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Manual 2 - Holding the Darkness
(Number 19 in the ESAW mini series)
by Richard Burns
Cover design by Arijana Mišić-Burns

RICHARD BURNS was born in London in 1943, into a family of musicians. This edition is the second set of 20 poems from his work-in-progress Manual, a sequence in celebration of human hands. The first set of 20 appeared as an ESAW mini-book in 2006 (No. 10). Richard Burns has published more than twenty poetry books. A former Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, he lives in Cambridge, England. He is a Bye-Fellow at Downing College, Cambridge, Preceptor at Corpus Christi College, and supervisor in writing skills at Emmanuel College, Pembroke and Peterhouse.

Email: richardburns@cantab.net
Website: www: richardburns.eu/site/

Sample poem

 I 



The woman sees the hunter approaching
She smiles and asks him to anoint her
to rub a little of the creature’s fat into the nape
of her neck and also just above the collar bone
He smiles and rubs her and she clutches him tight

She clutches the hunter so tight     his hands
decompose and disintegrate as they touch her
his hands melt into her     and his whole body
all his skin and organs and blood     everything
except his bones and teeth and nails and hair

TITLE               Manual 2 - Holding the Darkness
AUTHOR         Richard Burns
PUBLISHED    2007
CATEGORY    Poetry
FORMAT         Paperback - Mini book
EXTENT           A6, 24 pages
ISBN                 978-1-86942-097-0
PRICE              NZ  $5

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