Sunday, February 28, 2021

New Poetry by Kris Spencer










Some form of blocking 

Iggy Pop is in his clapboard bungalow  
in Little Haiti, Miami; 
he is talking about his paintings. 
to Sky Arts. 

On his sofa  
a pregnant woman 
carved in foam. 

He works on a canvas 
which might show a face; 
adding a stroke of acrylic, 
he steps away  
and smiles to the camera - 
nothing is slyly transposed. 

Then, filmed at a gallery show, 
he seems hurt 
when his paintings are 
bought as souvenirs. 

Another time, 
talking with Stefan Brüggemann, 
he says: 
You block the areas,  
and then you allow the rest to happen. 


- © Kris Spencer 2021


Kris Spencer has written seven books, most published by OUP. He is a regular contributor to magazines in a journalistic career that spans over 20 years. His poems have been published in a number of journals; most recently, Acumen and the Balloon Literary Journal. Kris is a Headteacher living and working in west London. He was born and grew up in a village outside Bolton. Previously, he has studied, worked and lived in Hull, Cincinnati, Oxford, and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

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