Poem of the Day
Here you’ll find a poem that I’ve written recently or perhaps one from a performance set that somebody’s asked to see again. This one I wrote in response to a series of images by film maker Jonnie Dean. Jonnie then edited the footage to fit the words. Today’s poem is called
Love Story in Peckham
Somewhere here there is a love story.
If you look
In the tilt of a face
In the dragging of a suitcase
This is a home place
A transitional space
Where things are
And things are not yet;
A time between that first look
And the first kiss
A breathless grace
In the homeward race
Between here and not there yet.
This homeless place
A negative space
Day for night
Shot through with light
Flaring from inside
Where we are moved
From looking To being looked at.
And somewhere here
In this breathless place
In the tilt of a face
There is a love story.
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This is a fully staged play which lasts for just under an hour and a half plus an interval