Tuesday, August 05, 2014

The Tuesday Poem




The Tuesday Poem this week is "Agnus Dei" by New Zealand poet Marty Smith. You can find it at

http://tuesdaypoem.blogspot.co.nz/2014/08/agnus-dei-by-marty-smith.html

Janis Freegard is the editor of Tuesday Poem this week. She says of her choice: 


"This is a poem that really stayed with me, not just because of the drowning of the dying lamb, but because of the expertly sketched relationship between father and daughter. Then there is the surprising language: a creek that dimples and rumples, the "pudgy mud". It stands alone perfectly, but is also part of the bigger family story that Marty tells in her excellent Horse with Hat."

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