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touching your facewith that it creates and the allowed; been said this time held each time each time From access to the silence: poems and posters 1984-2004 (Etruscan Books, 2004). Reprinted by permission of the author. ‘touching your face’ is a poem written for my wife Sonya. The title is meant to have the double meaning 'about, concerning your face' and 'touching' as in fingering. When I read the poem aloud at readings I naturally pause between each line. Maybe that is to mimic the delicate action described. I was thinking of a kind of sacred silence, a sacred place that exists in conjunction. That’s all I can say about it. Tender, observant, poised. Tom Leonard’s collected poems are available in two volumes: Intimate Voices: Poems 1965-83; and access to the silence: poems and posters 1984-2004. Both volumes are available from Etruscan Books, Devon. He teaches part-time as a professor of Creative Writing at Glasgow University. |
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