RECLAMATION MARKS! - The anemone within - essays and poems

Sep 28, 2026

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Reclamation Marks! collects a sequence of lyrical and reflective pieces by Graeme Hawley, presented with sectioned material that moves from brief moments and imagined scenes to broader emotional and social themes. The contents include personal encounters, everyday observations, and darker introspections such as self-harm, illness, and exclusion, alongside moments of wit and memory. The book’s structure is organized into “BEFORE,” “DURING,” and “AFTER,” creating a progression of experience and recovery.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages100

Reading Time2 h 34 min

AccessFree to download

BEFORE

Revelation

Swiss Army doodles

I could surprise you

Cul-de-sacs

Angles at dusk

Going

City fox

The anemone within

Apart

One man show

Umbrellas

Vandalism

Attachments

Mushy peas

Writing on the wall

Bone china

Skin cancer

Blood from a stone

O'Christ

Sinking feeling

Songs my mother taught

Not drowning

Panic attack

Big business

Reading between the

DURING

Static

Saviour

Squashed Braille

Let me out

Silent pendulum

Repellent

Self harm

The enlightened

The innocents

The hills are alive

How terrified I was

Dunstanburgh Castle

Bitter-sweet

Temping

Anthem for damned youth

Buzzwords

Cardinal sin

Electric shock therapy

For the curious

Reclaiming myself

Social exclusion in the

Sun

Bolero

At its best

Planning for the future

When I'm feeling fruity

Friend

A new leaf

Worse than animals

Wind chimes

Deal

G.S.O.H.

# RECLAMATION MARKS! Graeme Hawley Colon:Press RECLAMATION MARKS! # GRAEME HAWLEY RECLAMATION MARKS! Colon :Press 2004 Published in the United Kingdom in 2004 by Colon:Press,PO Box 23634,Edinburgh,EH12GE.www.colonpress.comcolonpress@hotmail.com ISBN 0-9548075-0-2 Content copyright c Graeme Hawley 2004.llustrations copyright Graeme Hawley 2004. All rights reserved.No portion of this book may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted inany form,or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,without the priorwritten permission of the publisher. The right of Graeme Hawley to be identified as the author ofthis work has been asserted by him in accordance with theCopyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988. # British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the BritishLibrary. Printed and bound in England by Antony Rowe Limited. For people who have had a time of it. CONTENTS BEFORE ,Revelation11 Swiss Army doodles41I could surprise you12 Cul-de-sacs42Angles at dusk13Going43City fox14 The anemone within44Apart15 One man show46Umbrellas16 Vandalism48Attachments18 Mushy peas49 ·Writing on the wall19 Bone china50Skin cancer20Blood from a stone52O'Christ21Sinking feeling54Songs my mother taught 22Not drowning56mePanic attack57Big business23Reading between the24AFTERlinesSilent screaming61Wish25After Romans62Fossileyes26Pow wow wow63Running not walking27My life was like an64analogyDURINGSympathy with the66Static31 SaviourSquashed Braille32 Let me out67Silent pendulum33 Repellent68Self harm34 The enlightened69The innocents35 The hills are alive70How terrified I was36Dunstanburgh Castle72Bitter-sweet37Temping74Anthem for damned youth 38Buzzwords75 Cardinal sin76Electric shock therapy77For the curious78Reclaiming myself80Social exclusion in the82SunBolero83At its best84Planning for the future85When I'm feeling fruity86Friend88A new leaf89Worse than animals90Wind chimes91Deal92 G.S.O.H.93

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What is the overall organization of the book?

The contents are divided into three parts: “BEFORE,” “DURING,” and “AFTER,” indicating a progression of experiences and reflections.

What kinds of themes appear across the pieces?

The table of contents points to personal and emotional subjects, including memory, illness, self-harm, and social exclusion, alongside everyday observations.

Who is credited as the author of Reclamation Marks!?

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Sep 28, 2026

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