{"id":6199,"date":"2017-11-01T20:46:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T20:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=6199"},"modified":"2017-11-01T20:46:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T20:46:13","slug":"no-more-view-a-poem-by-bradford-middleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/no-more-view-a-poem-by-bradford-middleton\/","title":{"rendered":"NO MORE VIEW. A Poem by Bradford Middleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>My old view was an inspiration behind many of the old words<br \/>\nBut now that has gone and here I don\u2019t even have a window to look out of<br \/>\nNot one that looks out on the street anyway<br \/>\nWell this means I\u2019ve nothing to gaze out at or<br \/>\nGet annoyed about<br \/>\nThe long-lost screaming of hen parties has gone<br \/>\nAnd no longer do I have to look at hipsters<br \/>\nOut convinced their having their postmodernist fun<br \/>\nBut also no view means<br \/>\nI only see beauties now when I\u2019m out on the street<br \/>\nAnd this place despite the distant<br \/>\nRoar of seagulls presents no view of the sea<br \/>\nWhich means it\u2019ll be impossible for me to start any poem<br \/>\nWith the words \u2018I stare out at sea\u2019<br \/>\nAnd with that gone I\u2019m not sure what<br \/>\nThere will be left to write about.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/craving-rest-a-poem-by-bradford-middleton\/fb_20160530_12_42_33_saved_picture\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5732\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FB_20160530_12_42_33_Saved_Picture-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"FB_20160530_12_42_33_Saved_Picture\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FB_20160530_12_42_33_Saved_Picture-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FB_20160530_12_42_33_Saved_Picture-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FB_20160530_12_42_33_Saved_Picture-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FB_20160530_12_42_33_Saved_Picture-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FB_20160530_12_42_33_Saved_Picture-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FB_20160530_12_42_33_Saved_Picture.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Bradford Middleton was born in London in 1971 but eventually found himself in Brighton in 2007 and began writing.  Since then he has over 250 unique publications, including a novel from New Pulp Press and a couple of poetry chapbooks from Crisis Chronicles Press and Holy &#038; Intoxicated Press.  His work is dotted all over the internet and in several magazines and journals.  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