blackthorn’s
white april dress
blackthorn’s
electric april surf
blackthorn’s
still-framed
april blizzard
blackthorn’s
black twigs &
calligra
phist’s bran
ches brigh
test black as
sea weds land
two foot
steps made
by no person’s
having
stepped
a waver of air for
bones
a shimmer of
mist for
flesh
a lance of
light through
thought
less
branches
for may is
eating
some shape’s
not saying
i’m me
out
rageous may
has gone
and done
it now
may has
set out
upon the horse
chestnut’s
boughs
not only eve’s
& adam’s
naked
remembrances
fig-leaf-bla
tent but
also bundles
of bl
ooms each
cream
cone a
rude
solid
ghost
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Mark Goodwin speaks and writes in various ways. He has books with poetry houses including KFS, Leafe Press, Longbarrow Press, Shearsman Books, & The Red Ceilings Press. Mark was brought up on a farm in South Leicestershire, and now lives with his partner on a narrowboat just north of Leicester.