Ayuthaya
by and published in Edition Eleven of Pomegranate
In praise of the head
struck from its shoulders
In praise of it hitting
each temple step its ears its neck its mouth rubbling
In praise of the head
dodging hooves of horses
hearing the Aiiya! Aiiya!
of the burning houses.
In praise of the head
that waited, waited.
Suitcase
David Tait’s poems have been published in New Departures, Guardian Unlimited, Cake, The Cadaverine, Like Starlings, One Night Stanzas and Popshot, amongst others, including the wonderful Pomegranate of course! His debut pamphlet, Suitcase/Earthquake was published in 2009 and he was shortlisted for the 2009 Bridport Prize. He runs Firework Factory Poetry, a free online monthly writing workshop that invites guest poets to set exercises which are distributed to a mailing list.