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POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Jordan Hamel (he/him/his) is a New Zealand-based poet and performer. He is the current New Zealand Poetry Slam Champion and has performed at festivals across Aotearoa. He is a poetry editor for Barren Magazine and has work published or forthcoming in Ghost City Press, Mojave Heart Review, Mimicry, Sweet Mammalian, Kissing Dynamite and elsewhere.
Poets Resist
Edited by Kanika Lawton
June 19, 2019
Edited by Kanika Lawton
June 19, 2019
Te Aro
The city's history dissipates before me
villas retreat into the dirt
street signs run into puddles
I splash in their instruction as I walk
Rimu and Kauri sustain rapid growth spurts
elbowing for position
pulling Carbon from the atmosphere
harakeke flax chokes cracking footpath
sometimes I don't fear
the tick of eternity
after exhalation
maybe I just forget
there’s an app that gives
you daily reminders
you’re going to die
critics are still out on its benefits
I want to unlearn the use
of every natural resource
strip the walls for precious metals
bury them in the earth’s fat
stitch the wound shut
my bones stole words for ‘home’
from every other language
now dislocation runs through me
I wade in melted pavement
fossilising that which was always
here
watch your step
Poets Resist is published by Glass Poetry Press.
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