In response to Sarah St Vincent Welch's With Lizz
IN
THE FRAME (WITH SARAH)
A
long awaited coffee
splash
of red framed by orange
Old
time’s sake
precious
writing mornings
What
colour were the 90s
A
scarlet man on his smart phone
The memory
of a raptor’s hindquarter
framed
in my car window
A hawk like torn tan bark
its
catch limp-winged
The
reflection of the barista
In
the corner a chuckly breast-fed baby
Sarah
is laughing I am laughing
her
eyes searching out a poem
poking
it into her phone
She
thinks I’m writing about testicles
(honestly
– they were kestrels)
Note
to self: improve handwriting
She
is serious now
hair
hooked back
Concentration
The
tangerine saucers walk me again
through
70s suburbs
Orange
is a happy colour we agree
but
I still hate those orange curtains
I really love that you wrote these in real live conversation with each other. Both poems reflect the strength and endurance of your friendship which is a wonderful thing to capture. And I really enjoyed the testicles / kestrel mix up....
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the combination of kestrels and testicles. Next word manacles?
ReplyDeleteThe nineties were grey, I think.
Great idea for a poem!
ReplyDeleteDelicious poem. As I was just saying to Sarah, you have (together!) inspired me to seek out a friend to write in cafés with, a thing I used to do a long time ago with Jennie Fraine and Leah Kaminsky, when we all lived in Melbourne.
ReplyDeleteThanks all for comments and welcome Lisa, Penelope and Rosemary. Sarah and I used to meet at Peppers in Canberra every Thursday morning before work. We were joined by Nina Kavunenko and became Three Women and a Cello for some time. They were special times.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lizz and Sarah. Made me laugh, and well, just feel good..
ReplyDeleteYes! To you and Sarah, yes to seeking out friends to create with or share creative output with. Yes to rediscovering creating in cafes - I will paint a cafe tabletop this weekend!
ReplyDeleteOh lucky cafe tabletop Michaela! As for me I'm quite a regular cafe writer - started on buses, migrated to cafes :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Efi - so glad you got a laugh as well. It really was a fun morning.
ReplyDeleteI have to say Sarah upped the anti big time. I was going to be lazy and post my initial scratch but then I saw Sarah's terrific piece and thought I'd better make an extra effort :)
ReplyDelete*ante :)
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