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Death on the Pennines
To live this hour beneath a cold Pennines sun requires the dead hills to flow behind us. To see the mighty crow and not look back means...

Richard Mather


Confronting the Dead
So, descend the steep hill  Slowly, go on  Go past the lunch cart  — Scolding tea, coffee  Hotdogs, burgers  Fried...

Richard Mather


The Darkness of This House
Making his advances in tall steps, Davie marks Suzie standing small at the kitchen sink. She drops something, holds still her breath....

Richard Mather


The Family Way
Eve lay down and trembled. Her belly grew fat like the moon. Her womb conspired murder. Cain was gloomy at heart. Abel and his animals...

Richard Mather


Still-life
Ask her what she thinks as she conceals her baby in fallen leaves and detritus. Still-born, still-life. All that waiting, all that love...

Richard Mather


It Is so Sad / the Way Things End
It is so sad the way things end like a when a plant dies and dies in a black corner and you’re done for. It is over like the end of...

Richard Mather
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