poems and work in progress
from Esau's Children
Sea Changes / Snorkelling
from Strange Tongues
Translations from Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus.
Prophets.
Nympholepsy / The Surf Beneath the Skin
from The Dade County Book of the Dead
Title poem
Exhibition
Mzungu /Mishima
Mazatecan Witch / Greek Rock
In Cliff Forshaw�s new collection Trans, Ovid meets a gross-out freak circus to chat about everything from bodily modification to virtual survival: Lord Rochester�s monkey; Enigma�s horns; the Reincarnation of Saint Orlan; Kevin Cyborg; sex changes and do-it-yourself surgery. It�s myth, it�s life - but not as we know it, Jim.
�One of the most original collections I�ve read in a long time.� (David Kennedy, co-editor The New Poetry)
�A voice like no other, musical, incisive� An imagination like no other trans-forming the world you thought you knew.� (Jon Stallworthy).
The Buddhas of Bamiyan
Laurel / Observance
Crusoe / Hombres
TRANS now has its own site. Click here.
Bibliography:
Poetry Collections:
Himalayan Fish (Peacock Books, Orissa, India, 1991)
Esau's Children (N.P.F. 1991)
Strange Tongues (Weasel Press, 1994)
The Dade County Book of the Dead (NPF, 1995)
Trans (The Collective Press, Wales, 2005)
Chapbooks include:
Minus Twenty-Seven: Three Poems for a Russian New Year (Weasel, 1993)
In Progress:
Satyr does exactly what it says on the tin - the lusty ancient man-goat hybrid turns up to lash the modern word and wildly and hypocritically indulge himself in sex, vitriol and inappropriate technology.
