Iain Britton
Two by Two
Visionaries
walk two by two
as far as the front door
first along the passageway
then to the verandah
we scan the horizon for lost horses.
Heads and hearts
crowned rulers of
clear-air turbulence
go with the shades
across paddocks
written in sheep.
The city
reshapes itself.
For the health of my imagination
I close
my eyes
and focus on a single-digit number.
Inner Sprung
Is this hollowed peeled-back bone
permanent?
I surface
where no sun is
where pluralities
of
energy
inner sprung clip on
in intimacy.
Reincarnation
Not that I asked
for it
but
already
the transformation
the packed blob
of my consciousness
fits the skull.
Iain Britton has poetry recently published or forthcoming in such magazines as Ambit, Agenda, Stand, The Stride Magazine, The Warwick Review, Wolf Magazine, Succour, Mimesis, Magma, Nthposition, Blackbox Manifold (UK), Harvard Review, Drunken Boat, Slope, Fulcrum (US), The NZ Listener, Poetry NZ, Jacket, Cordite, Otoliths, Heat, Southerly, Meanjin, Island and Harvest Magazine (Aust).
His website can be found here.
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Two by Two
Visionaries
walk two by two
as far as the front door
first along the passageway
then to the verandah
we scan the horizon for lost horses.
Heads and hearts
crowned rulers of
clear-air turbulence
go with the shades
across paddocks
written in sheep.
The city
reshapes itself.
For the health of my imagination
I close
my eyes
and focus on a single-digit number.
Inner Sprung
Is this hollowed peeled-back bone
permanent?
I surface
where no sun is
where pluralities
of
energy
inner sprung clip on
in intimacy.
Reincarnation
Not that I asked
for it
but
already
the transformation
the packed blob
of my consciousness
fits the skull.
Iain Britton has poetry recently published or forthcoming in such magazines as Ambit, Agenda, Stand, The Stride Magazine, The Warwick Review, Wolf Magazine, Succour, Mimesis, Magma, Nthposition, Blackbox Manifold (UK), Harvard Review, Drunken Boat, Slope, Fulcrum (US), The NZ Listener, Poetry NZ, Jacket, Cordite, Otoliths, Heat, Southerly, Meanjin, Island and Harvest Magazine (Aust).
His website can be found here.
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