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Can’t be sure
It wasn’t the main thing
nor the unnecessary or even
forthcoming a bit of
a slip two pages turned
instead of one – no matter
– concave in a manner
of speak unfulfilled hinted
forsaken ever lapping slaked
& insignificant presumably
saturated with doubt – a hearth
could it have been – a newspaper
to draw the flames
Lexes
Expose each syllable each flick
of the tongue make space
for the beautiful words authorise exemplify
meaning (nor this/nor that) colonies
of words clipped elongated
sonorous rebounding ups downs
telepathy essence h-e-s-i-t-a-t-i-o n
slip/seep slide/sweep seed/sway
speedy complex incomplete . . .
serenade low low lay lay
barbules cornucopia teasel twizzle
connotation trance askance
acorn lawn sown & borne
& so & so & so & so . . .
Paranormal
Quick fox from
a place of no-where not
withstanding handling
empty space corresponding
politely receding . . . restitutional
pale winds impressions
pest flesh inability I hoped for
more forgave myself split/splitting
I mean no thing slip/slipping
sail self choose an object
a length of cord – reject subsist re-
subscribe gist & jolts (jots)
nibs misnomers whisp cry
reparation towards
an ending
Linda Black is Editor of Long Poem Magazine: https://longpoemmagazine.org.uk/ A poet and a visual artist, she has published five collections with Shearsman, the latest being Interior (2024). Her poems have appeared in various journals and anthologies, most recently Dancing about Architecture and Other Ekphrastic Maneuvers (MadHat Press, 2024). Her etchings/drawings appear on all book covers. The Son of a Shoemaker (Hearing Eye 2012), collaged prose poems about the early life of Hans Andersen plus the author’s illustrations, was the subject of a Poetry Society exhibition. Her first publication The beating of wings was a PBS pamphlet choice.
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