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Student Poetry: Angel Meadow by David Keyworth

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The angels in Angel Meadow
woken by cries and alarms
opened the gate to death’s orphans
laid them in flower beds
folded their wings
and slept, then woke again.

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David Keyworth

David Keyworth recently completed his MA Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. He previously won a new poet’s bursary in the Northern Writers' Awards (New Writing North). His debut pamphlet 'The Twilight Shift' is available from WildPressed Books http://www.wildpressedbooks.com/david-keyworth.html Find more of his work here: www.weekendnotes.co.uk/profile/212149/

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