Timothy Kiely
Updated: Sep 12, 2019
Tim Kiely is a criminal barrister and poet living in London. His work has appeared in: 'South Bank Poetry'; 'Lunar Poetry'; 'The Morning Star'; 'Spontaneous Poetics'; and 'Ink, Sweat & Tears', as well as the Emma Press anthology 'Everything That Can Happen'. He is a member of the 'Poetry Versus' collective.
Sutures
i. Simple Interrupted
oh my young unspeakable hope
my flowers and their finger-tips’
exquisite piercing brisk pull
every sense’s. mundane meeting
found line. through all forgetting
vital finally to this
unknowing the crossing over point
from stitch to birdsong birdsong to stitch
ii. Figure-of-Eight
oh my young my flowers and
their finger-tips’. unspeakable hope
exquisite piercing every sense’s
mundane meeting brisk pull
found line vital finally
to this through all forgetting
unknowing the crossing from stitch to birdsong
birdsong to stitch over point
iii. Circular
oh my young their finger-tips’
unspeakable hope my flowers and
exquisite piercing mundane meeting
brisk pull every sense’s
found line to this
through all forgetting vital finally
unknowing the crossing birdsong to stitch
over the point from stitch to birdsong
iv. Herringbone
oh my young my flowers and
exquisite piercing unspeakable hope
their finger-tips’ every sense’s
found line brisk pull
mundane meeting vital finally
to this through all forgetting
birdsong to stitch over point
from stitch to birdsong unknowing the crossing
v. Vortex
oh my young my flowers and
exquisite piercing every sense’s
found line vital finally
unknowing the crossing from stitch to birdsong
birdsong to stitch over point
to this through all forgetting
mundane meeting brisk pull
their finger tips’ unspeakable hope
Towards Sex as a Theory of Everything
overheard on a journey home from work
as aftermath;
as nothing special;
as a lifetime;
as the light from inside;
as a wilful misreading of history;
as the most un-piano piano-playing;
as designer toys;
as discarded string;
as a long escalator taken at a run;
as void;
as beige wallpaper;
as explosion;
as metal;
as death machine;
as bodies drawn up to the ceiling;
as scarecrow arms;