others who emerge // every day // wearing different clothes // who want to reshape / the horizon the steep cliffs / who live in houses which slide // now & then into the sea
Author: Iain Britton
is the author of five collections of poetry. Recent poems have been published or are forthcoming in Landfall, Brief, New Zealand Review of Books, Cordite, Southerly, Harvard Review, POETRY, JACKET2, The New York Times, New Humanist, Stand, Agenda, Poetry Wales, Long Poem Magazine and The Fortnightly Review. THE INTAGLIO POEMS was published by Hesterglock Press (2017).
Iain Britton
strange alliance the movement is quick methodical i pull off my jersey the sun folds it neatly disciples of the man in the grey boiler suit talk tactics for standing on street corners shouting ‘repent ye’ graffiti at other faces the day is hooked nose-like sniffing at cherry blossoms the wild life of children female office workers sitting on lawns unwrapping aspects of men == around Hato Petra i count my paces this ritual never changes i take ownership of the path and wait by the carved Taiapa gate == i grab my jersey put it on / the church creaks“Iain Britton”