Anthony Arnott- Two Poems

Biting fight/Fighting bite

It is a fear.

To dry out.

To dry up.

To no longer

think the words they

aren’t expecting

to read.

To lose that bite

that allowed

me to get away

with it for so long,

too long. The fear

has come to

strangle

the fight.

Always Cold

Always cold.

You’ve made me always cold.

And tired. You’ve made me

ask the questions I don’t want to know the answers to.

            You’ve made me look back and see things differently. You’ve made

            me alone, staring into a future we were going to share

                                                                                                together.

                                                            You’ve made me hate

                                    myself for not seeing it

                                                                        coming.

 

             Anthony Arnott lives in Jarrow, South Tyneside, and works as an English teacher. In April 2013, his collection, The Genius who drank all the milk, was released. This was the follow-up to his August 2011 debut, Behind Barcodes, both of which were published by erbacce-press. For two years, he was a Poetry Editor for The Black Market Review. 

  A keen reader, Anthony has read in support of Jerome Rothenberg and has had fifty-word stories published in 50 to 1 and Postcard Shorts.