Christian Ward is a 30 year old UK-based poet. He recently finished an MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London
and his work has appeared in Diagram, The Kenyon Review and elsewhere. He hopes to release his first collection in the near future.
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The Morning After
The coffee residue in your cup
might be a twin of the MRI scan
showing your brain wanting
to decouple itself from the spinal
cord and float inside a box
might be a twin of the MRI scan
showing your brain wanting
to decouple itself from the spinal
cord and float inside a box
no-one quite understood
but were determined nonetheless
to label 'Miscellaneous'.
but were determined nonetheless
to label 'Miscellaneous'.
The Terrace
The guest house window
gave me a glimpse
of a hidden terrace
with its orange tree
in one corner producing
fruit to the music
of a Chinese water clock.
Three cast iron chairs
with backs woven
into copper coloured
quavers sung a chorus.
I wanted to take this song
and watch it make everything
I had still with tranquillity.