Tuesday Poem: The Reader, by Robin Fry

 

The new anthology is here.

I read through it

turning the pages          on and

on

from its end to its beginning

seeking connection

sifting

winnowing...



And —

here it comes

surprising me at last —

the rare, the numinous one

like the flick of a silver tongue

light falling

from another room.



Credit note: "The Reader" is from Robin Fry's new collection Portals, published by Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, and is reproduced by permission of the author.



Portals is available directly from Robin for $15, sent to Robin Fry, 19 Bolton Street, Petone, Lower Hutt 5012. Robin can also be contacted by email: robinfry@paradise.net.nz



Here is an excellent article* from the Hutt News about Robin and her writing: Life's experiences inspire words.



*Stuff's page title is wrong, though - this is Robin's fifth collection.



Tim says: I went to the launch of Portals at the Lower Hutt Library, which was a great success: 60 or so people came along, Jo Thorpe gave an excellent introduction which you can read on the ESAW website, lots of people bought the book, and Robin read very well.



I have been reading Portals this week and, among a number of poems I like very much, "The Reader" jumped out at me because it so well conveys the experience of looking at a new anthology and hoping to find one or more poems that take the breath away.



There are some fine poems in Robin's previous collections, too - here are links to a couple from her previous collection, Time Traveller:



Hurry

Riverine Elements



You can check out all the Tuesday Poems on the Tuesday Poem blog - the hub poem in the middle of the page, and all the other poems in the sidebar on the right.You can buy books by Tim Jones online! Voyagers: SF Poetry from NZ from Amazon.Transported (short story collection) from Fishpond or New Zealand Books Abroad.