Licorice
Poetry by Charmaine Thomson
Dedicated to DP, who encouraged me in the first place
and got me interested in Douglas Lilburn.
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Contents
1.
Licorice
Underwards
Graduate house
Where will you go now?
Variation
The piano stands up straight
The penitent ring
El muchacho perdido
El Puente se lamenta
Sustained silent reading
A side of polite
2.
From the mezzanine
Frivolity
Equilibrium
Driver safety
Como la lluvia
Come here you say
Arohata
Being smug
Asylum
Waiteata
Año Nuevo
Stealing Hyacinth
3.
Paper planes
Surfies and yachts ornament the harbour
Ode to the pigeon
My green coat
Lonely planet sex
Iroquois ANZAC
Ella lo llevé al océano
Heliotrope
Geography
The birches are thieves
Panama Street
Solo
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1.
Licorice
Unprepared, you made the tea
Your hair towel-bound
I couldn’t wait to get started.
What was that half diminished again?
We pause for biscuits and mark time.
Liszt on the wall and cushions on the bed.
I mapped your body
you unveiled your hair.
Flatmates complaining about my car blocking the driveway
We hid in the loft all afternoon,
leaning into the windowsills.