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Mark G Pennington is a writer based in Kendal, Cumbria. He is the author of Barren Stories for Moonlit Mannequins, his debut book of poems published by Dempsey and Windle (2018). He has recently been nominated for The Pushcart Prize for poetry. His second collection, That Summer They Broke the Birds, was published in April 2019. He is writing his first novel at present.
The filth and the rag brine
(from "Barren Stories for Moonlit Mannequins") The mirror looked like it had been up all night. A sunken, netted and pilfered salmon marked by the severity of the fisherman’s net. Blood dances like shadow assassins. Inflated, pink skull. The room dropped to its knees. A man can bruise in many ways. Eyes tired as mothers of gin and drivers with bad road directions. The gut of brokenness. Overture in songbird elegy: reminder of the dead broken heart. You are always alone, even when in good company. © Mark G Pennington |
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Barren Stories for Moonlit Mannequins
ISBN 978-1-907435-61-4
2017 29 poems, 45 pages perfect-bound paperback 15cm x 21cm RRP £7.00 Praise for "Barren Stories for Moonlit Mannequins":
"Mark G Pennington’s poetry is masculine and sensual. It’s orchids and roses, it’s burnt orange and deep burgundy. It’s playing the blues on the accordion in a jazz bar. It’s a soulful busker with a battered guitar in the rain or the corner of a brothel. It’s spicy and secret with hints of Mexico, beat poets, angels and a shy Cumbrian. Mark G Pennington takes you to a place that you want to inhabit but from the safety of a page. A page that no longer feels like a page but a portal you are keen to re-visit. This is a poet you will fall in love with and after his poem Impossible Heart, you can’t help but love him with your guts." Ann Grant, Poet |
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