Brendan Cleary: born & grew up in Co Antrim, Ireland He has published many collections from presses such as Bloodaxe, Wrecking Ball, Wide Skirt Press, Tall-lighthouse, pighog & Wrecking Ball.
His
most recent collection is 'The Other Place' <Pighog/Red Hen Press> 2O21..
He lives
&
writes in Brighton where he is a poetry tutor & Blues/Soul/Reggae/Contry
DJ.
Regarding
The Blues
the
busker at the bottom
of the
escalator
at
Sainsburys
on the
Gyratory
is
playing Leadbelly
so I
give him a quid
&
we chat for the most part
about
Leadbelly
then it
turns out he knows
my ex's
ex
& I
once snogged his mum
but
most of the time
we just
talk about Leadbelly
No
Curtains
from
your quizzical visage
I see
mild surprise
to hear
I have no call
for
furnishings of any sort
&
this catalogue
may as
well be in Sanskrit!
as I
remember John's Da
'all a
man needs
is a
good pair of boots
a place
to lay his head'
which I
do
on this
mattress
below
oak trees
just
the spiderly light
of the
moon's ghost
casting
down spells
Salad
bowls
I dream
of the
Salad bowls
this is
recurrent
so
white & large
capable
of holding salad
with
poise & grace
so
spotlessly clean
in my
new life
near
the Marina
without
Esme
only
the vision
of the
grey boats
aye
there's just me now
me
& the Salad bowls
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