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sensuality

Foam theory - by Maria Sledmere

{ Poem }

Dear unbreakable day
I have been trying to get through
with my small hammer, sixteen hours of loss.

Wild Women of a Certain Age - by Magi Gibson

{ Poem }

My sisters, the time has come
/ to let your hair grow long and wild and grey,
/ to cast away the heated rollers…

Just like Eve - by Magi Gibson

{ Poem }

I could have brought you
/ whisky to warm you on winter nights,
/ poems full of words to fill your silences
/
/ I could…

Thaim That Socht Eftir Me - by Ian McFadyen

{ Poem }

Thaim that socht eftir me noo flee awa,
/ Thaim that cam creepin barfit i the snaw.
/ Ah kent them gentil, meek an…

The Peasant Declares His Love - by Émile Roumer

{ Poem }

High-yellow of my heart, with breasts like tangerines,
/ you taste better to me than eggplant stuffed with crab,
/ you are the tripe…

Invitation - by Marion Angus

{ Poem }

Lad, come kiss me
/ Whaur the twa burns rin.
/ Am I no’ sweet as honey,
/ …

Unaccompanied - by Fiona Benson

{ Poem }

It’s raining at the garden centre.
/ I walk through dripping aisles of potted herbs
/ in a cool green rinse of aniseed and…

I am the moon, and you are the man on me - by Claire Askew

{ Poem }

Tonight, I am white and full.
/ My surface is all curves
/ and craters, but you don’t mind.
/ You have travelled alone through the…

Fleurs-De-Lys - by Alexander Hutchison

{ Poem }

Sullen girls like lilies,
/ see them: sulkily listening
/ to music. Does duty put that
/ look upon them of languid
/ disinterest, lids downcast?
/ It may…

Dinner - by Cheryl Follon

{ Poem }

As you shucked the last oysters
/ onto your side plate
/ and ordered a lemon ice
/
/ I found myself in the guise of a…

Glow-worm - by Vicki Feaver

{ Poem }

Talking about the chemical changes
/ that make a body in love shine,
/ or even, for months, immune to illness,
/ you pick a…

Women Bathing - by Imtiaz Dharker

{ Poem }

All our lives, in every city,
/ out of every landscape
/ the waters of the Alhambra
/ have been murmuring to us.
/ From fountains, from…

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