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Author Interview: Rosemarie Gibson (Desiring Her)

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Let’s sit down and chat with a lesbian!

 

This week, I’d like to share an author interview with Rosemarie Gibson. I previously shared one of Rosemarie’s works, Desiring Her – a collection of poetry that tells of the love between two women. Please do check it out!

Rosemarie kindly agreed to answer some questions, so we can get an idea of who she is and how she works. If you love reading, take an interesting in matters of sexuality or just like to meet folk, read on!

Impromptu Poetry: Schism.

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Evening all.

 

Today I felt like scribbling out a quick poem. It’s about racism, jingoism and fascism, so I called it:

 

Schism.

 

Today I met a heinous plan,

Borne within a normal man.

This plan it rode within his mind,

It gave him notions most unkind.

It’s shape was cruel and aimed to harm,

A dark design of selfish charm.

From man to man, it quickly spread,

This plan, it passed from head to head.

Its wings are fear, its jaws are hate,

A wyrm I recognised too late.

This simple whim, it tricked us all,

Denounce the foe, build a wall!

It whispered ‘us’, it warned of ‘them’,

Promised strength, augured mayhem.

That normal man, like you or I,

Had no forked tongue, or evil eye.

He just had friends and family,

Felt threatened by uncertainty.

The plan took root, on fertile soil,

Seed to stem, it did uncoil.

A wall he built, hard and tall,

Around his heart.

Against us all.

Happy National Poetry Day!

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Celebrate that poetry, now!

 

So it’s not only blog day Thursday, but also National Poetry Day.

I wanted to do something poetic but also light-hearted and fun and a little experimental. So, in the run-up to today, I asked friends and sundry random folk on Facebook to send me some requests for poems. Bespoke poetry to order!