Stringer 70
Nic Stringer
London Sonnet
We were disconnected … . …. … . … .
… . … . I was doing my homework … . … . … .
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I thought … . …. we got disconnected
… . I usually don’t drink milk … . … .
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I called …. … . this number’s been disconnected
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Calcium’s important for healthy teeth
… . … . There is a disconnect … . ….
… . I have done my homework … . … .… . … .
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Disconnect the plug … . …. … .
… . …. … . … . … . … . … . I am going to sleep
Magnificent vectors
Like the rat who lives
for a hundred years reason
unfolds
as echo-sensing echo
stretched between rare skins
we are a story of ascension
to be told on hanging things.
Nic Stringer was highly commended in the Forward Prizes 2018 for her first collection A day that you happen to know, published by Guillemot Press. Poetry, art and film have been reproduced in anthologies and journals including The Forward Book of Poetry 2019 and the forthcoming Valley Press Anthology of Prose Poetry, Magma, Structo, Eborakon and online @Arsonista. Nic is a member of the sound collective Fractured Strings and manages events as Corrupted Poetry; Beyond Imitation a collaboration with The National Poetry Library will be produced in 2019. In the half-light, a soundtrack is available at corruptedpoetry.com