Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
By Abegail Morley
She snaps her limbs shut,
sits on the chair,
her hands on her knees
extremities wound so tightly
breath might firecracker her body.
She is installation art
a work in progress
defined by her puppetry.
He tells of a new world.
She sees it before her.
He leaves her, and her unforgotten past
cuts her edges.
A scissored paper-chain of a woman
extends across the room.
Charity Case
By Abegail Morley
The illness is so efficient
there are no loose ends.
There are no ends at all.
She cannot tie the illness up,
leave it in a spectacular loop
and give it to a friend.
It follows her in Crimplene,
it could not choose silk or satin
and so she is
haunted by viscose.
Both of these poems are written by Abegail Morley and published in her book How to Pour Madness into a Tea Cup. From discovering her thanks to my third year poetry module I adore Morley’s style of poetry and although I suspect the poet has suffered from Bi-Polar Disorder, anyone who has experienced any type of psychological disorder or been in a therapy situation will connect with her beautiful words.
One day I may post poems that I’ve written, again from my Uni module but poetry is not my fortay and I’ll be leaving it to the professionals, such as Abegail Morley.
What do you think of these poems? How do you interpret them?
Emma
These poems leave me feeling sad.
That’s what’s so very grand about poetry – just one piece can evoke such a strong rainbow of emotions.
I’d love to read your poetry. Please share when it’s right for you.
I agree, well-written poetry is very evocative. Thank you Nicole, one day i will
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Hi Emma
Thank you for putting my poems on your site and for the fabulous things you say about them.
Abegail
You’re very welcome, your poetry is beautiful and thank you for commenting
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