Johanna's BlogLucy Holt
b. 1982, Melbourne
Lucy Holt is a poet and graduate in history from the University of Melbourne. In 2005 she published a chapbook called Stories of Bird, and her first full-length book of poems Man Wolf Man was published by John Leonard Press in 2007. Her poem 'Noon Swim' featured in the Fingerprints project.
Noon Swim
extract
At the river's swollen joint we dived in,
suddenly light and jointless
as our six feet mixed the warmed crust of water
with the icy below.
The frangipani I had tucked behind my ear
was presumed drowned until it resurfaced between us
as a beautiful relic.
Matchstick-sized
skinks darted at our every scream as if
powered by sound.
