{"id":1223,"date":"2008-04-18T11:06:58","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T11:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2008-04-18T11:06:58","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T11:06:58","slug":"two-poems-by-katrina-naomi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/two-poems-by-katrina-naomi\/","title":{"rendered":"Two poems by Katrina Naomi"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Fathers<\/span>


One wore a St Christopher, the other a watch.<\/span>
One liked cricket, the other football.<\/span>
One drove a Lotus, the other a Morris.<\/span>
One was a nurse, the other sold turf.<\/span>
One read Orwell, the other The Sun.<\/span>
One sported a tweed jacket, the other leather.<\/span>
One listened to brass bands, the other to Brubeck.<\/span>
One took me to Brands Hatch, the other to Butlins.<\/span>
One was Catholic, the other C of E.<\/span>
One drank bitter, the other lager.<\/span>
One was Clairol\u2019s \u2018Natural Nordic\u2019, the other a darker blond.<\/span>
One left when I was 7, the other arrived when I was 11.<\/span>
One hit my mother, the other hit my dog.<\/span>
I haven\u2019t seen either of them in years.<\/span>


~ ~ ~ ~ ~<\/span>


Headbanger<\/span>


You might not take me<\/span>
for a headbanger,<\/span>
but look down my back,<\/span>
see that plait, ranged<\/span>
along my spine.<\/span>
When it shakes loose,<\/span>
there\u2019s sparks,<\/span>
like metal meeting axe.<\/span>

Dah dah dah<\/span>
da da da da<\/span>
da da da da<\/span>

It might be true to say<\/span>
that <\/span>nothing seems to satisfy<\/span>,<\/span>
and the head is left,<\/span>
unshaken.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/font>\u2022 Katrina Naomi is studying for a Creative Writing MA at Goldsmiths.<\/span><\/font>
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<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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