Solarpolar
i am sun-shot / green-beamed / stem-steep /
hands cupfuls of heartlines / conjuring water /
my face light-dialled / hair wild /
screaming beauty
&
i am root-retched / soiled-deep / dirt-dark /
legs spindly – lost maplines / petering earth /
my thirst worm-cursed / blackburst /
mulching ugly
Annie Acre is a surveyor/poet. She performs spoken word around Manchester and works on Council regeneration projects. She loves wordplay and town halls and townplay and wordhalls. She hopes you like what she’s doing with the place. @surveyorpoet surveyorpoet.co.uk