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Every poem read by its author. iamb.uk
iamb.uk/index/wave/25
𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅
'I am comma after comma
refusing to end
on the untuned
organ
in the cathedral
of your orgasm.'
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'Nothing good ever came from being the first one in. More people have walked on the moon than have won from the number one position, remember that.'
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Look out for the official publication announcement of wave twenty-six of @iamb.uk from midnight BST on June 15th.
www.iamb.uk/index/wave/26
'I wonder if the stars have named us too,
with names that last far longer than our own –
and echo, gently, mid that great unknown.'
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'Casual sex has left you just as empty and upset as the failed relationships you somehow kept with wonderful (incredibly patient) men.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-hlr
'In the tidal mud below lay bottles and shoes,
reminders of when we too were wild,
our wanton lives unborn.'
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Congrats to the 15 poets of wave twenty-six: Alex Smith, Anna Maughan, Caroline Stancer, Clare Best, Deborah Gaudin, Elizabeth Osmond, Frances Klein, Francesca Leader, Jonathon Medeiros, Kate Vanhinsbergh, Lauren Parker, Rachel Burrows, Robin Ince, Victoria Moul and Zain Rishi.
'On a cellular level it happens every second
Fragments of the body
are let go to make survival possible.'
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'You have been to places like this, I know,
But did you visit these monuments?
Or did you dream your Dartmoor stones?'
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅
Hear poet Alina Ştefănescu read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
