Almost
missing I am those words
words
in shops and passing words
that are almost not language
a flex
of the muscle of the palate
a ruler on the tongue
I miss
sullen vowels sudden consonants
words
I hung upon a hook
like a coat too heavy for the season
whilst I chose something lighter
that almost
fitted
& used my teeth for speaking
I could not tell
how I was feeling
words
knotted
have I not saying
the ear is almost a tongue
the eye also
articulate define
Gareth Writer-Davies is from Brecon, Wales. Shortlisted Bridport Prize (2014 and 2017) Commended Prole Laureate Competition (2015) Prole Laureate for 2017. Commended Welsh Poetry Competition (2015) Highly Commended in 2017 . Pamphlets Bodies (2015) Cry Baby (2017) Indigo Dreams. Collection The Lover’s Pinch ( 2018) and pamphlet The End (2019) Arenig Press