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Terry Collett has been writing since 1971 and published on and off since 1972. He has written poems, plays, short story and short novels. He is married with eight children and eight grandchildren. His work has been published in magazines and anthologies on-line and off. His main ambition is to have a book of his stories and poems published.

Age: 64
Joined: January 2008

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Purple Passion Gallery. 2 per day

ASHES.

Ashes. Millie’s father’s ashes. Her sisters, Molly and May wanted nothing to do with th…

PICKSOW BOOZED HERE.

They say Bukowski / Boozed in this bar, picked / Poems from his brain / Like buckshot from a / P…

SOME THINGS.

Some things do not change, / Many things change and / Some are forever / Changing, but this shall…

SISTER FELICITY’S DIG.

Sister Felicity dug in the trowel, moved over a handful of earth, saw worms and crawling insects th…

WHETHER HE WOULD RETURN.

Whether he would return again, / Whether he would repeat / The words he spoke, / Or joke about it…

MUSING ON RANDAL.

It was in Piccadilly Circus, / She remembered, / At some bar, drinking, / Thinking of Randal, / …

SHE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.

She knew what was coming, / She’d known it before: / The slam of a door, / The rattle of frames, …

DACHAU AND DEATH.

At / Dachau, / Said Jakob, / I laid my head / Waiting for my death, / But death did not come for …

DARK HOURS.

These are the dark hours, / These are the I wish / You were here now days, / The I want to hold /…

DEPARTING CHILDREN.

Hush, / Anna, / Remember / Our little Ruth / With the large dark eyes / Like black olives in cream,…

THEY THOUGHT THEY’D LOST HER.

They thought they’d lost her / From the start, the babe / Who’d come too early / With a dodgy he…

ETERNAL LOVE.

Do you know what each / Day away from you / Does to me? Each one / Hour without me / Seeing you…

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