Two poems from a fondness for the colour green, published by Broken Sleep Books in June 2023
autumn in kyoto
green fruit pastilles &
houellebecq
huge acacias
powdering out the sunset
rejection
all the sad girls
in kasumi pearls
singer-sargent
&
submarines gashed lungs
south-rushing waterfalls
opium clouds rashed by lantern light
ophelia face down
in deep oceans of milk
in the rear-view mirror
i glimpse her
loveless in kyoto
neal astley made me scrabbled eggs for breakfast
neal astley made me scrabbled eggs
& asked me if i wanted a bloodaxe
what’s a bloodaxe, i asked neal
be careful with the words you use
especially when you’re insulting
seventeen tonnes of whale meat
under the bonnet of my white ferrari
do you want more egg asked neil
a bottle of water please
i’d rather be seen dead.
