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Warmfield-cum-Heath
02:27
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The Blue Bridge
02:25
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the bridge is a link
between there and here
the future and the past
the many and the few
the clutter and the space
the noise and the peace
the workhouse and the gentry
the middle of every journey
a destination for us.
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The Whittling Well
01:17
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every year the land swallows more of the moon
but the boathouse stands
turrets of oak, swaddled by roots
feet still wet
perch and pike in the weeds
a man-made cavern, an empty socket in the hill
stone will outlast the water
blood will outlast the rails
we stand on the precipice
and remember the river's reign.
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The Cottage
01:46
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passed out again
it was a regular occurrence
each time thinking it was my last
the uneven floor of the bedroom
the rough stone of the wall
a shock from the fitting
and a home for us all
low ceilings and ghost rumours
rewiring a teenage brain
coal for the fire
and a home for us all
a hub to the circuit
entrance into mental leylines
from my bookshelf to the world
a shock from the fitting
future and past
all things at once
and a home for us all.
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Mary Bolles Never Left
01:55
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for fifty years they left the room locked up
undisturbed
but last wishes are soon forgot
superstition rationalised
the door comes down
her rest is over
here she comes.
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Heath Hall ha-ha
01:01
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The Weir
01:08
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Past the Stocks
03:31
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the car screamed down the lane
headlights flaring cat's eyes
we pushed down into the hollow by the field's edge
full-beam searchlights passing over our heads
skeletal trees glowing hell-red
quickly pulling back the bedclothes of night
as the taillights faded
never lost, never found, always searching
always searching.
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The Easter Fair
01:41
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I think I saw you at the Easter fair
ice cream in one hand
goldfish in the other
trying to navigate the waltzers
the highlight of the year
no dreams
just memories of future things
the bag was leaking.
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Mount Tarry-by-it
01:06
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it's not a question of which came first
when the chorus overlays the verse
the summer house or the hillside's name
they were here and there and will be always
when you tarry here and watch the view
does the view look back or look straight through?
its form may change but doesn't care
if you are here or over there
the rolling heath and distant tower
the shelter from expected showers
it's not a question of which came first
when the chorus overlays the verse.
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The Party (1987)
01:28
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a grand entrance, lofty ideals
wine flows in a land of plenty
trainer scuffed on marble and chrome
chase the buzz before the scent eludes
flash bulbs spark
wake up on an island
draped in diesel fumes
chaotic endings, the suit returned.
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Turpin's Rest
02:23
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crest the hill and back around
the crossroads where a peace was found
standing by the bus stop, carrier bag at arms
the inn, the stocks, the second graves
extinguish light, rekindle hope
the green lane stretching
like an arm resting 'cross a body
future views of piled stone
rail by rail and stone by stone
the embankment grows and grows
towering above orchards, apples on the ground
the navvy's songs will shake the beams
but no worry tonight for old John Palmer.
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Frieston's Legacy
01:16
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one man gone, seven from the street
almshouse / hospital
you walked around the corner
circle squared.
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The Benedictines
01:46
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Peter the Apostle
02:12
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it seemed like a good idea
walk home and start the new year in my own bed
but now I was turning away from the road
and the heath was eating me up
cooling tower leviathans on my left
everything in mind
dark shapes on a dark night wrestling with my senses
dreadnoughts finding their feet, a ghost crowd shouting
an errant shot and give strokes lost hacking at the gorse
horses grazing by the Whittling Well
generations of sheep bleating in the pinfold
WG Grace closing on a second century
the spectral fairground on top of the hill
alone, surrounded by them all
I questioned my choice and hurried on.
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Gaslit
00:43
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Wakefield 'B'
02:10
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the beast squats by the Calder
it sprawls grey
hidden fires turn lightning
breathe out clouds
guard post of the south
the blood of the county
presence
buildings scar the earth
only materials are dismantled
in a hundred thousand dreams
the furnace burns
'A' to 'B' never 'C'
you and I were just a moment there.
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betwixt and between
no visions, no fever dreams
just a lack of breath.
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22. |
Newland Lost
00:47
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23. |
Green Lane
02:30
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