Back from the Brink!

Hi all, as you can see, there's been a bit of a time out blogwise- have just recovered from a nasty case of tonsilitis, or to quote my doctor- 'your tonsils are covered in pus'. Mmmm. Yummy. Anyway, I had been slogging away at the poetry section of work up until I was struck down with ill, and consequently had really been struggling with it- probably as a result of my brain shutting down to fight ze germs. So, feeling better yesterday, I got stuck back into it, and everything just happened much easier- and so the results of my redrafts are the two poems posted below 'He Never Drank Again' and 'West Bexington'. Very pleased with the results. They are both based on some quite personal memories, and I think the results are quite powerful. Having a couple of days away not thinking about the poems really helped, and when I looked back at my rough drafts with fresh eyes it only took a couple of tweaks to get the poems right. Very happy! Right, onto the next job.....