Today's poem is Clipping by Anna Woodford. Taken from her first full collection, Birdhouse (Salt Publishing, 2010), it combines exquisite phrase-making with a thought-provoking reflection on how human relationships evolve over time...

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This is why no one should be allowed to amass a fortune so large that they stop being “just an individual in the free market” and turn into a state actor.

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Approving the Jackdaw gas field solves none of our problems, while contributing to the existential crisis of climate breakdown. The government has privileged special interests above the general interest. It's a shameful, cowardly decision.

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I reread books, rewatch movies. It is amazing, if you know the plot, how much more you see when you can focus on the details you missed.

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Is it really plausible to say the Government didn't know what the consequences would be, of emptying hospitals of old people with Covid infections and insisting care homes took them in? I find it hard to believe no-one had indicated to Johnson's Government what would happen, the thousands of deaths.

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