Poem Of The Month: May 2011

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.

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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.

Title: Follies

ISBN: 9781907276699

Pages: 52

Prices: 10.00 Sterling (Hard Copy)

5.00 Sterling (Digital Price in PDF)