By Stephen Derwent Partington Download pdf, mobi, epub
Gripping, swung, the eagle hung
upended on a Weaver’s nest,
its talons curled, a potter’s palms,
hooked beak inside the entrance.
Wings, the panic of the colony,
the hatchling snatched and dead,
one nest left swinging
with the shaking of a parent’s head.
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Stephen Derwent Partington (SDP) is a teacher, poet and literary critic who has married into Kenya. He writes a regular literary article for the Saturday Standard, has a light topical poem in the weekly East African, and pens a satirical piece each week for the Kenyan tabloid, The Nairobian. He also writes the occasional academic article, has had poems published in numerous magazines, and has produced two full-length collections: SMS & Face to Face (Kenya, Phoenix) and How to Euthanise a Cactus (UK, Cinnamon). He also participated in the Koroga Project. He is co-editor of a forthcoming anthology of Kenyan poetry since 2003.
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