Sunday, October 25, 2009

skin (ii)


some nights
i try to claw my way
out of this skin

but pull and scratch and bruise
seems i'm locked tight in

only ugly fat keloid
where my fingernails have been


from my chapbook Original Skin (Picaro Press, 2008)
Posted by at 7:10 PM
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17 comments:

  1. Self discovery and acceptance are beautiful things.

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  2. Yeah. This is such an old poem (about 10 years old) I felt a bit odd posting it. Slightly more emo than where I am now :)

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  3. Cool Maxine, I've felt similar, seeking escape from self, happy I didn't make it, now aim to craft the dark passenger into lines.

    Thanks for posting, these can't stay in 10 year old notebooks.

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  4. "Skin" is a wonderful book, full of fascinating poems. I treasure my copy.

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  5. Maxine, this is wonderful. Im going to buy your chapbook.

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  6. oh wow, I can comment today! Maybe its just me then; I often try to leave comments and can't :)

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  7. Thanks folks.

    Mark: 'craft the dark passenger into lines'...you have to make that into a poem, just HAVE to...or I will.

    Perception Point: Excellent! I don't know why it kept kicking you off before and couldn't see how I could fix it at the admin end. Hope that's the end of the issue - and that you like my book!

    Glad you treasure it Paul. Someone treasures my chapbook! (Besides me and my mum!)

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  9. Yes, beautiful - personally political. But you are right: it doesn't seem like where you are now.

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  10. you just reminded me of Nikki Giovanni:) but with some Maxine touch..

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  11. Tarringo: Nikki Giovanni...thanks! Now there's a name I know well. her 'Woman Poem' is one of my all-time favourites.

    Kate: Oh, I still whip out the angst sometimes these days on special occasions :)

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  12. powerful.
    man. sorry. woman.
    powerfull.

    the 2nd stanza left me hanging.

    dhyan

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  14. Who is the person who wrote that poem?

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  15. stirring poem. neccessary. thank you.

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  16. The physicality of this poem is great!

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  17. Thanks again for your feedback folks.

    Cat: I don't really recognise her either. That's a good thing, isn't it?

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