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Medbh McGuckian - Captain Lavender (clothbound)
Poem from Captain Lavender (1995) by Medbh McGuckian
Captain Lavender
Night-hours. The edge of a fuller moon
waits among the interlocking patterns
of a flier's sky.
Sperm names, ovum names, push inside
each other. We are half-taught
our real names, from other lives.
Emphasise your eyes. Be my flare-
path, my uncold begetter,
my air-minded bird-sense.
$15.95
1995 83 pages
clothbound
ISBN 978-0-916390-67-9
Poem from Captain Lavender (1995) by Medbh McGuckian
Captain Lavender
Night-hours. The edge of a fuller moon
waits among the interlocking patterns
of a flier's sky.
Sperm names, ovum names, push inside
each other. We are half-taught
our real names, from other lives.
Emphasise your eyes. Be my flare-
path, my uncold begetter,
my air-minded bird-sense.
$15.95
1995 83 pages
clothbound
ISBN 978-0-916390-67-9
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