Lawrence Upton
from CATERHAM VALLEY #11 (Bourne Court)
for violist Benedict Taylor
[for vocal performance with improvised viola]
born caught
shelled
cracked from a start
and shelled out
a squiggle in the head
consuming
with incongruous agility
tousling a nerve
preceding reputations
putting strength into playing
stood around a bit
then changed
slightly concerned
placing faith in God
and plenty of deliberate touches
one day much like another
the dreadful hubbub fading
that was never an intention
clattering into instinct
all over a few seconds in
really struggling to get to the tongue
the most important thing
widely recycled
throughout uncomfortable moments
under pressure
in lively entertaining shapes
from CATERHAM VALLEY #12
for violist Benedict Taylor
[for vocal performance with improvised viola]
Organisations do campaigns: supporters in them
eat into proponents, counter productive to
negotiations, marked out for stable victory,
high in the capital, thriving, struggling, angst.
There is only so much integration
moving throughout Britain around plastic release --
Snow is unlikely to settle on the lower ground --
abolishing hunger during holidays.
With clutching voracious appetite, the grubs
appear, to break down, interested in speaking
after emergence, as limited democracy.
Voters are changing their minds more often,
trying them out for groans and laughter,
coupled with uncertainty on the markets.
Copyright © Lawrence Upton 2018
Lawrence Upton is a poet, graphic artist, sound artist and curator, and director of Writers Forum. His many publications include Memory Fictions (Argotist 2012), Pictures, Cartoon Strips (Sound & Language 2010), a song and a film (Veer 2009), Wire Sculptures (Reality Street 2003) and Commentaries on Bob Cobbing (Argotist 2013).