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Issue # 2 September 2010
"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

Bio


Middle-aged and mildly neurotic, Laurice has been re-arranging words since 1994, after attending art school in a misguided and unsuccessful attempt to ward off a mid-life crisis. She's earned money from at least six poems and several competitions, and has managed her emotional life without illegal self-medication, despite a brief stint as a life model. Early retirement enabled her to rise from committee member of the New Zealand Poetry Society to National Coordinator in charge of everything. Election to President occurred when no-one else wanted the job. Four adult children are proud of her achievements, her husband merely bemused.


Laurice Gilbert


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Leaving Home

she flies out the door
with all the dignity
of an American eagle
her wings poised to catch
every updraft
every thermal
her optimism keeping her aloft
while beneath her fine feathers
she remains naked