Poems by Alan Garner
Quiet poems for page and voice.
Alan Garner writes attentive, atmospheric poems about place, memory, love, and the small weather of ordinary days. This prototype gathers written poems and spoken-word sketches in one calm listening room.
Featured audio poem
A Cup Left Warm
An intimate domestic poem about affection in small gestures. The audio is represented here as a SoundCloud placeholder, ready for Alan’s recording.
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Read a short extract
Love was not the thunder I expected,
but a cup left warm
on the narrow edge of morning.
Recent poems
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Mouthful of Weather
A spoken-word piece built for rhythm, breath, and repetition.
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This is a first sketch: a place where Alan can collect page poems, audio readings, short introductions, and categories that make the work easy to wander through.