We are very pleased to announce that Kinga Fabó’s Not Because It’s Chic is the voters’ choice for the IS&T Pick of the Month for July. Kinga has asked that her prize be donated to Age UK
Not Because It’s Chic
Here I have a place
where I can be sad.
I adore it. I adore it.
I exist only in roles.
I want colors! Colors!
Just as above me the sky is always blue.
Not because it’s chic. Not because of that.
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Voters’ comments included:
simple and extraordinary at the same time
I like the simple words, the conciseness and the message of the poem. The usual reason: felt, experienced by everybody, written by one of us in a way that makes us relieved – some others feel like us as well…
She is one of my favorite Hungarian contemporary poets. She is lovely and so expressive.
Good, succinct poem.
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It was, as always, a closely run thing and so this time we’ve included some voters’ comments on the other five contenders.
David Calcutt, Extracts from The Old Man in the House of Bone:
Beautiful. Interesting. Sustained.
mysterious, dreamlike, as if the old man’s mind is wandering. It is well constructed and intriguing.
Susan Castillo Street, Voices:
haunting lyrical imagery, reaches the heart,tender and powerful.
Much treasure in a small compass!
Sally Evans, Review of Abiding Chemistry by Susan Castillo Street:
…a superb and insightful review.
Ilse Pedler, Breathing:
A compulsive read and very thought provoking. A poem I wanted to read again and again.
As basic as breath itself. So true.
Jill Sharp, Leda plucks a swan:
Imaginatively reconsiders it’s subject matter and delivers a cascade of memorable imagery.
Revenge, a warm swan salad….