The Voltaic Wire

lime green buds as small as switches
on a power point
people climbing everywhere
like they're lights at a nightclub
the look, so disgruntled
elephants drinking out of a rivulet
the sky is raining sunshine

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This poem was Highly Commended (Primary) for Poetry Object 2017

Judge's Notes:
"A poem that embodies the spirit and form of its subject. Its shape is lovely on the page, and it has these impressive and original, surprising lines of memorable speech: 'people climbing everywhere/ like they’re lights at a nightclub'; 'elephants drinking out of a rivulet/ the sky is raining sunshine'.”
~ Mark Tredinnick, Judge, Poetry Object 2017

Watch our Poetry Object 2017 digital exhibition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TukWN1BdcPs