David Ashford is Poetry Coordinator at the University of Surrey. Since 2008 David has taken on the organisation of the October Morag Morris Poetry Lecture. He has introduced the Surrey New Year Poetry Reading, and is co-organiser, with the poet-in-residence, of the annual Surrey Poetry Festival. David teaches Modernist Poetry at Level 2 and is himself a practising poet. Recent publications include poems in HiZero, This Corner and The Surrey Festival Anthology.

METAPHYSICAL

Consider this if out of time
as the hawk /a meat canister tin-canned
proceed prospective elective concentric
a long and winding swift
as thought it’s a week’s work
say what
slides around the slow zoom out

monday wasn’t all it was cracked
up but no matter how far apart we find
the light in the right it unsightly so fight
thru tuesday lend a hand
lost to fatal machine
but God
thought fit to grace with a spare

in fact me almost everything
this wednesday night dinner serve 2 if what
mz fiscal crisis requires is sacrifices
surrender sliding a
half man only you full
gut and
liver not symmetry good

shd push the week thru what
system exotic worm made personal
history surgical chemical carry all
have a heart beat these fixed
stars but dirty with blood
you can’t
unless fungus say [O.K.]