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Influenced by the traditional eastern forms of short poetry, Ben has experimented with short verse such as haiku, senryu and tanka.

His work has been published in Cauldron, Down in the Dirt, Masque, New Horizon, Taoism & Poetry and Time Haiku. [CLICK HERE]

Pleasures of the Bitten Peach, a work in progress, will bring together Ben's short form poetry, old and new.

Extracts:

First Flight

I was born precocial
No need for mothering
or feeds

11:58pm

white plumes
brush past in the darkness
The backdoor smoker

Pink house

We fought again
about the brand of our non-bio
Homo sweet homo

M26

Judas in Gethsemane
Stroked my neck
and kissed me

The Plath Years

Greenness, darkness
so pure
They freeze and are

the bright stupid confetti
caught in your vacuous
Black hair

The blood berries
lie still –
This bitter kiss

from the
Distance
(blue)
The pistons hiss

3LIGHTS GALLERY

Ben has work featured in LAUNCH, the first exhibition of this online gallery.

 

"In February 2007, 3LIGHTS is proud to present a solo exhibition from British poet, Ben Barton. Having featured his work in LAUNCH , we're very excited about welcoming Ben and more of his short-form poetry back to 3LIGHTS.

WALK/DON'T WALK will feature new work by Ben as well as some of the poems previously featured in LAUNCH. The exhibition will also include an exclusive interview with Ben on the subject of his shorter poetry.

The exhibition will begin on February 1st and will run until April 1st."

 

 

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