(No need to speak)

Mark Goodwin

it is with

in a

sha dow

beneath

a thick

clad oak

that some

manly

ema

nation

folds old

ideas

of july’s

clo

thes

---

it was not wren

nor robin

it was not sharp

thorn nor

a quick sleek cat’s

shivering jaw

it

was

as

though (t)

---

kindling set

on a

knoll

near

where the

woods’

stream

kinks

most

( no need

to speak )

the knack

is not a

trick it’s

ancient

kith

si lent ly

vis u ally

kithed

kin to

kin now

kneel down

to your ( to

our )

hearth and

knap

flint so

spiked

light

bites

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Mark Goodwin is a poet-sound-artist, and speaks & writes in various ways. He has a number of books & chapbooks with various poetry houses, including Leafe Press, Longbarrow Press, & Shearsman Books. His latest chapbook – a compressed mountain travelogue called Erodes On Air – was recently published in North America by Middle Creek. Mark lives with his partner on a narrowboat just north of Leicester. He tweets poems from @kramawoodgin, and some of his sound-enhanced poetry is here: https://markgoodwin-poet-sound-artist.bandcamp.com