Jared Carnie

Jared A. Carnie lives in Sheffield. His previous publications include the novel Waves and the award-winning poetry pamphlet LYME.

He can be found at www.jaredacarnie.com.

CROOKED WALK by Jared Carnie

The poetry pamphlet, Crooked Walk is a collection of poems all based in Sheffield, where I moved in 2014 after living in the Outer Hebrides.

The title refers to both the areas of Sheffield where I have lived (Crookes/Walkley) and also the fact that no matter which direction you walk in Sheffield, you are always walking uphill.

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“You know when you see a moth
manic and scattered
and charging their soft head
into the plastic of the bulb
over and over?

And when it’s 4am
and only one small light remains
and the desperate moth
scrambles from one side to the other
trying to get closer
                               closer
                                        closer

but never really close enough?

It was a bit like that.
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That’s why I don’t drink anymore.”​

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