{"id":1400,"date":"2012-10-05T00:06:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T00:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2017-07-11T05:41:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T05:41:47","slug":"in-preparation-for-the-hunt-by-bethany-w-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/in-preparation-for-the-hunt-by-bethany-w-pope\/","title":{"rendered":"In Preparation for the Hunt by Bethany W Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Preparation for the Hunt<\/h1>\n

by Bethany W Pope<\/p>\n

Picture me waiting
\nin the nook by the window,
\nlong skirt spread out, falling
\nred and wet-looking against<\/p>\n

the strong curve of my legs,
\nthe material, rich as arterial
\nblood, scrounged from a curtain,
\nconcealing my calves as a sheath<\/p>\n

hides a blade. And I, sitting there,
\ncoiled, for you. Holding that feather
\nthat I found in the woods, the
\npinion that fell from some<\/p>\n

brown-streaked hawk,
\nbrushing that keen edge against my lips
\nin anticipation of the softness of your flesh.
\npicture this and know that,<\/p>\n

though I’m hooded now, by the long
\nshadows of the eaves, when you come for
\nme in sunlight, crossing
\nplain across that barren field,<\/p>\n

the feather will fall,
\nmy feet will fly,
\nand my arms will cross tight
\naround your white neck.<\/p>\n

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\nBethany W Pope is an award winning author of the LBA, and a finalist for the Faulkner-Wisdom Awards. She received her PhD from Aberystwyth University’s Creative Writing program. Her work has appeared in: Anon, Art Times, Ampersand, Blue Tattoo, De\/Tached (Parthian), The Writer’s Hub, New Welsh Review and her work is due to appear in the next issues of Planet, Poetry Review Salzburg, Tears in the Fence and Anon. Her first poetry collection, A Radiance was published by Cultured Llama Press in June. Her second collection, Persephone in the Underworld has been accepted by Rufus Books and shall be released in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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