{"id":1136,"date":"2008-01-02T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-02T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2008-01-02T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-02T17:56:00","slug":"two-poems-by-geoff-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/two-poems-by-geoff-stevens\/","title":{"rendered":"Two poems by Geoff Stevens"},"content":{"rendered":"

A WOMAN FOR ALL SEASONS (EXCEPT ONE)<\/span>

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Visiting the past you gave birth to Christ<\/span>
had John the Baptist's head brought to you<\/span>
submitted Samson's hair to a Number One cut<\/span>
bared your breasts in Minoa<\/span>
seduced Mark Anthony in Memphis<\/span>
stepped in to kiss Nelson on the deck of The Victory<\/span>
and committed suicide with Hitler.<\/span>
So why can't you think of anything to do<\/span>
when you are with me?<\/span>

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GIORGIO CHIROCO'S PORTRAIT OF APPOLLINAIRE<\/span>

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It could just as well have been<\/span>
a preview portrait of Marlon Brando<\/span>
set in stone<\/span>
method acting a bust<\/span>
and wearing black sunshades and stoicism.<\/span>
It absorbs everyone's attention<\/span>
the slightly chubby face<\/span>
the receding hairline<\/span>
the full sensuous lips<\/span>
but mainly the muscular latency<\/span>
that is perceived<\/span>
though only the head is shown.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/font>\u2022 West Bromwich-based Geoff Stevens is a poet and publishes the <\/span>Purple Patch<\/span> poetry magazine.<\/span><\/font>
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<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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