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Graham Burchell
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- Dawlish, Devon,
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- Nationality
- Briish
- Languages
- English
Spanish
French
- Country of Origin
- England
- Country of Residence
- Dawlish, England
- Biography
- Graham Burchell was born in 1950 in Canterbury, England. He is the winner of the 2005 Chapter One Promotions Open Poetry Competition, Winner of the 2006 Hazel Street Productions Poetry Contest, the runner up in the 2005 'Into Africa' International Poetry Competition and a runner up in the 2006 Ware Open Poetry Competition. He was also nominated for a 2006 Pushcart Prize. His poetry has appeared in many print and online literary magazines. His first poetry collection ‘Ladies of Divided Twins’ (Erbacce Press) and his second ‘Vermeer’s Corner’ (Foothills Publishing) were both published in 2008 along with his children’s novel ‘Chester and the Green Pig (Calderwood Books). He is also the editor of the online poetry journal, Words-Myth (http://www.words-myth.com) voted online poetry magazine of 2007 by Poetry Kit. He is a former member of Houston based “Poets Northwest”, and currently a member of the Moor Poets in Devon, England. More details on his website – http://www.gburchell.com.
- Bibliography
- Vermeer's Corner (Foothills Publishing 2008)
Ladies of Divided Twins (Erbacce Press 2008)
- Poem #1
- Still Waiting
Christmas came to Chililabombwe,
a misdirected card; Scrooge and frost
delivered to the wrong continent.
In the fan-cooled haven of the school reception,
a bosomy secretary, head shaved of lice,
spooned excretions from the playground‘s termite mound.
A red paste pile –
African caviar posed in a napkin.
Close by a mother and I seemed uneasy.
She slid one ebony gloss shin
over the other like a deaf cricket.
She was lost for good words.
Whatever she said it would sound stupid, she knew,
but she would say it anyway – fish eyed
like the kapenta threaded with small bones
that she could afford on Fridays.
“It was that saint man what was he called
Saint Claws? Santo Claws?
You know – he’s the one that goes down the chimneys.”
Chimneys? Every year, white bearded and hot
he would visit the school, waving,
his costume the same flame tree hue as the fire engine,
from which he hung in the sun of blue heat,
banana, jacaranda and rattling black seedpods.
“But on that Christmas night, he goes to the other kids -
always to the other kids.
For each of my boy’s eight years we waited.
We listened for the Santo Claws bells,
but only heard the crickets and frogs of Africa.”
- Website #1
- http://www.gburchell.com
- Website #2
- http://www.words-myth.com
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