09 Dervla O'Brien and Joe Thomas

Welcome to the ninth episode of Dickens and Quips!

This week we have Dervla O'Brien on the show and I shall be reading from Cake, Liberty and Other Inexplicable Phenomena by Joe Thomas

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The festival she was talking about is accepting proposals here

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You can buy his book Here

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Prompt for this week is "sticky floors" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem.

 Thank you to Roger Waldron for your poem this week.

Invite 

inviting me round 

to talk over   your 

world beating veggie lasagna 

you apologise for the kitchen 

careful   don’t stick to the floor   

we talk about 

being married 

that B&B in Scarborough  

where they asked  if we wanted 

dessert   which turned out 

to be Pears in sticky Rice Pudding 

you asked 

if we’d ever be a pair 

again   you asked if I would like

pudding  afters  etc 

I declined all 3    careful not to stick 

to your floor   wondering  

what makes  you think like that 

Featured poets:

Paige Lewis

Sarah Kay