26th August 2016
Sleep fits tightly inside
thirty minutes. Its shape
corseted and unfamiliar,
especially the tail end
in which I hear him
somewhere nearby –
nearer than he ever is –
under me or back inside.
I never remembering
placing him in his cot
inside his own half hour
of condensed solitude.
Amy Brown teaches creative writing at the University of Melbourne. Her first poetry collection,
The Propaganda Poster Girl, was shortlisted for Best First Book at the 2009 New Zealand Book Awards.
The Odour of Sanctity, a contemporary epic poem that formed the creative half of her doctoral thesis, will be released in July 2013
I’m so keen to own and love this book and give it to my friends. Wow.
She was my English teacher 🙂