Margo, or Margaux, selected by Wellington poet and publisher Helen Rickerby, begins:
I'd drink all night but stop at one glass of syrah, aromas of pepper, tar, black plum, and on the tongue blueberry, licquorice, dark chocolate, oh it is a dark wine for us to drink before entering the night in my cream and silver car and driving, reeling, not from the wine but from the gypsy pirate Mexican music on the CD (with an after-note, you suggest, of Ukrainian folk), under your canopy of silver stars.
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Helen Rickerby says of the poem, from Anna's new collection Thicket, "I might be being fanciful, but this poem seems to me to have the dark, rich colour of red wine. Swish it around in your mouth. Give it a good taste." She praises the way the poem twists and turns, or swirls, inside the mouth of the poet, and links to her own blog where another of Anna's poems waits to be read. Yet again, Tuesday Poem, has provided a thoughtful and fascinating insight into an excellent poet.
After reading Margo, or Margaux, enter the TP sidebar where up to 30 poets from NZ, Australia, US and the UK post poems by themselves or others they admire. There are poems by poets as diverse as Sarah Broom, Saradha Koirala, Laura Solomon and Louis Jenkins. Definitely worth a look.
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