Red Harriet of The Red Room mid '90s
Sad, you were not in
Last Year At Marienbad Film Alain Resnais (1961)
with a starring role.
Standard Vanguard of the 1950s
Joan loved the roses
with Dick, at Baden-Baden
of the Spa Gardens.
Forgotten Lands : Journeys .. pbl.2011
Baden-Wurttenberg
bred Prince Max. Lord Egremont,
Petworth Max, Preussen.
To Desire Her ex The Times Weekend
A Barn, in Sussex
altered as per The Auvergne,
a Jeep in your drive.
National Opera for M Bragg
Only at Covent
Garden, their singing : a show
Euro, high style.
Saturday July 1st
In Defensio (Basil Street)
The thing is, you know
Empire needs slaves. There we go !
Your avocado..
July 2nd
Hypocrite Lecteur ! ex Baudelaire (in Eliot)
That cramp slavery,
in China : a planting hell
to box gadgetry.
L' Azur, Helene ! c'est moi !
Limitless summer,
your ideal in July.
After Valery. Paul (1871-1945)
Half Time
Orangeade ; the shade
for Elevenses, Helen
rapt playing tennis. cf. A Room With A View
Fox Famine for fox
Ravenous, cub fox
and many the paper plate
scattered off dug bins.
July 3rd
Proscribe Them for Brecht
Singing The Red Flag as by Labour
an act of treason, contra
The Baronial.
Thunderbirds Are Go !
Bruised pink morganite
the California color,
E-Rolls-Royce Spectre.
History Repeating for Ralph Wigram (as in Isolde)
The Bullingdon Club
sodomy boys, rubbery (fag) buggery redacted
with Hitler, Putin. cf. A KGB Tale
July 4th
William Byrd for The King and Armitage
Anglo-Catholic,
in the main ; our great glory, cf The Spanish
rich polyphonic. or, and echoey
Pointless Living for the 1930s Auden
On, in shadow terroir
walking to grabbing terror,
fearful of error.
Deadened City for Antonioni
Muslim morgue London
the dominant leitmotiv, English leitmotif
any love hidden. or, not even an if
Russia + (1553-1598)
Ivan, Terrible The
the first Muscovite Tsar. East
of Kyiv : Poland.
July 5th (all texts of the day)
Tarmac Fest, or Feasting
Swarming with hunger,
the pigeons congregated. or, more
Herring gulls flew down. not up
Chalet Barrel Basket
Meadow Switzerland
flowers curl, wanting water.
Alison gifted.
Sounding Off for Orwell
Thought strangulation
too normal in Albion,
the censor ruling.
Unacceptable Face for E Heath
Did Heath get stared at ?
his beak, nasal prow forward
slamming Centre Point.
Steel Exporter ex Obit - for my father
Trouble is, he said
The British sold to Empire,
have no language skill.
Surrey Vermin (2) for Purbic and 'JH'
They sin together or, bin
in their gnawing, chomping proud or, boring
from boasting too loud.
Sword Beach (2) June 1944
Not an alternative
to ramping ashore, charging
beach over more dead.
Weekender
Nothing sadder, than
the girl Saturday-sexy
intent on Monday.
July 8th
Swift Re-Instated for 'Better Than Revenge' (2010)
Curving, the actress
shone, young, better known for her
feats on the mattress. or, feet
Girly Bounce Gang
Their act duvet thrown
over, the girls mantra
arrived for Tantra.
Finger Lickin' Good
Did they Kentucky
Fried Chicken, to chips ? after
chill sucky Bourbon.
Orbital Wonder for J.G. Ballard (ex Shanghai)
The car park epic
dawned a modern arena,
for combat and loot.
July 9th
Summer Clearance
Late store Marmara
had to abandon baguettes,
the French on 'French leave'.
Floral Grief 1916
August, on The Somme : Battle of July 1st Nov 18th
leaving Dover, the daily
packed Hospital train.
Bowler Surprise 1940 hat and game
Sequitur Dunkirk,
defeated men arriving
jammed commuter trains.
The Falls
Again, a Sedan
Chair conveyed France to defeat
off a pontoon fleet. or, with hurrying feet
July 10th
Sunlit Breast
Beauty, in the grace
of a low-gliding seagull east or west, dawn, eve
to one in wonder.
Yorkshire Seagull for Hughes
I know, Ted, your breast
would be seeping blood, the gull
screaming on and on.
Crow Victory Queens Crescent
It is black black crow
that stabs to kill off pigeon,
decapitating.
In The Mid 1970s for John Wain (Hurry On Down)
I remember Lunch
with you in Oxford, claiming
Crow meant the ending. 1970
Riposte To Osborne (J)
Look Back In Anger 1956
hung so dead end, ignoring
glory Malaya.
all written on July 11th
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