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<\/p>\nBy Alison Gibb.<\/p>\n
\t\t\tI owl people observer of gold
\n\t\t\torbits 270 \u00b0 in any direction
\n\t\t\tproclaims my silence \u2013
\n\t\t\tfixed in sockets of density
\n\t\t\tunconscious play from side to side
\n\t\t\tto c l e a r m y v i s i o n s u r f a c e s <\/p>\n
\t\t\tdangerously as truth I am her.e
\n\t\t\tto be assertive & hearing h a r m<\/p>\n
\t\t\to n i o u s l y the front edges
\n\t\t\t& the downy feathers of language <\/p>\n
\t\t\t& listening
\n\t\t\twith my inner self study <\/p>\n
\t\t\t& happening
\n\t\t\tbehind the scenes cultivates a tolerance <\/p>\n
\t\t\tfor roses & old photographers given
\n\t\t\tconfigure an atmosphere in repetition I <\/p>\n
\t\t\tam her.e daughter of Icarius
\n\t\t\thung in grief I am her
\n\t\t\tErigone transported<\/p>\n
\t\t\tto everlasting glory the heavens
\n\t\t\tCanis Minor & the rise & fall of Ziggy <\/p>\n
\t\t\tStardust represented by a fe.male
\n\t\t\tas p o t e n t i a l l y creative girl <\/p>\n
\t\t\tdelicate lovely <\/p>\n
\t\t\ta space invader coming for you
\n\t\t\tconcealed in shrewd emotion<\/p>\n
\t\t\t& practical
\n\t\t\t& yet unassuming well-spoken
\n\t\t\t& wise
\n\t\t\t& witty
\n\t\t\t& considerably mental <\/p>\n
\t\t\ti n g e n u i t y with the ability to
\n\t\t\tproduce a clear analysis <\/p>\n
\t\t\to v e r w h e l m i n g attraction dis t o r t s
\n\t\t\tI radius toward an outcome of joy
\n\t\t\twashed with river water & silt
\n\t\t\tOut of sight it passes swimming
\n\t\t\tas red t-shirts and blue eyes are
\n\t\t\tgreen I am her <\/p>\n
\t\t\tof expression
\n\t\t\tof desire brings art
\n\t\t\tof love
\n\t\t\tslows down limited objects<\/p>\n
\t\t\tin pink in the black in the road
\n\t\t\ton the roof I am here garden
\n\t\t\t& tea diffused with carnival blossom
\n\t\t\t& refracted autumn light flash
\n\t\t\tto deep to dig up to deep I reverberate
\n\t\t\t& I am afternoon<\/p>\n
\t\t\tof expression
\n\t\t\tof desire brings art
\n\t\t\tof love
\n\t\t\tslows down limited objects<\/p>\n
\t\t\tI am her sky dreaming on the bench
\n\t\t\ton the lawn where white painted
\n\t\t\tlines demarcate hope soft & warm
\n\t\t\tl i k e brushed cotton sheets
\n\t\t\tcandy striped p a s t e l s<\/p>\n
\t\t\tof expression
\n\t\t\tof desire brings art
\n\t\t\tof love
\n\t\t\tslows down limited objects<\/p>\n
\t\t\tI am here in wood
\n\t\t\tfluorescent with lichen I
\n\t\t\tb r e a t h e in sap am sticky in convention
\n\t\t\t& set in sparks s p a r k l i n g
\n\t\t\tI am fireplace <\/p>\n
\t\t\tof expression
\n\t\t\tof desire brings art
\n\t\t\tof love
\n\t\t\tslows down limited objects<\/p>\n
\t\t\tl o c a t e d I a m h e r
\n\t\t\tamongst others to be heard
\n\t\t\tand to be seen through g l a s s
\n\t\t\tcovered walls <\/p>\n
\t\t\tof expression
\n\t\t\tof desire brings art
\n\t\t\tof love
\n\t\t\tslows down limited objects<\/p>\n
\t\t\t& practical
\n\t\t\t& yet unassuming well-spoken
\n\t\t\t& wise
\n\t\t\t& witty
\n\t\t\t& considerably mental <\/p>\n
\t\t\ti n g e n u i t y with the ability to
\n\t\t\tproduce a clear analysis <\/p>\n
\t\t\tLanguage used correctly clearly
\n\t\t\tconsciously & formally in machine drawings
\n\t\t\tsurveys both sexes tempts moral prudence
\n\t\t\tis said to govern hands loyal and determined
\n\t\t\tthere.after of love slows down limited objects <\/p>\n
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/strong> o v e r w h e l m i n g attraction dis t o r t s \t\t\tof expression By Alison Gibb.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAlison Gibb<\/strong> is a British poet. She holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, an MA in Writing Poetry and a MFA in Creative Writing from Kingston University. Her practice crosses the disciplines of poetry, art, installation, performance sound-art and performance writing. Essentially experimental, Alison’s work investigates language through explorations into creative processes, artistic methods of making and critical theories. Alison is an Emerging Writer in Residence at Kingston University and a practice-led PhD researcher at the Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alison-Gibb-3am-photo-2014-420x179.jpg\")
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\n\t\t\tI radius toward an outcome of joy
\n\t\t\twashed with river water & silt
\n\t\t\tOut of sight it passes swimming
\n\t\t\tas red t-shirts and blue eyes are
\n\t\t\tgreen I am her <\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tof desire brings art
\n\t\t\tof love
\n\t\t\tslows down limited objects<\/p>\n