I really enjoy artist collaborations. They end up so much more than the sum of their parts.
A friend and filmmaker, David Bugeja of Catmari Productions, was inspired to create a video clip for my recently recorded poem Darksparkle.
To be honest, it makes my reading sound a bit shabby! But I adore what he’s done here.
I wake to the taste of
stop n grow
bitter, sweet
with nostalgia
heavy, hot air
laden with Christmas tree
and the dreamsnorts swirl
make me
old, young, like
a glitch between
childhood and progeny
the way your eyes light
when you play a song
beered-up footy men
get teared-up to
singing along
my heart
catches
like a fingernail
in tulle
because I know
what’s inside
you
a betraying all-too-human
love
I guess,
the cynics
would sneer
but you’re 10 and it’s clear
I don’t know
how to explain
like a mirror I see
how you ache to be
understood,
to rise high
above
and be great
in a way
that will
never quite
be attained
in your mind
I just hope
one day you know
I believe
you are
in
every grain of sand
on the beach
Listen to it on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/clairevetica/high-hopes?si=37a6a28f20e24210bc49cee8b7ddcb9b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Photo: Claire Doble
Stretch marks on the ocean
silvery, tired
trying to remember I’m vast
sparkling, a
mother
fucker
more than, enough
can’t be contained, tamed
in a single glass
wine? whiskey? why?
I yearn somedays,
mostly Sundays
afternoons
for self-absorbed
oblivion
a sweat-beaded bottle might provide
those sweet lies
politician in a suit
sneakers and no tie
Modern. Woman.
leaning in
hi!
time to change
time’s are changing
it’s like
holding on to a boyfriend cause
he looks good from behind
only realise
that metaphor
means
he’s long gone
in my mind
can’t win
with an exit-man
start again
if you can
find enough
water in the ocean
to stretch across
exhaustion
make a new thing
never stop
aching
Photo: Claire Doble
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