THIRSTY
The Cold Tap Sings
the p-word
Tag: Blood
March 8, 2014
MY BLOOD-SOAKED* ESSENTIAL NERUDA
*hot chocolate-spattered
October 2, 2013
ANNE CARSON IS RED
Anne Carson is Red
Anne Carson is wearing red cowboy boots
Anne Carson is wearing a red tie
Anne Carson reads from a red folder in front of a red wall
I am wearing red underwear
Robert Currie displays red paintings on a white screen
Anne Carson is RED blood red a cinnabar moth
November 12, 2011
WINE-DARK
Here’s another extract from ‘Fathom’. I’d realised up until this point that all the sections contained either animals or seascapes, so I thought I might write about a person. And who is closer to the sea than a fisherman? It was partly inspired by this antique playing card which I got for my birthday.
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‘Wine-dark’
A fisherman
angle-poised
against the gale.
He saw snow
before
he saw sea
but
now brine
salts
his veins.
Cut him
and
the wet
is
wine-dark
not
milk-white.
A fisherman.
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Read more sections from ‘Fathom’ here.
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