December 2009
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Cyclical, underground and breaking -
one hundred before the atom.
elegant – only in its form (the skin is pretty
always covering
endless muscle
and potential.[i]
underneath a pinhead, billions[ii] - an atom
in two hands
the shovel/the pen.
one breaks, three breaks a bridge across a wing.
Unpinnable, one sits amongst the chair (the second begins
...
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Aerials point towards them
a summoning arm under clouds
(With peacock colours
the image centres and folds
The voice speaks
sensitive to the pressure
a barometer[1]
of the archaeologist
(the butcher
with fleshed bones
and creased apron
washes his boots
in the overflow
a bitten nail (in that cause and solution)
a poultice and reminder
a terrible pendant
of the feather strewn
box, of...
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The stars centre (a miniature galaxy -
(((((((((((((((((((((o)))))))))))))))))))))))): time
((((((((((((((((((((((o))))))))))))))))))))))): position
(((((((((((((((((((((((o)))))))))))))))))))))): money/heart
5 y x7
(x+y-7
(smudging around the nucleus – the dot of universe
returning to Hellas on
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The Ghosts Of Our Breakfasts.
I watched the river of lights as the ghosts of my breakfast played over the dashboard and hummed along to the radio. That’s what my father called them: the ghosts of our breakfasts.
I called them farts, but then I’ve always called a spade a spade.
If there was one consistent complaint people have had about me it was that. The killing of the poetry in things as Carrie once put it. Only six...
My Favourite Albums of 2009
Martyn - Great Lengths
Volcano Choir - Unmap
Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Idlewild - Post-Electric Blues
The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa
Kryptic Minds - One Of Us
Atlas Sound - Logos
Clem Snide - Hungry bird
Swell season - Strict Joy
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
The Pains oF Being Pure At Heart - ST
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
PHOENIX -...
Interrogation log of Guantanamo Detainee Posted In... →
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‘I See Shawcross On The Seashore’
Down by the river, by the waters edge, Arthur makes them take their clothes off, fold them, put them in neat little piles. Like tiny cotton gravestones, little boy’s pants and socks lie beside the riverbank. “Fold the clothes,” he says. It makes them think they’ll put them on again. There’s a tiny nest of hope so they’re quiet and pliant. The sun is always shining by...
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Sir, All The Rest Is Mute.
(Material taken from spam emails.)
The amorous count solicits things
far more devastating than the impact.
Two rocky objects orbiting one another
is the fee simple of his salvation.
A red 10 means that the object will definitely
hit the earth and
Sir, all the rest is mute.
Are thou so confident. Within.
Most asteroids are made of rock,
while comets can be a mixture of rock, organic...