Rebecca Audra Smith

Biography

Rebecca Audra Smith lives works and breathes in Manchester at present. Recent projects include Stirred, a night respecting women who write co-hosted with Anna Percy. Her work focuses on the aspects of touch that bridge the loneliness between individuals, interaction through the sensual impact of words and the barriers between understanding and the misunderstood.

Samples

Arms Your arms span the length of falling, its measurements would stick As you unwound the tape years on, you were tall and outweighed The softness of flowers that you had crushed even then Their bed of earth one you could sink your grimy child fingers into As you unwound the tape years on, you were tall and outweighed The sea and your floating memory of its arms Its bed of sand one you could sink your grimy child fingers into You are farther from its depth than you imagine, and nearer too The sea and your floating memory of its arms Pursues you in a lane of blurry swimmers You are farther from the edge than you imagine, and nearer too Always chasing after a set of wings that were detachable Pursuing you in a lane of blurry swimmers Are the ghosts of butterflies pale blue and white Always chasing after a set of wings that were detachable You wore your dives like you wore your skin tight swim suits Are the ghosts of butterflies pale blue and white? are they sometimes perfectly purple? You wore your dives like you wore your skin tight swim suits Graceful falling towards a bottomless sky

All poems are copyright of the originating author. Permission must be obtained before using or performing others' poems.

Blog entries by Rebecca Audra Smith

Stirred the 6th this Monday (02/04/2011)

Anish and the Moon (29/03/2011)

As you sleep (26/01/2011)

Blog link: https://www.writeoutloud.net/blogs/rebeccaaudrasmith