I have been chastised by Sharon for not posting, but until now haven't really had anything say! Today however, I heard that I have won the Cinnamon Press Poetry Award and have a contract for my first collection entitled How to Pour Madness into a Teacup. The title poem below:
How to Pour Madness into a Teacup
“September rain pours on this house…”
Sestina, Elizabeth Bishop
She hangs her tears at the front of the house
cuts the rain in half and puts time
in the hot black kettle. She sits in the kitchen
reading the teacup full of small dark tears;
it’s foretold the man in the wood
hovers in the dark rain above the winding path.
The man is talking to her in moons,
she is laughing to hide her tears
and with little time, she secretly
plants the moons in the dark brown bed.
She shivers, thinks the man is watching
as the jokes of the child dance
on the roof of the house. Tidying
she carefully puts hot rain in the teacup
sings as she hangs her tears on a string
and watching the dance, thinks herself mad.
The Writers!
At Gardoussel retreat August 2008
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4 comments:
Abi, Abi, Abi - well done on the Cinammon award!! Fantastic. Congratulations etc etc. I can't say I understand this poem but I can say I like it. How many poems have they asked for to make up a collection? How many do you need to write on top of what you have?
Abi - that is SO fantastic! Good for you - what an achievement! And the poem is lovely. That's just amazing, you must be so chuffed! Let us know when it comes out and how to buy it, won't you?
G
If I write CONGRATULATIONS in capital letters, it's only because I am so pleased for you, not because I'm shouting, honest.
Glen
Only just found that there are comments on these pages. Thanks for the congrats. My collection is 55-60 poems so I have my work cut-out!
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