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A POET’S COUNTRY

Looking through, ’a poet’s country’
I found a mental health appointment
Card from ten years ago.  That’s how
Long ive lived with this problem
Of nothingness.  I’m reading things
I have read before, digging for hope
Just like Kavanagh did in spud drills.

I got a letter today from the same people.
I don’t know if any help can be got
I live in a strange world where nothing
Seems to happen.  I’ve tried everything
To overcome this but only writing

Is the seed of poetry, where things grow.

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