- Mark Goodwin
(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
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