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Alasdair Paterson – in arcadia
 
A5 16pp. ISBN: 978-1-905885-42-8
 
 
lights
there will be lights
before the sun comes
there will be 
sounds and stir

a little clearing
of the mind
the woods
cross-hatched 
with policy

hawk
hound
horse
have the smell of it

princess
blood royal
have they told you
all the nets are
here for you
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SJFowler – Fights XIX: Johnny Tapia
 
A5 32pp. ISBN: 978-1-905885-44-2
 
 
x Our Lady of Guadalupe
 
       “la abundancia mata la gana”
       “abundance kills desire”
 
I am not good in a crowd
though they are the good in me
 
the slow consonant of love
my name. My name
is song heard by birds
building bud in architectonal palaces
 
I don’t play well with others
thought they play well with me
 
tumble Mexico, become new & tumble
forgive forest, desert
you effete little pseud
salamander with a holy singing voice
balance me, benzidrine
 
I should not have threatened my wife with a gun
the judge is forgiving, the
god is not
 
 
 
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