#ChristopherBarnes

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Jan 4

Christopher Barnes: No Embrace

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/-fnqlznqhLk) 09.10.2022. PROPAGANDA 47 Glass, ruptured possessions, Bilge-water mugs, logjamed clock. Gunked frost up stairs. Tiling utterly demolished. No embrace here. * possessions clock frost Tiling here * Queer Street possessions, Weary moribund clock. Deodorizing frost. Tiling unmended. A bevy retreats here. About the Author: In 1998 Christopher Barnes won a Northern Arts writers award. In July 2000 he read at Wa

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Sep 7, 2022

Christopher Barnes: Everyone's Hosannas

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/EXbxNyCypWI) 29.05.2022. Ho-Hum Ruts (after Riot Days by Maria Alyokchina, Pussy Riot) Crimson loaded-moment button. She wangles key. Fist-bumped door whimpers. Ruckusing towards minimal ventilation, Hereafter squanders identity. Peripheral natives Retreat into jackstraws. I dress for cabaret. Putin Hosannas (after Riot Days by Maria Alyokchina, Pussy Riot) Timebinding doesn't firm up inside Lacking calendars. A transpi

ZiN Daily

May 16, 2022

Christopher Barnes: In Ashy Sky

Image: Unsplash, dowloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/9Z4rDStDP6E) 27.2.2022, ALMANAC 36 Musicianship is bridged in recollection. Prattle a zest or irritant. This orb whirrs as it dizzy-rounds. Thunder's furore passes. Surdity nears, howsoever. ALMANAC 39 Waves - misgiving indigo. Tete-a-tetes amplifying, giddy. Uniform power-drive buzz. Quaff trolley is inched. The jet unrivets In ashy sky. ALMANAC 40 Transit is restful. Below par districts sheer off. Crows lunge, profiled

ZiN Daily

Oct 8, 2021

Christopher Barnes: A Thousand Roads

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/7FHN1gFyf9I) 19.9.2021. BELIEF In the wake of pairing a s e r m o n i s e r by fluke, it's prudent to hockle... rebuff their blabber from your inconstant gab. Lawrence Durrell cut across a thousand roads. About the Author: In 1998 Christopher Barnes won a Northern Arts writers award. In July 2000 he read at Waterstones bookshop to promote the anthology 'Titles Are Bitches'. Christmas 2001 he debuted at Newcastle's fam

Christopher Barnes

Jul 21, 2021

Christopher Barnes: Compressed Memories

Image: Unsplash, downloaded https://unsplash.com/photos/pNjfR_8XI4M (4.6.2021.) ZIP 32 crosses handstitched on mesh bounceback of fanfare totting the loom gypsy hoops reel Kal blinks through specs she waltzes bias-cut perle in frosted myrtle tense legs hippety-hop About the Author: In 1998 Christopher Barnes won a Northern Arts writers award. In July 2000 he read at Waterstones bookshop to promote the anthology 'Titles Are Bitches'. Christmas 2001 he debuted at Newcastle's

Christopher Barnes

May 12, 2021

Christopher Barnes: Street Memories

Image: Unsplash, downloaded https://unsplash.com/photos/1TRQSM0RxLs (20.3.2021.) What The Street Remembers (16) How thick Ruuumm Pttah pttah What's that? * Truman Capote fumbled in his pockets. * Blanga-baa Grrd-grrd P-twhh Give is it here man * Jack Dunphy blotted his spittle. * Sarah Oh meanie You told me to paint I'm sorry What The Street Remembers (19) What's wrong with me? Or-eey-or-oh It was so good Come on John Plick-plick-plick * Allen Ginsberg wailed an ‘om’. * Puchh

Christopher Barnes

Aug 28, 2019

Jaded Triptych: Christopher Barnes

JADED TRIPTYCH Ears prickle and his tongue drips once. Cur at the trattoria is alert. A heavy breath. Shusshing traffic overlays the ruckle of cups on aluminium. Tail away. Yap-Yap! A nylon leash bends the fence. Chair leg scrapes on paving as his nose jabs denim. Kettle-grown mint ruffles in the breeze. He sniffs the table, shuffles to the left. Hairs disentangle, fall. Questioning look in butterscotch eyes. Plod, jump, wriggle, then patient sitting. Assurance i

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