Interview: Annabel Banks
Tell us about yourself and your relationship with poetry Female, 37, student living in Cornwall, UK. Have written poetry since I could hold a pencil. What made you decide to take on the Pulitzer...
View ArticleApril 1 – The Knife
We transformed the world with sputtered butchering when empty squinted people swung that ragged man by the river set it down, squealing corpse into eatin’ tobacca. hair shining with blood hunted,...
View ArticleApril 3 – I’m a gonna
I’m a gonna dance on the edge with a heavy fella his blood red hands will whang back at me neck muscles weak rubber dust mask goggle his irises to Look like a pig And I’ll laugh take another tiny drink...
View ArticleApril 4 – Day 1
The sun, it moved. Shone pale, paled and frayed in avalanches the crust broke and the water formed a scarred man with spread red ribs started small, did not grow. High puffs appeared to disappear,...
View ArticleApril 5 – Work
Today’s bargain is a little girl. She takes her place in tragedy. We give her to the young man, that gentleman. A doctor. Hand her about, over to the fellas, the men who work with broken pieces, the...
View ArticleApril 6 – Poetry
poetry’s red worms are probing the corpse-bush randy as a hunt anger is a thin preacher face concealed by scales close-lipped mouth unbuttons me for each new entry for each red worm.
View ArticleApril 7 – Cat
Gonna buy a cat to sit in the glory roof-tree stole stained and spotted face like cigarettes Her godless nature neither friendly nor unfriendly but sassy and wild a son-of-a-bitch graveyard ghos’...
View ArticleApril 8 – ain’t want trouble
fighting with his face my face your face Everybody got scars me pain how ya who the hell we ain’t complainin’ we don’t want trouble O.K. he said if you mess in this you won’t...
View ArticleApril 9 – Last Page
I knowed you would breast that there corner palm to the tool fingers (lightly) side to side pulled out with tight -locked comfort supported across the kiss
View ArticleApril 10 – If a Man
is little he can walk is red he can wrap up his han’ has women he will hear a blacklis’ has a wife he will pump her at the scales wants nothing he will find a hose in the tank wants for nothing...
View ArticleApril 11 – Action
need harmin’ wants dance ran reply paid keeping come emerged swung, moved waited. Hurt. (Verbs, page 405)
View ArticleApril 12 – To the West (Tops and tails, Chapters 1-10)
To the red country a fraction in the dust Joad heard and stared at the little cluster of buildings. The owners of the land came onto the land And all of them stared after the tractor The...
View ArticleApril 13 – Alive
I’m alive, she said drunk on time Sure of jesus H Christ I’m alive like lion elephant umph whale dog umph chipmunks gopher umph ant one side then another
View ArticleApril 14 – Fight
Laid covered complained roared rested clinging dripping spitting shining stopped.
View ArticleApril 14 – Secret Eye
Secret Eye is quick water thief of her frantic face-work hidden temptations, now tall and pretty gold ain’t hurtin’ … fight for a piece, a little richness pretty. Kicked and sore– you ain’t...
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