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Student Poetry: Manchester May 2017 by David Keyworth

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23_05_2017

On Tuesday morning
after the bomb
Great Ancoats Street and Swan Street
were closed to traffic,
so the birds on Oak Street
could hear themselves singing –
as if someone had decided to start the day again.

About the author / 

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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