Poem: Festering
Books & Poetry
In this week’s Poet’s Corner, Stephen House completes a series of three contributions.
Festering
I have often wondered
why we won’t return to those years
through a conversation
and put it to rest for good
but we don’t bring it up
and so
it continues to sit
festering
like an unopened box of distress
lurking by us
each time
we are together
and it probably always will
unless something changes
between us
again.
Stephen House lives in Adelaide. The recipient of awards and nominations as a poet, playwright and actor, he has had 20 plays produced, with the majority commissioned and published by Australian Plays Transform. He has also been the recipient of international literature residencies from the Australia Council for the Arts and Asialink India. Two monologue chapbooks, ‘The Ajoona Guest House’, written on his Asialink India residency, and ‘Real and Unreal’, have been published by ICOE Press Australia, and a third chapbook is forthcoming. His poetry has been variously published, including today’s poem, which featured on the UK website Poetry Life and Times – Poetry from the world. He performs his monologues widely, and his play titled Johnny Chico, ran for four years in Spain. More about Stephen can be found here.
Readers’ original and unpublished poems of up to 40 lines can be emailed, with postal address, to poetscorner@solsticemedia.com.au. Submissions should be in the body of the email, not as attachments. A poetry book will be awarded to each accepted contributor.
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