Selected Poems of Diana Hendry
Biography
Diana Hendry is a poet, short story writer and children's author. She grew up by the sea and has worked as a journalist, English teacher and tutor in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol. Her poetry has won a number of awards including first prize in the 1996 Housman Society Competition. Her website is www.dianahendry.co.uk.
List of Poems
The Spare Room
It was just the spare room
the nobody-there room
the spooks-in-the-air room
the unbearable spare room.
It wasn't the guest room
the four-poster best room
the designed-to-impress room
the unusable guest room.
It wasn't the main room
the homely and plain room
the flop-on-the-bed room
Mum and Dad's own room.
It wasn't the blue room
the sweet lulla-loo room
the creep-on-your-feet room
the baby's asleep room.
It wasn't the bright room
the clothes-everywhere room
the music-all-night room
sister's scattered-about room.
It was just the spare room
the nobody-there room
the spooks-in-the-air room
the unbearable spare room.
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