B o u d i c c a
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B o u d i c c a
The winning pamphlet in the 2022 East Anglian Book Awards - Poetry
&
iOTA Shot Pamphlet Awards
Matt Haw is a poet, essayist and filmmaker. He is the author of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole (tall-lighthouse, 2014) and the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award. He divides his time between Norfolk and the west coast of Norway.
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'A Vision for the Topographical future of East Anglia'
In quick-dry raiment
militant ecologists patrol concrete levees
wind slaps jade North Sea
over the tide barriers out there
in the shimmering amphibious
trawlers sift sandbars for bivalves
inland the salt marshes go on
for miles of sea grass & sampha
at dawn Boudicca punts
her raft back to the stilt houses
a Celtic knot of eels in a bucket
her breakfast
she is cinnamon tan & freckled
with fishing everyday
in brackish sun how she lives
since the re-wilding of the east
when the tide sits low
dunes island like beached seals
on still days the waters clear
on submerged bungalows
the ruins of churches hatchbacks
crusted with barnacles sometimes
they come with their masks & cuffs
but don’t find her
she rules her regency rich in
omega-3 eating fish fry
& eels & crustaceans fat with
burrowing for corpses in the silt
© Matt Haw
ISBN 9781-911132-53-0
