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First published in The Poetry Review (Winter 2023, 113:4)

Throat

by Cat Turhan

The lump calcifies I’m on the way
to her wedding my gin & tonic on
the Thameslink delayed at
Haywards Heath a conversation
lasts the length of a memory I slice
the head of a king prawn with my
uvula the shell splits pink it’s not
your wedding don’t worry my
uvula is not very sharp today I
know you’re a good guy deep
down you crawl up to my teeth
gin foams on the lip of my
warming can when the train pulls
in I’ve taken it in one sour fistful

The Poetry Society was founded in 1909 to promote “a more general recognition and appreciation of poetry”.  Since then, it has grown into one of Britain’s most dynamic arts organisations, representing British poetry both nationally and internationally.  Today it has more than 5,000 members worldwide and publishes The Poetry Review.

With innovative education and commissioning programmes and a packed calendar of performances, readings and competitions, The Poetry Society champions poetry for all ages.

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