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Bill Sutton
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London-based Cumbrian poet Bill Sutton (he/him) creates visceral, abstract reflections of nature in his work. His poetry has appeared in Anthropocene and new zine Overgrowth. In 2015, Bill and his brother formed music project Slabtoe, which has released several albums and EPs. Bill's recently lent his poetry/song-writing abilities to the BFI-funded short film The Leerie, and his debut screenplay Corpse Road will be produced later in 2022.
the poems
Helton
to see stars,
the hulk of barn,
the rise behind and silent.
to see rain,
smoke wrapped,
the valleys slope and dreaming.
to all orbits,
a ripple,
and the quiet fields sleeping.
Lend The River Rain
The lights on the hillside are
a constellation, scattered.
A half-remembered conversation;
a friend lost, a family gathered
under a winter sky, whose
clouds are torn and tattered.
'It’s just a shadow cast from a different
day, but none of that now matters … '
I lend the river rain.
It lends it back again.
Black Barn Rise
shadows in the mist,
an echo where a wood once was.
moon cold mist,
settled on the river's twist.
above
and behind, black barn rise,
there,
where an echo of a wood once was.
Publishing credits
Helton / Lend The River Rain: exclusive first
publication by iamb
Black Barn Rise: Overgrowth (Issue No. 1)
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