Reblogged for Flashback Friday

I.

It’s hot. Like record-breaking hot. I want to chill my skin across cold marble. Like shortcrust pastry needs. Or submerge myself into a wave, into the sequinned imagination of a mermaid. Like a cold water fish. Like a big old lazy cod. I want to hibernate in a green grassy mirage before I falter and fall like a scar.

blue as the sky
too vague around the edges
a scarlet swelter

II.

A Gelatinous Glisten

It’s hot. Vague
around the edges hot.
Record-breaking.
A scarlet swelter.
I want to chill my skin
on cold marble. Like
shortcrust pastry needs. Or
submerge myself in a wave, or

into the sequinned imagination
of a carp.
A cold water fish. Like
a big old lazy cod.
I want to hibernate
in a green grassy mirage,
before I falter and
fall like a scar

Reblogged for Fandango’s Flashback Friday. This poem (as two versions) was posted 3-years ago today.Β 

8 responses to “Reblogged for Flashback Friday”

  1. I love both versions Misky, although the first one sucked me in better. My favourite line in both was,’like a big old lazy cod.’ Simple English, no pretentious words, but it does exactly what it says on the tin. πŸ™‚

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    1. Thank you! I’m delighted that you like it. The first one was published with Ten Penny Players publication called Waterways, Poetry In The Mainstream, which is an eduction-based charity in America. If you’re interested, there’s an article on Wikipedia about them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterways:_Poetry_in_the_Mainstream

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  2. It’s very hot where I live today. Like 100+ degrees F. So I can definitely relate to your two poems.

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    1. I hope you have air conditioning!

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      1. Thankfully, I do.

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  3. Amazing!! I love them both!!

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    1. Thank you! 😁

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