Anya Trofimova
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Anya Trofimova is a young poet from London, where she studies at St Paul's Girls' School. Her work has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including Planet in Peril (Fly on the Wall Press) and Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal (Pallina Press), and has been recognised by Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, Saltaire Festival Poetry Competition, Erbacce Prize 2020 and the Felix Dennis Young Poets Competition, among others. When she is not writing, she works on the editorial boards of both the Siblíní Journal and Sandpiper Magazine.
a far cry in concrete atlantis
today in the papers
the land of milk and
honey,
full-bellied, forgiving,
dredges up blood
does not conceal
its attempt
at sloppy seconds
this time
behind sugared smiles
our tongues lie
culled, congealing
we ask ourselves
questions
about water,
come at it from every angle
it will whittle
us all down but not before
we’ve mistaken its gleam
for unmarked gold
every passerby for sampson,
hoping to cleave his mane
not before we’ve stalked
the empty aisles
like lauded things
slipped pennies onto
our eyelids: childlike, unhinged
our jaws and made our courteous
departures
grand curtain call washing line ending.
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