7/13/2016 0 Comments Two poems by Gareth Writer-DaviesSKATING I have always preferred the surface Of things On which one may cut A fine figure In winter (Carving lines of beautiful precision) I would rather sink Than barter my dance For the frog-ish talent of suspension On the temporary element I loop and dip My blades Curve and curlicue Skating Upon the icy flow of what lies beneath TRANSPARENT if I could see through your skin would the rouse of examination soon pall the secrets of the pubic bone the brain balanced upon a narrow stem automatic cogs satisfy sense and with an odour of medicine we make co-habitation with what lies close upon the heart the communion between bedfellows (too little or too much) is a praecox procedure but would the sleep from which you may not wake bless you or would needles poke you through the fragile yoke of your gown if I could see through your skin I would not there are some things we should not know Bio: Gareth Writer-Davies was Commended in the Prole Laureate Competition in 2015, Specially Commended in the Welsh Poetry Competition and Highly Commended in the Sherborne Open Poetry Competition. Shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Erbacce Prize in 2014. His pamphlet "Bodies", was published in 2015 through Indigo Dreams.
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