Category: creative writing
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Joe Scarborough: Writing Colour
A fire has broken out at the Broomhall housing estate. In the top floor flat, a woman is pulled to safety by two firemen hanging from an adjacent window; they call it a ‘trapeze rescue’. Panic erupts around the imposing structure. Two men use a red dining chair to scale the roof, only to be […]
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Lush Presents Stage, 2018
A live reading of the ‘Balance’ collection of spoken word poems, performed at the Lush Showcase 2018.
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To Bath-time
Oh, to my ritual soaking I roll up my sleeve To grip the mountain It’s rocky peaks a punky pink It snaps into two Tectonic plates As soft as bubble gum As one is swallowed by a waterfall Spurting plumes of plum The other, crushed with a sandcastle crumble Crafts bubbles from the fountain And […]
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‘Balance’ Collection, Lush Showcase 2018
Lush asked me to write spoken word pieces capturing the feeling of ‘re-balance’; the feeling of restorative harmony after unrest or turmoil. This was for a soundtrack to be played in the Lush Mood space at this year’s Showcase in Manchester. Below are three poems; Allongé, Beachy Head, and When the Rain Passes. Be prepared to cringe at the […]
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Titanium Eyes
Here’s a short poem about a satellite. Come and see me read some poetry at the Lush Showcase in Manchester on the 24th September! https://uk.lush.com/article/lush-showcase-2018-ticket-faq Prometheus stirred at my making He could not see beneath my titanium eyes Designed to adore a distant mother Was it jaundice or jealousy Which turned him a shade of […]
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Sandcastle City
This poem was inspired by an anonymous post on queeringthemap.com; a ‘community-generative’ website which allows LGBT+ people to document their ‘queer moments, memories and histories’ on an interactive map of the world, unifying the concepts of narrative, identity, and place.[1] ‘was homeless, came to stay on your floor, you had moved on, I hated your […]
Harry Browse 