Terry Collett Poems

Sister Mary pushed Anne
in her wheelchair
to the white table
where you were sitting
...

It was the second day
of the summer recess
and Judith and you
walked through the field
...

Dionne Warwick was singing
you'll never get to Heaven
if you break my heart
...

Those days are over now
you and your mother

sitting in the garden
she with her posh lady hat
...

When Monica asked
if she could go with you
and her brothers
bike riding
...

There's a salesperson at the door
someone said
and so you went to the door
and there was the young salesman
...

Julie was walking
down Oxford Street
with you
...

Christine hated Saturdays
on the locked ward
the day her fiancé
...

What did you think
of the Chagall postcard print
I bought you?
Judy asked as you both sat
...

Ought we to go in there?
Helen asked
as you both stood outside

the bombed out factory
...