POETRY, Our "Poets Window".

We're going to have a space in our shop window to display poetry.
So, all you budding poets, send us your poems and yours could be on our "poets window".
Our first theme is simply: "Yes"
Please send us your poem by the end of September.
You can email your poem: charity_boookshop@hotmail.co.uk
Post to: Samaritans Book Shop, 125 earls Court road, London, SW5 9RH.
Or just drop your poem into us.

We plan for this to be a monthly or twice monthly.

"Yes". A poem.

The following is a poem which is a stream of consciousness so no need for punctuation. We have put it up as received.

Yes

Yes Yes Yes to life and yes to hope and yes to imagination so we can create and yes to the winds that blow away my troubles and the autumn leaves that fall gently like my tears and yes they bring me comfort,yes oh yes always yes to love because rivers flow through it and clear my eyes and yes to the rough oceans we must cross to understand its power and depth and yes to the waterfalls cascading with magical mystery and yes oh yes i only have to call its name and yes it will open the flood barriers so i can glide with it in its rich oceans and yes i must never fear its strength for yes it will give me wings and yes always yes i shout to the heavens and all the other spacemen and spacewomen YES because yes i want to be free.

- Sean Duffy