The Tuesday Poem: Refeaturing Rhian Gallagher’s “Between”
Between
I
Close in and distant, you had me
kite on the cord of your touch,
whichever way you moved
I was swept, arrested,
twin to your anthem.
II
Between question
and response, between poise
and disarray
in slants of London light
in the autumn voice of Joni Mitchell
mid-passage, on our walks
across Brooklyn Bridge
between one country and another
two zones to every hour
body in to body, that fit,
between the letting go and hold,
your hand all night upon my hip.
(c) Rhian Gallagher
First published, Bravado 15
Reproduced here with permission.
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Rhian Gallagher’s “Between” was one of the first works I published as a Tuesday poem on “…Anything, Really”, on June 29, 2010 — and I still love it, so for both those reasons I am very pleased to highlight it again now, as part of this re-feature series.
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