Whale-boned Corset and Other Relics How I loved the net flaring around my thighs, blue smocking smoky organza into fingertip deep slots of mussel black nibbling my chest. The power of an unscrutinised body. I was the dress. And so, the loch biting my arms as I exalt its sting of marbled August, cutting my … Continue reading Two poems by Sarah Hymas
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Excerpt from ‘Lune’ by Sarah Hymas
Lune (excerpt) Two views on intimacy: every cloud is wet; the ocean rains dead things. And still some of us can’t see even when we’ve plunged under the surface. Romance is when one has learnt to disappear – like phosphorous in still waters, or oxygen from the deep. This isn’t Hollywood. We can only guess … Continue reading Excerpt from ‘Lune’ by Sarah Hymas
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