May's Poem is Lung by Sarah Maria Griffin. It is taken from her début poetry collection: Follies
Follies will be launched Friday the 13th of May, in The Kitchen at The Galway City Museum, curated by Over the Edge. It will be launched by Professor Adrian Frazier at 8pm.
Follies will be launched Friday the 13th of May, in The Kitchen at The Galway City Museum, curated by Over the Edge. It will be launched by Professor Adrian Frazier at 8pm.
lung
this is my thumb and index finger and there is your earlobe between them not the one with the freckle, the other - (your head is on my chest) (lets make love) this couch surrounds us and inside my tired head it seems to rise and fall like us and our slow, synced breath is thick with the heat of 40 LUCKY STRIKES that we feel we never really wanted but came with conversation, as always. we have smoked too many cigarettes and are now sitting in a big dark lung alone but for the midnight taxis and james bond on the television’s screen playing cards and failing to resuscitate his lover. ![]() Title: Follies ISBN: 9781907276699
Pages: 52 Prices: 10.00 Sterling (Hard Copy) 5.00 Sterling (Digital Price in PDF) | Sarah Maria Griffin is 23 years old and hails from the north side suburbs of Dublin. She is presently taking the M.A in Writing in NUIG, after an honours degree in English, Media and Cultural Studies from IADT. She has only been performing in spoken word circles since late 2009, but since then she has performed at many spoken word events and slams around the country. She repre- sented Connaught in the All-Ireland Grand Slam and came first in the Over the Edge Fiction Slam in 2010. In January 2011 performed her work on RTE Radio One’s Arena program. She writes because she isn’t too sure what else to do with her life. Follies is her first collection. Copyright © Sarah Griffin 2010 All rights reserved The author has asserted her/his right under Section 77 of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work. |