Picaroon Poetry - Issue #8 - May 2017
In this issue, we have conflict, infidelity, introspection, death, and all of the other finer things in life - and, really, what more do you want from a poetry journal? Happy reading! Features work by Arushi Singh, Laura Enright, Kathleen Latham, Spencer Folkins, Neil Fulwood, Joe Williams, Ceinwen E. Cariad Haydon, Monique Byro, Mat Gould, Andie Berryman, Mark Young, David Subacchi, Sarah Doyle, Miki Byrne, Grant Tarbard, Violet Dahl, anggo genorga, Sharon Larkin, Lyndi Bell O'Laughlin, Noel Williams, Penny Sharman, Nicky Phillips, Sheikha A., Lesley Quayle, Michael Marrotti, Michèle Alter Brenton, Robert Nisbet, and Barry Fentiman Hall.
In this issue, we have conflict, infidelity, introspection, death, and all of the other finer things in life - and, really, what more do you want from a poetry journal? Happy reading! Features work by Arushi Singh, Laura Enright, Kathleen Latham, Spencer Folkins, Neil Fulwood, Joe Williams, Ceinwen E. Cariad Haydon, Monique Byro, Mat Gould, Andie Berryman, Mark Young, David Subacchi, Sarah Doyle, Miki Byrne, Grant Tarbard, Violet Dahl, anggo genorga, Sharon Larkin, Lyndi Bell O'Laughlin, Noel Williams, Penny Sharman, Nicky Phillips, Sheikha A., Lesley Quayle, Michael Marrotti, Michèle Alter Brenton, Robert Nisbet, and Barry Fentiman Hall.
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Unpickling<br />
Nicky Phillips<br />
Unscrew the lid of the Kilner jar,<br />
its rings as clearly marked<br />
as worry lines on a forehead;<br />
remove the vacuum seal,<br />
tight as a childhood hug from<br />
underneath the eiderdown;<br />
tip away the brine, watch it cough<br />
and splutter, the way dregs<br />
of wine chug down a plughole;<br />
spy traces of salt and vinegar, sharp<br />
as the slap of a North Sea wind,<br />
chill water lapping around pale toes;<br />
unlayer sprigs of dill, garlic cloves<br />
like orphans washed up on a beach,<br />
peppercorns hard-skinned as bad landlords.<br />
Finally, shake out the chunks,<br />
restore, make whole once more,<br />
smooth away the scars.
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