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Local Poetry

Poetry

Local poetry by local people.

The poems are listed in no particular order, new additions will be added at the end of the current list.

Sandré Clays
Portent 1914
Contrasts
Elnup
Orwell's Wigan - 1936

Dave Marsh
Whalley's Pet Shop
Dirty Old Town
Manchester Boy
Goi'nt Pictures
The King is Dead
Belle Vue Zoo

Alex Bolton
Childhood Memories
Days Gone

Dave Hawkins
Satan
Uncle Ted

Mandy Brown
I Wonder
Lucky

John Brown
Spelling
The Old Box
How Slow

Stephen Corless
Joyce
Mary
Aunt Bessie
Diane

Sue Ward
My Children
Shopping
Moving
Heaven
Angels
My Grandad

Carole Walker
Oh Baby

David Hook
A Century of Winters Past
White Coppice

John Clays
Disaster
On Your Horse
Gone But Still There
Sestina of Farewell; Gone

John Jarvis
The Café Life

Cyril Ashurst
Battle o'th Wutchy Rook
Th' Ceawncil Meetin'
Harrogate Street
Weel Waytered
Th' Owd Aspuller
Eawr Owd Petty
Haigh Prize Band
Welcome
Deawn Bloody Wiggin

Phillip Thomas
Dreadful Shift

Paul Brown
Faith
Mother and Son
Peace Love & Understanding
The Angel Behind Me
A Backward Glance
I'll Be Your Angel
Two Ladies

Ernie Melling
Evergreen Memories of Goose Green
The Legend of Old Goose Green

Vince Elliott
Today

Keith I. Platt
Memories Of Yesteryear
Wigan Rugby - Simply The Best
The Legend - Billy B.
To My Wife (Our Roles Reversed?)

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