Poems

John Ellison Davies: ‘Threesome’ and ‘Mistakes’

Threesome in the beginning it was a way of filling gaps in the conversation he’d lost interest in her pottery she in his poetry they both adored Felicity she wasn’t interested in anything John Ellison Davies Mistakes I have been counting the mistakes in my life I count eight big ones between 1970 and 1980 but then only four in the following twenty years and four minor errors in the last fifteen it’s encouraging John Ellison Davies

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