Core beliefs
Sometimes I find myself thinking that inside each of us – me, you, others - exists a tiny coliseum. Maybe it is tucked away behind the ribs, or set on a piece of waste ground between the liver and the lung. Maybe the walls of the large intestine form the dusty floor where two tiny figures are locked in battle. Swords clang, and every breath we have ever taken gives them strength. Small puffs of dust fly from the skirmish and the ground is all sweat-spattered. One - the one in black - advances and we feel exposed, as though he will win and run amok, cutting small windows that will reveal us. We clutch ourselves so the clangs will not come out our mouth, stifle a cough into the crook of an arm, hoping no one will see the flurry of dust. And when we sweat we know that the battle must be heating up. While we wave it away with a comment like anyone else hot in here? we wonder if it is just us who feel a clot-sized coliseum somewhere near our heart. (Gutter Magazine, 2013) |
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Linguistic Programmer At first I stayed on the surface spreading weight so I wouldn’t sink into the sponge of your mind. At the chasm between spheres I braced myself across the walls, hand and foot on each, edging my way down among electrodes, so deep into your sub-conscious you barely even felt me. There between left and right I staked my claim. Just enough on which to pin suggestion. The climb back up was tricky but I found a way, breezed through your ear like a whisper, knowing that, at a certain trigger, you would sing my praises left, right and centre. (Gutter Magazine, 2013) Other Poems published include: Nailing things to snow (Poetry Scotland) Regarding where and when (Poetry Scotland) ( ) (For Foy Vance) (Century 121) The following were included as part of 'Poetry Kits' featured poet series 'Caught in the Net': 'A little me time' 'Non-curriculum' 'Core beliefs' 'Free advertising for a Neuro Linguistic Programmer' 'Here I am' 'Lost in translation' 'Passing places' 'The victim' 'Psychologists field study' 'To the n of reason' |