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Rachel Mann
Rachel Mann is a priest, writer and broadcaster. She is the author of thirteen books, including her debut poetry collection, A Kingdom of Love (Carcanet, 2019), and the acclaimed non-fiction, Fierce Imaginings: The Great War, Ritual, Memory, and God (DLT, 2017). She is a Visiting Teaching Fellow at The Manchester Writing...read more |
Poem of the Day
Message From an Asteroid
Out there,
above the furthest limit of our sky,
on some fast orbit
bound for who knows where,
your blue heart is calling
to cobalt veins
inside the earth,
crusts of cobalt
under oceans,
on the skin, the lips
of submarine volcanoes –
reminding them
of wild formations,
forces of fire.
Taken from 'Scale'...above the furthest limit of our sky,
on some fast orbit
bound for who knows where,
your blue heart is calling
to cobalt veins
inside the earth,
crusts of cobalt
under oceans,
on the skin, the lips
of submarine volcanoes –
reminding them
of wild formations,
forces of fire.
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