sing & hide is a second pamphlet of poetry by UEA alumnus Cai Draper and is published by Bad Betty Press this week. Earlier this year he published Sprung with Broken Sleep Books. Cai (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2018 and currently works in UEA’s Outreach department with local secondary […]
Cai Draper
Two poems from sing & hide
An extract from Cai Draper’s new pamphlet, sing & hide, published by Bad Betty Press in November 2022. Single Form after Barbara Hepworth The sculpture is of me. A monolith born of London turf. Blue, green, dun gold teetering. And this curiosity – its main feature is a perfect circular space, a lack […]
Sprung by Cai Draper
Sprung is a debut pamphlet of poetry by UEA alumnus Cai Draper and is published by Broken Sleep Books this week. Cai graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2018 and currently works in UEA’s Outreach department with local secondary school students. His poems have appeared in Anthropocene, bath magg, PERVERSE, Tentacular, Lighthouse […]
30/4/20
This poem is part of the SPOONFEED takeover of New Writing, curated by Kat Payne Ware and Sean Wai Keung. You can read the issue in full at spoonfeedmag.com/spoonfeed-x-new-writing I made a chestnut man: A round belly, inedible pulp To pat. Skinny legs made of matches. They rot on frosty nights before 1st November. […]
