Mangaliso Buzani’s poetry inspired this
i
I’m figuring out
Sadness
ii
My fingers pull
The tough skins off
The frozen chicken pieces
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Alan Finlay’s poetry inspired this
The door has wings
Swings open
The tree and summer have glands
That I cannot see
The whale speaks
I am ghost
Behind the closed door
The hinge is broken
The door remains ajar
The castle’s kitchen is turned upside down
You are not here anymore
I tear my heart out
The screwdriver (it needs to be fixed)
It needs to be fixed
Squirrels dance (in the backyard)
In the backyard
Wizards are in the field
Practising wizardry
Potter’s calling
The Goodyear blimp
It lands on a bump
In the green valley
The binary star
The wheel
The circle
Goes around and around
In the bluest eye
Of the sky
The spaceship lands
The alien disembarks
They like being near
The ocean
It reminds the alien
Of their interplanetary system
It reminds them
Of navigating our constellation
I miss you
Like the alien misses
Intergalactic war with us
In another time
Space
Place
Gap
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Teamhw SbonguJesu’s poetry inspired this
This curt earth
It crumbles between my fingers
Dead to the world
Halfway there
Down the aisle
Then woken up
As if from a dream
Lightly resilient
Heavy
Powerful
Sweet
An adverse experience
Traumatic
As my first blood
Wildflower
I am fragile
You rescued me
I saved you
Inspired by this dust
These eddies
This circle of wolves
I arrange the dry flowers
Somehow, they’re alive to me
Their memorabilia
Their ephemera
These photographs
I shield my gaze
From my outstanding
Debt
Plutarch’s Constitution
Loneliness
Is only a place to start
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Robert Berold’s poetry halfway inspired this
i
You’re meat
Weathering the distance between taste, grease and hot sun
ii
You’re science
Marking space, time and textbook knowledge
iii
You’re the noble creative
Mastering the performance of the arts
iv
Actor garnering praise for resisting
What matters is commandeering the metaphysical at rest
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Poems: Abigail George
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