The Naked Red Hourglass
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Alone in this room I ignore the acrid burning, and breath deep the fumes from the nail and the cross; they burn like the memory of a pain soon forgotten, as I smile past the cigarette I lit at His feet.
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A collection of poetry documenting a turbulent love affair, this diary demonstrates the cyclical nature of love, romance, and the longing for fulfilment, and also adolescence fleeing before experiences both wonderful and destructive.
About the Author
Ian Bird is a poet and oil painter from the West Midlands, At the age of 19, these poems emerged as the diary of a turbulent experience, which took course over six months between 2006 and 07. In the years since, these words, and the events behind them, have been justified by the course his life has taken, resulting in the decision to publish. To see these words in print gives the emotions behind them a further sense of purpose and closure.