Hearing a pigeon crunch on a rail
Things that are better than you:
a glass dildo
my heart
drinking wine in fireflies
my magic B positive blood
Ro, Ro, Ro my boat along to the Royal Free
The sea between my thighs
my youthful face
a tingle away from touch
an unfinished painting
gooseflesh into warmth
a weird coloured fleck in an iris
wind you can lean on
an empty road on a long car ride
tasting gold
my untameable pumping B positive heart
my unfathomably youthful ageing face
my wilful desire on hearing that pigeon
N. B. ‘Ro is a rare subtype of blood containing a particular combination
of genes. Only 3% of donors have the Ro subtype.’ (NHS blood and
transplant pamphlet)
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Tamsyn Challenger is a multi-disciplinary artist. Her work has featured in the Top 5 Guardian Exhibitions list twice. Her documentary ‘My Male Muse’ received Radio 4’s ‘Pick of the Year’. She’s an associate artist at Beaconsfield Gallery, Vauxhall. Her poem film, ’Fret’ is a ‘Women in Word’ lit fest official selection 2024.
These poems were chosen by Guest Editor HLR.
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