Reece AJ Chambers

Reece AJ Chambers Dec 2022

All our friends are leaving
so let's tie ourselves
together with orange ribbons,

watch the strangers
in their sandals eat
freshly baked bread

and say isn't the weather
just glorious today, I could spend
the whole afternoon outside

letting the sun hit my body,
a gift for the skin,
or is it us saying that

in a European city sometime
in July, eating oranges and accepting
whatever form of love this is.

Written: December 2022.
Explanation: A poem written in my own time. Feedback welcome. A link to my Facebook writing page and Instagram page can be found on my HP home page.

Reece AJ Chambers Dec 2022

Nadolig Llawen

I.

fog-clogged atmosphere
naked unearthly structures
loom with static limbs

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II.

crispy chunks of spuds
gift-wrapped meat nudge sliced white bird
paper crowns for all

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III.

to next year thoughts turn
last days unfurl post-Noel
with dawn's frosted tongue

Written: December 2022.
Explanation: A set of three haikus relating to the Christmas period - not meant to be taken seriously, and a deviation from my normal style of work.
This follows a similar set of (fairly samey) haikus written over the past few years - Yuletide Trilogy (2012), Stocking Fillers (2013), Christmas Triptych (2014), Festive Trio (2015), Pulling Crackers (2016), Joyeux Noël (2017), Feliz Navidad (2018), Buon Natale (2019), God Jul (2020), and Nollaig Shona (2021). The title is Welsh for 'Merry Christmas.'
All feedback welcome. A link to my Facebook writing page and Instagram page can be found on my HP home page.

Reece AJ Chambers Dec 2022

Sky Forks

splice of sky
like a nerve pinched
to nick the horizon

     temporary fissure
     thorns that blind
     make the whitest tears

storm illuminate
with electricity lick
missable schism

    but for its remains
    protest from beyond
    as though disturbed sleep

Written: December 2022.
Explanation: A poem written in my own time. Feedback welcome. A link to my Facebook writing page and Instagram page can be found on my HP home page.

Reece AJ Chambers Oct 2022

Spring Meadows

I'll take you up
on your suggestion
to dance
in spring meadows

and even if our feet
are bare we'll wear
silly smiles
on our faces

because it's this
we must remember
when the days thaw to blue
and melt to black

the ignition of a touch
familiar as a pulse
young spinning tops
in the parentheses of our love

Written: October 2022.
Explanation: A poem written in my own time. A link to my Facebook writing page and Instagram page can be found on my HP home page.

Reece AJ Chambers Sep 2022

Stung

and it says plenty
enough now
placed ahead
of a breathing soul

what odd limbo
to be drenched in
though a *****
of expectation

makes a private
red welt
or silent sinking
for your second best

Written: September 2022.
Explanation: A poem written in my own time. A link to my Facebook writing page and Instagram page can be found on my HP home page.

Reece AJ Chambers Sep 2022

The Keys

Not knowing what they’re for,
linked questions
on an eastern future
where yourself, you’ll find
on the lip
of a fresh decade,
your tangle of metallic
teeth the answers
to somewhere.

Written: September 2022.
Explanation: A poem written in my own time inspired by a photo a friend of mine uploaded to social media. A link to my Facebook writing page and Instagram page can be found on my HP home page.

Reece AJ Chambers Aug 2022

Picking

I suppose what I mean to ask is
when will you get it,
when will the cartoon lightbulb
twitch its gift above your heads

so I can pour the little of me
into the many hands you possess
for approval, the scoring
of boxes that do it all for you,

and is it all worth it, I suppose
I should ask. Will you discard
like a bare crisp packet,
tasted and wasted, replaced

by a glossier prospect, the glass
of champagne pricked with bubbles,
and they can pour themselves to you
in a more delicious, refreshing way.

Written: August 2022.
Explanation: A poem written in my own time. A link to my Facebook writing page and Instagram page can be found on my HP home page.