in various formats and journals – he also throws himself out there in occasional readings – open mics and poetry sessions – when his body is willing.
Mike Bell is found working for money as a freelance set designer.
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