Jesus, opening the fridge on Ash Wednesday
by and published in Edition Seven of Pomegranate
let there be door-sprung
light in the whiteness
of infinite fishes
salvation only
in the ice-tray; cubist water
transfixed
hard enough to walk on.
Richard Osmond
Richard Osmond is 20 years old and studies English at Cambridge University. He was a winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award in 2005, and since then he has been invited to perform his poetry at the Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden, London, most notably at events New Blood and Broadcast. He has also been published in online ‘zine Don’t Panic, and read as part of a showcase at the “Our Words” literature event in London in 2006.