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3 Alan Brownjohn Quotes

Alan Brownjohn's verses read like gritty poetry, exploring work, danger and fleeting beauty.

Alan Brownjohn quotes

  1. Following daily such a dread- ful trade to earn a living, With every second on that cliff So cruel and unforgiving,

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  2. Is fine - as long as no one comes And asks us what we do there... We'd have to say, Without our toil, Just who would know it grew there?

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  3. At dawn, a railwaywoman On a country platform whirls on the end of a chain An irrelevant key, while a young guard makes to wipe A crumb from her lapel; and see, she smiles A permissory smile you take in from your corner seat: A cameo of unrehearsed perfection.

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