bold as a bearded dragon
butternut, roasted golden
as a tabby cat
sit with me, tiger bright
around the fire, flames rising
like monarch butterflies
give me marigold meet cutes
sharp as persimmon
as amber as the afternoon
or the traffic light pause.
Victoria Punch is a voice coach and musician. Curious about voice and identity, the limits of language and how we perceive things; her poetry comes from these explorations. Published in Roi Fainéant and Nightingale & Sparrow. Forthcoming in Poetry, One Hand Clapping and The Gravity of the Thing. Found on Twitter and Instagram @victoriapunch_
Latest posts by Victoria Punch (see all)
- Paint my Life Orange - 24th July 2022