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A creeping chill

We live in anxious times full of threat and uncertainty. We know about many of the risks we face and have some idea of how to avoid them, but perhaps the biggest fears are those shrouded in the unknown. A poet’s way of dealing with anything is to write a poem about it, and this example was crafted to look at the whole idea of anxiety, rather than the worry over a specific factor.

Michael W Thomas, of Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, is an experienced writer, poet and playwright with a strong track record in Britain, Canada and the United States. His latest book, , was published by Black Pear Press in 2019. In he begins

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