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		<title>A poem about a petting zoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Fenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and the end of a relationship. The title is from the song &#8220;Take me in your arms and love me.&#8221; Take all of this love of mine As a child I was taught “The Fairytale Theory” which states that in situations of mortal peril human characters should always heed the advice of the helpful animals. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ajfenner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3915639&amp;post=1807&amp;subd=ajfenner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A poem about being a spy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Fenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Archer As an officer of the law, I was trained to read between the lines. “Are you saying what I think you’re saying?” I said. The man behind the empty desk nodded. “Yes, Rusty, I am. We’d like you to join MI6.” I reared up, gawping. A sugar cube landed on my tongue. “All [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ajfenner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3915639&amp;post=1730&amp;subd=ajfenner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A poem about being bored at work</title>
		<link>http://ajfenner.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/a-poem-about-being-bored-at-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Fenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a poem about working as this lady, who lives at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall: Red Vespa I&#8217;m normally the first to arrive, and in the pale blue light I arrange myself on the moss with a fair amount of enthusiasm. But as the visitors start to drift past on their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ajfenner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3915639&amp;post=1635&amp;subd=ajfenner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A poem about cricket</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Fenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[and sledging, which I never knew went on until recently, and which I&#8217;m weirdly fascinated with. I nicked the title off Don Henley&#8217;s song Boys of Summer. You&#8217;ve got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on My new approach was really paying off. When I told Geoff that his batting technique was the envy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ajfenner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3915639&amp;post=1540&amp;subd=ajfenner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A poem about a desert island</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Fenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just this once, twice, forever. I&#8217;ve been thinking, maybe we could get back together. I know we&#8217;ve had our ups and downs, but we&#8217;ve been surprisingly happy marooned here on what we&#8217;ve named Armadillo Island, because everything that isn&#8217;t an armadillo, seems designed to please one, such as the dens and the beetles and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ajfenner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3915639&amp;post=1492&amp;subd=ajfenner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A poem about Savage Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Fenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[and their song, I knew I loved you before I met you. The stuff in the poem about angelic beings comes from a line in the song, &#8216;a thousand angels dance around you.&#8217; The bit in italics is a mix of lyrics from other Savage Garden songs (The Animal Song, Truly Madly Deeply and Affirmation). [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ajfenner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3915639&amp;post=1437&amp;subd=ajfenner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A poem about Lee Dixon and David Seaman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Fenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And an own goal Lee Dixon scored in 1991. David Seaman Presents Goalkeeping Nightmares I was blaming myself as I drove the boys home that evening, wondering if I could have got a glove to that ball. So it came as a relief when I heard the snap of a ring pull behind me, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ajfenner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3915639&amp;post=1426&amp;subd=ajfenner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another poem about snooker</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 07:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Fenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a poem about Graeme Dott, who came second in the snooker World Championship this year. He won it in 2006. He&#8217;s a quiet character and so doesn&#8217;t always get noticed as much as other players, even when he&#8217;s as good. He had depression after his manager, who was also his father-in-law, died. He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ajfenner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3915639&amp;post=1262&amp;subd=ajfenner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A poem about snooker</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Fenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[and Ronnie O&#8217;Sullivan walking out on Stephen Hendry. Red black rocket I&#8217;ve had enough of this game. And this waistcoat. I&#8217;d like to play in a space suit. Imagine that, shooting balls like they were planets bouncing against the sides of the universe. At Narcotics Anonymous we discuss responding to anger and frustration, by isolating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ajfenner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3915639&amp;post=1236&amp;subd=ajfenner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A poem about a person who works in a butterfly house</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Fenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[and gets so addicted to fainting in the humidity that they get the sack. Butterfly House I used to work here my dream job watering plants in a rubber uniform dripping in the air that butterflies like. Initially, I was praised for the careful way I passed the drinks round never once spraying an insect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ajfenner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3915639&amp;post=1190&amp;subd=ajfenner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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