Need to get back into good #weekendpoem habits. This is The Outing by Yomi Sode, another one from Bloodaxe's 'Ten Poets of the New Generation'.
A nativity seen this week from 'The Flowering of the Rod', the third part of H.D.'s trilogy.
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'War Poetry' by Kate Clanchy. Another one from the brilliant 'Staying Alive', by Bloodaxe Books.
I'm going start calling this #weekendpoem , because its almost never on a Friday...
Not at all what I was looking for - I was in the mood for something long and meandering with meaty, rattling consonants - but when I found this I had to choose it. Thom Gunn, 'The Hug', as it appears on 'The Penguin Book of English Verse'. #weekendpoem
This week's poem has video games and religious iconography. 'Halo 2' by Will Harris, published in 'Ten Poets of the New Generation' by Bloodaxe Books. #weekendpoem
#Poetry corner_ #Eseosa
#Isaiah42v3
The smoking flax shall he not quench
The sinner, he won't wrench
Just believe and clench
Just recline on Calvary's bench
Grain of mustard seed
You can become a mighty tree
For Satan fears to see
The weakest saint upon his knees
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Sneaking this #weekendpoem in at the last minute. This is Rosmary Badcoe, published in the February 2016 issue of Under the Radar.
Fun fact: the Medieval church considered Barnacle Geese to be fish, meaning the could be eaten on Fridays.
'Hard-Luck Resume' by Catherine Bowman. I found this in an anthology called 'Blues Poetry' published by Everyman's Library in 2003, and edited by Kevin Young. I haven't looked at this book for years and there's some interesting stuff in there. Expect more. #weekendpoem
