NEW WRITING
Friday 9 May

Loughborough

I once spent the day with a girl who was pro fox hunting;
who asked what was wrong with The Tories;
who said she wanted her parent's life.
We lay down outside a church
The grass poured around us like mint sauce
and I thought maybe I'd just marry her
and be done with it.

Later, we climbed high to where the Victorian prison stood
its windows like wedding diamonds in the low sun,
and the skyline beneath us like smashed meringue
I thought about the house we would own in Loughborough
our lanky children,
our utility room,
our dogs, wax jackets, fridge calendar and committees.

We didn't wear our coats
but there was still touch of cold in the air,
everything was just like summer, if you squinted.

© Luke Wright 2008

NEWS

01 May - I will be on Radio 4's Saturday Live at 9am on Staurday 3 May. I will be reading two topical poems penned on the day. Eek!

10 April - I am part of the collective running a new literary cabaret called HOMEWORK. We have a five show season planned at The Horse & Groom in Shoreditch. See our MySpace or our E-Flyer.

09 April - I am to host and perform in a new radio pilot for Hattrick. The show is provisionally called Trashcan. We have recorded a live show and are currently in post-production. More info here

24 March - I will be taking a new show of poems to Edinburgh. A Poet's Work Is Never Done will play The Zoo Venues 10-16 August at 9pm.

20 December - Joel Stickley and I have been accepted on to the prodigious East to Edinburgh scheme for 2008. We will be taking to the Fringe a stage show based on our book Who Writes This Crap?

22 November - First lot of 2008 Poet & Man tour dates posted on gigs page.

Buy Luke's poetry record on CD. The Rise and Fall of Luke Wright, Esq features 12 of Luke's best poems, all for £6. Buy it here.

Buy Who Writes This Crap? By Joel Stickley & Luke Wright from Amazon.

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