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Chris Torrance was born in Surrey but moved to the Neath Valley in 1970. He then began the serial long poem "The Magic Door," which has now been in progress for more than 25 years. Co-editor of the 1960s magazine Origins Diversions, he co-led the poetry & music group Poetheat from the mid-80s onwards. He has been a tutor in creative writing at Cardiff University since 1976. Maytime (for Barry MacSweeney) with sexy delight songthrush celebrates riff after riff glories of May ragged as walkway buskers piping pigeons tail feathers ancient trees modern noise agitation acute planet endures just above stalling red kite creeps over turf my scavenger ego shadowed by buzzards skeletons in cupboards infinite intangibles act of writing shakes wobbly chair build sound dome all day insect instruments leaf whisper a single combustion destroys in an instant smooth lenticulars brow of an angel over charred grass tilt of a double axe over a screaming stone the domination of man each wind rocks wobbly chair each tectonic wave shakes the skull whipped by spider silk death of a brother windblown pipit takes your soul out over rushes a shiver up my spine your crab cancer implacable smile 9-18 May 2000 |