Apr 2020
or anywhere
abacus of Amstel lights
cube-stacks drizzled citrus
behind the iris
funnel of fauna
propped up by charcoal arms
violet grapes
avocado stone
raspberry drupelets
visible from here
market on a Monday
the hard ‘g’ of Maandag
a guttural language
my throat warms to
orange not my shade
but do as the Dutch do
plump cylinders of Edam
coated in red rind
oysters in their cots of silver
shrimp galaxies like tangerine hooks
Japanese tourists
taking snaps for the ‘Gram
everybody passing over the King
sun proffering a hand through the glass
abacus of Amstel lights
cube-stacks drizzled citrus
behind the iris
funnel of fauna
propped up by charcoal arms
violet grapes
avocado stone
raspberry drupelets
visible from here
market on a Monday
the hard ‘g’ of Maandag
a guttural language
my throat warms to
orange not my shade
but do as the Dutch do
plump cylinders of Edam
coated in red rind
oysters in their cots of silver
shrimp galaxies like tangerine hooks
Japanese tourists
taking snaps for the ‘Gram
everybody passing over the King
sun proffering a hand through the glass
NOTE: The lines are supposed to alternate between coming in from the left and right hand side of the page, but HP is messing it up again.
Written: 2018/19.
Explanation: A poem that was part of my MFA Creative Writing manuscript, in which I wrote poems about cities that have staged the Eurovision Song Contest, or taken the name of a song and written my own piece inspired by the title. I have received a mark for this body of work now, so am sharing the poems here.
Written: 2018/19.
Explanation: A poem that was part of my MFA Creative Writing manuscript, in which I wrote poems about cities that have staged the Eurovision Song Contest, or taken the name of a song and written my own piece inspired by the title. I have received a mark for this body of work now, so am sharing the poems here.
