Poem

'Four Rooms' by Julie Manning

by Julie Manning •

May 2018, no. 401

Poem

'Four Rooms' by Julie Manning

by Julie Manning •

May 2018, no. 401

1.
Your beard intrigues me, its rough mystery, patterned complexity.
I imagine burrowing animals under your skin that raise

unreadable braille, tiny things my nails disturb – anemone fronds
in a sea-borne forest. I could analyse what I know

Julie Manning

Julie Manning is a poet and artist. Her poetry has been shortlisted in the Peter Porter Poetry prize, Blake Poetry prize, Newcastle Poetry prize and Aesthetica Creative Writing Award (UK), and appeared in ABR, Meanjin, Overland, and other publications and anthologies. She lives in bayside Brisbane.