Mrs Darwin
7 April 1852.
Went to the Zoo.
I said to Him—
Something about that Chimpanzee over there reminds me of you.
Carol Ann Duffy
Sich Carol Ann Duffy, mit dem Lorbeerkranz winkend, als versificator regis vorzustellen, bedarf es einiger Fantasie. Sie ist die erste Frau (und die erste Schottin), die in der langen Reihe neben Chaucer, Wordsworth, Tennyson, [...]
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Squid Soup
Veröffentlicht in Poetisches, Getagged beverley bie brahic, poetry, squid soup am 12 Nov 2007 | Kommentar schreiben »
Ingredients: 500 grams calamari, medium onion, garlic, bouquet garni, white wine, salt, pepper
Cupping each squid in the palm of your hand
Tug the tentacles
Downward, to release the intestines
From their purse of flesh. Sever
Below the eye (black bulge
Possibly wrathful); reserve
The entrails for your augurs.
Slippery star-speckled pockets of squid flesh!
Slice into rings; dice
The onion (should anyone ask
It’s why [...]
