{"id":18600,"date":"2019-03-05T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=18600"},"modified":"2020-12-09T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:48:33","slug":"thomas-irvine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/thomas-irvine\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Irvine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[Beard of Bees]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">somewhere beneath \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 my jaw hides a queen sleeping her tender\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong> hums\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 keep me awake I \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong> pull out her children inspect their bodies \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 plump and still wings \u00a0\u00a0 gossamer thin I\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pluck them out too split forewing \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 from membrane my fingers chitin-sticky with \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 blood and honey I find shirts covered in <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dead bodies in my textbook<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">bowls of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 soup my girl\u2019s face as she looks up at me\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sometimes just simple on my finger\u2019s edge to\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 be inspired into flight sometimes replaced by thinner skins \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 white glossed or red \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 coated \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 others leave a \u00a0\u00a0 pale grave a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fleshy reminder a bald trench an open\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 gutter I will continue to massacre\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 until I reach \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the sleeping queen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wake \u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 her \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 up de<strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong>throne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> her \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzzbuzz<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pull her\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 out\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong>banish\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 momentarily<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">quieting that \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 forever-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>buzz<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Thomas Irvine<\/strong> is currently a student of the UEA Creative Writing Poetry MA but lives in Hertfordshire where he co-runs a spoken-word evening, \u2018Shout or Whisper\u2019. His poetry has previously been featured in <i>The New Luciad <\/i>and <i>Miles To Go<\/i>, and his twitter handle is @thomaseirvine1<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [Beard of Bees] somewhere beneath \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 my jaw hides a queen sleeping her tender\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 buzz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hums\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 keep me awake I \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 buzz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pull out her children inspect their bodies \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 plump and still wings \u00a0\u00a0 gossamer thin I\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 buzz \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pluck them out too split forewing \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 from membrane my fingers chitin-sticky [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[138,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2019-poetry-picks","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18600"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18602,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18600\/revisions\/18602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}