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Marc Carver

The July Selected Poet is Marc Carver

Please feel free to email Marc at:

kronski669@yahoo.co.uk

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THE LAUGHING MAN

I see a man
bent slightly forward 
hands in face 
as if he is putting on a mask
He sobs 
the only way 
a man who wears boots and cream shorts can
screams with misery
then he takes his hands from his face
he starts to laugh
and his face changes
then he looks at me
and laughs even louder

THE LODGER

I lost it yesterday
that demon 
that is inside me
came out
it is like the cobra in the pot
all it needs is a flute playing
to bring it out
then when it does
it is like a nuclear explosion
I haven’t seen him for a while
thought that
he may have moved house
and moved in with someone else
but oh no
he is still there.

MRS. WOO

We went to the fish and chip shop
me 
and her
I ordered two fish and chips
Mrs. Woo
asked if we wanted salt and vinegar
I said vinegar for me
and she said 
only salt for her
I told Mrs. Woo
we could not be more different
She just looked at me
confused
the way a lot of people do

THE MAGICIAN

I get a strong desire
to ask a woman
any woman
if she will have my children
if she got upset 
I could say they are outside 
only joking
but what about if it worked
I could say that I don't have long 
and would like to leave something behind
Why not; it worked for Aleister Crowley

Marc Carver has published some ten collections of poems and performed around the world but his biggest fear is to sit in a room with poets and listen to them reading their poems.