James Meredith: a wine cup with base
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A collection of 120 haiku, senryu and tanka, 'a wine cup with base' is a love story told through the movement of the seasons. Meredith displays an engaging honesty and candidness, without threatening to compromise the tender tone throughout the entire sequence.
James Meredith’s stories & poems have been published in Ireland, the UK, Europe & the USA, including The Stinging Fly, Abridged, The Honest Ulsterman, The Incubator Journal, Lagan Press Poetry Originals, 34th Parallel, A Hundred Gourds, FourXFour Poetry Journal, Tellus & Black and Blue amongst others.
A collection of his poetry, ‘Drawers of Sand’, was published in July 2014 alongside Romanian poet Laurian Lodoaba by Editura Timpul (Romania) in a bilingual edition. ‘burnt offering / ardere de tot’, a two poet collection with Romanian poet Paulina Popa, was published in February 2016 by Emia Press, Romania. He is a past winner of the Brian Moore Short Story Award, and author of three short plays, Shadow & Light: a monologue (LunchBox Theatre), Don’t Get Me Wrong (part of ‘Arrivals’ from Terra Nova Productions), & Secrets (part of ‘Arrivals 2’ from Terra Nova Productions). [Photo by William Simpson] |
extract from 'time fairies in the meadow'
1 after the deluge in the cracks between the path the wild flowers grow 2 on a warm still day time fairies in the meadow wait for the wind’s kiss 3 insolent eye stare challenging me to seduce your mouth like bruised fruit 4 moon glow in your eyes you catch & then hold my stare electricity 5 the curve of your arse the slight swell of your belly the moon & the sun 6 shadows can highlight as much as they can conceal your glorious curves! |