'Too late, the bees said [garbled things]
said repetition, repetition. Over and again
the scrape
of perpetuity. The chain to chain to chain.
With hollow stem
we knew their bending labour
under tessellating shifts (…)
Crucifer!
I bar my arms against the scythe
of not-this-time.'
from Crucifer.
The poetry of 'Holy Blue' is airy and open, ruminating on the breath. As it travels through present, past and future, between fragments of a remembered world, a form of poetic expression unravels itself - "knowing opens like a wing". The poems are beautifully woven and personal, stemming from the musicality of performance, the cadences of life, love, friendship and our interdependent connection with the world. Pope's poetry is sincere yet experimental, it invites its audience to participate in full, and translates the language of emotions in an 'honest,' and 'naked,' way - ''you know it does me good to speak the truth, the truth is citrus and astringent.''
Fran Pope is a poet, translator, and writer living in Bristol. She has published two poetry collections, The Brazen Forecast and Quarters, and her poems and short stories have appeared in Carte Blanche, Interim, and Phantom Drift, among others. As a music journalist, Fran writes reviews and features, as well as exploratory pieces on music’s intersections with culture and society.
KV15
ISBN 9781917998048
44 pp.
A6 pocket paperback.
Printed on fully recycled paper.
10 Copies signed by the author.
