Photo Credit: Spider-Dog
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Inky and Spider (Peter Bicot)
Peter Bicot, known as Inky, spent his childhood in the south of France and moved to London when he was eight. He has had poems published in small press magazines and has been working with schools in south London. He has become famous for his poetry performances which involve his dog Spider who barks in time to the chorus of Peter’s poems! Peter’s website is here.
If you want to book Inky, his email is peterbicot1 @mail.com
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Here is one of Peter’s poems (without a chorus!):
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Fly
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The fly’s mosaic eye
is a red lens;
a loud speaker,
with nothing to say.
An anonymous stare
glares back.
Its body armour
gleams oily green.
Hairs bristle
as the domestic alien
waits – spindle legs
planted from a sci-fi film
and brittle wings flick,
glossed as glass,
flexed for take off.
Fly off the wall,
out of the ointment,
fly-by-night
under the radar,
what wouldn’t you harm?
A futuristic chin
thistles needles.
The air stills
as it tickles
your hand.
Greedy fossicker,
carrier of parasitic disease
flies with ease,
teases with a fickle tickle,
tastes with soft feet,
greets food with vomit,
then drinks liquid filth;
debris-dealer,
garbage-czar,
exoskeletal-superstar.
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© Peter Bicot
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