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Poem Quotes Flashcards

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My father’s…

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…face (1st) (MFW) (Ingrid de Kok)

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five…

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…days dead (2nd) (MFW)

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is organised…

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…for me to see (3rd) (MFW)

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and the borrowed…

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…coffin gleams unnaturally (5th) (MFW)

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he hid,…

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…he hid away (17th) (MFW)

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the florist’s flowers…

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…curling into spring (19th) (MFW)

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everything he hears…

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…is white (24th) (MFW)

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Grand-dad, they…

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…say you’re old and frail, (1st) (AC) (JB)

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You used to smile…

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…and stroke my head, (7th) (AC)

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I love my…

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…own old dad. (18th) (AC)

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The housewives…

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…round their potions brew, (19th) (AC)

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Rouse up…

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…and be our dad again. (26th) (AC)

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Your fixed eyes…

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…begin to wink, (46th) (AC)

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Let me be your raincoat/…

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…for those frequent rainy days (9-10th) (IWBY)

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I will not…

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…run out (18th) (IWBY)

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i don’t wanna…

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…be hers (28th) (IWBY)

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let me be your vacuum cleaner/…

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…breathing in your dust (1st/2nd) (IWBY)

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i wanna be…

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…yours (8th) (IWBY)

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you call…

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…the shots (7th) (IWBY)

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CONTEXT: John Cooper Clarke

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The ‘people’s poet’, funny - an entertainer. English performance poet, born in Salford (1949). 2 wives. 5 decade long career. 68 in 2017

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‘Bed’ seemed a curious…

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…name for those green spears (2nd) (N)

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That regiment of…

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…spite behind the shed (3rd) (N)

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The boy came…

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…seeking comfort and I saw (4th) (N)

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And then I took my billhook…

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…and honed the blade (9th) (N)

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Had called up tall…

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…recruits behind the shed (15th) (N)

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My son would often…

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…feel sharp wounds again. (16th) (N)

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