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These Infinite Cherries
Chrissy Williams
death seeps out of them pursed lips, not like a purse at all the cosmos so withholding of itself the terrible hand awaiting instruction what to destroy, and how, and when all that rich darkness, syncopation in the air, a seductive trumpet, then love underfoot, a rumpled doily all our life, falling through its holes
Chrissy Williams is a poet, editor and comic book writer based in the UK. Her work has featured on BBC radio and television. Her book-length collections are Bear (Bloodaxe Books, 2017) and Low (Bloodaxe, 2021). She is editor of the online poetry journal PERVERSE. She also writes and teaches poetry comics. She and artist Tom Humberstone co-edited Over the Line: An Introduction to Poetry Comics (Sidekick Books, 2015) about which Alan Moore said: “I really can’t recommend this venture highly enough.” https://linktr.ee/chrissy.williams ‘These Infinite Cherries’ originated from a collaborative exchange with Shamus Maxwell.
