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Poem

Bodysurfing

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April 2009, no. 310
Poem

Bodysurfing

by •
April 2009, no. 310

Freefall
must be like this,

suspended
in blue green glass,
the curve of the wave
cradling the cerulean arc
of air,

the sky’s hastening gravity.

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James Bradley

James Bradley is a writer and critic. His books include the novels, Wrack, The Deep Field, The Resurrectionist, Clade and Ghost Species; a book of poetry, Paper Nautilus; and The Penguin Book of the Ocean. His first book of non-fiction, Deep Water: The World in the Ocean will be published by Hamish Hamilton in April 2024.

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