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David Braziel - Distanced

from A Silent War by Ross Thompson And Others

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Written by Ross Thompson

Read by David Braziel

David is a poet, writer and performer, three times winner of the Belfast Book Festival Poetry Slam and a regional and national finalist in the All Ireland Poetry Slam. David has hosted and performed shows at the Lingo Festival in Dublin and on the Live from the Sunflower comedy showcase broadcast on BBC Radio. In 2015 David supported spoken word artist Polar Bear at the Aspects Festival in Bangor.

David’s first collection of poems I Am Not a Poet - And Other Poems was published in 2015 and his one-person show Too Big for Words was performed in Belfast in 2017. He is currently working on a new show with the support of a grant from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

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1.
As a child, you were told to keep away
from tree boles rubbed smooth by scratching cattle,

to not build dams in fieldside sheughs or play
in stagnant water or stage mock battles

near borders where acerbic nettles crept
through remnants of ancient kettles and jars...

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from A Silent War, released May 29, 2020

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Ross Thompson Bangor, UK

Northern Irish writer.

Debut collection Threading The Light available now from Dedalus Press.

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