Christopher Barnes


ZIP 6


          backstitch hikes

                              shutterbug zooms

endways on chambray

                                aching peek

Lizzie reconciles specs

                              gowns tortured in cellophane

                double hem

                            Venus-maker assimilates foundation

      ravelproofs brink





ZIP 7




tailor's chalk erasable

                              barefoot on silvered rattan

  in Deborah's fingers

                              gleams rouse curtains

  hybrid yarn unspools

                                four tiptoes backswept

          end-point knot

                              safety pins adorn decolletage

          fixes ultrasuede





ZIP 8


not-quite unseen slipstitch

                                    photoplay - disengaged geldings

              tweezers jerk fray

                                      cradle-rock aria

      Pippa sniffles on voile

                                      bow knot at dandy's neck

              bobbin case fuzz

                                    Spring tableau opens

                                wafts





ZIP 9


              metallic nylon twine

                                          tiffing in French

            vivacious as a whistle

                                          veil quells her fluster

        through bistre cashmere

                                          the interests of millinery

              Jo powers kilohertz

                                            an awestruck rite

              today's hassle starts





ZIP 10


    windowpane pinstripes

                                      bronze nudged into arms

        gladden in task-light

                                      designer leers in wings

Marion stubbornly contours

                                        klaxon honks

                with point turner

                                        facets dumbfound editors

            as Horlicks quakes
            

Christopher Barnes' first collection LOVEBITES was published by Chanticleer Press. He reads for Proudwords lesbian and gay writing festival each year, partakes in workshops, and co-edited the poetry magazine Interpoetry.

 
 

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