{"id":51,"date":"2009-07-23T21:38:50","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T02:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?p=51"},"modified":"2009-07-23T21:38:50","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T02:38:50","slug":"gillian-prew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/2009\/07\/gillian-prew\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillian Prew"},"content":{"rendered":"

the idea of wings<\/h3>\n

Gillian Prew<\/a><\/em>, July 2009<\/a><\/h5>\n

never round was the shape of this day
\nnever gentle
\nnever a soft curiosity<\/p>\n

today was the shape of an encyclopaedia
\nopened at random
\nshowing her answers for which she had
\nno questions<\/p>\n

her questions burned
\n& they had no answers<\/p>\n

\u201cwhat can we know?\u201d
\n\u201cdoes a crow know more than me?\u201d<\/p>\n

a crow knows what it needs to know<\/p>\n

birds fly because they can<\/p>\n

a human wing denies its own existence<\/p>\n

her arms ached from flapping<\/p>\n

the day was over
\nshe pulled a swathe of night from the sky
\nstitched it into a bed as
\nher feathers returned to fingers<\/p>\n

violation of circumstance<\/strong><\/p>\n

things come like jewels & promises
\n& shiny shoes<\/p>\n

new indifferent
\nto lunacy<\/p>\n

like sharp pencils
\non pages of air<\/p>\n

but they go
\nyou know, they go<\/p>\n

when the wind is radiant
\nwith ash
\n& the silvered glass peels its way into
\nanother room<\/p>\n

they slip
\ninto beyond<\/p>\n

into the human way into decay<\/p>\n

but new is not grow
\n& the shift of unblemished callow<\/p>\n

into
\na serendipitous age<\/p>\n

is more than
\na violation of circumstance<\/p>\n

Gillian Prew lives in Scotland. She has a philosophy degree and a succession of low-paid, menial jobs to her credit. Having abandoned her first novel she currently writes poetry. Some of her poems can be found at Eviscerator Heaven, Up the Staircase, The Glasgow Review, Eleutheria and The Recusant. She is responsible for two collections of poems, \u2018Moving on the Madness\u2019 and \u2018Standing Still in Motion\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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