{"id":823,"date":"2010-09-22T12:34:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T12:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=823"},"modified":"2010-09-22T12:34:06","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T12:34:06","slug":"david-morley-is-making-invisible-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/david-morley-is-making-invisible-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"David Morley is making invisible magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mashk\u00e0r the Magician<\/span>

Before God as my witness, on the tip every one of my fingers<\/span>
perch firebirds. You cannot see them, but listen. Close your eyes.<\/span>
Hear their burning plumage. Smell the fumes of flaring wings.<\/span>
Excellent. Now, open your eyes wider than a child on her birthday.<\/span>

Do you not see crimson gifts? What are you waiting for? Flight?<\/span>

We rehearse hard until we can play it blindfold in a dreamworld. <\/span>
Watch as I wake this white kitten from my wrist, this burst of birds <\/span>
from my breast, this absolute arrow in my heart. Mysteries.<\/span>
Miracles. Marvels. Mashk\u00e0r, where did I lose my wand this time?<\/span>

I play my audience lightly. I carry them home in my magic cases.<\/span>
I make as if I don\u2019t http:\/\/www.ordergenericpropeciaonline.com\/<\/a> care. I am weeping yet you will not smell tears.<\/span>
Here\u2019s my cape and cane. Here are two traps, and a trapdoor.<\/span>
Here\u2019s my map and plan. What is your name, sir? I can find you<\/span>
your future. You will die, Sir. No, Sir. Not me, Sir. Now, Madame?<\/span>

I am talking to the space where their eyes will tear into time.<\/span>



* David Morley<\/a><\/span>'s next book is <\/span>Enchantment<\/span><\/a> (Carcanet, Nov 2010). His poetry has won 14 awards. His previous collection <\/span>The Invisible Kings<\/span> was a PBS Recommendation. His \u2018writing challenges\u2019 podcasts are among the most popular literature downloads on iTunes worldwide. He writes for <\/span>The Guardian <\/span>and <\/span>Poetry Review<\/span>.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mashk\u00e0r the MagicianBefore God as my witness, on the tip every one of my fingersperch firebirds. You cannot see them, but listen. Close your eyes.Hear their burning plumage. Smell the fumes of flaring wings.Excellent. Now, open your eyes wider than a child on her birthday.Do you not see crimson gifts? What are you waiting for? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}