Poem, LONDON
Jan 12, 2024
Light Work
by Philip Hancock
The poppy-red panel
with four screw holes
on the door is softening
to the lobster pink
around it now.
At eye level
so as not to be missed.
You wonder
who took the sign
and what it said.
光のいたずら
フィリップ・ハンコック
訳 Rogan's
ドアにはりついた
ケシ色のまっ赤なパネルと
よっつの釘あな
どんどん淡くなって
まわりのロブスターピンクになじんでいく。
見のがすはずもない
目のたかさ。
やれやれ
持っていったのは誰ですか
書かれていたのは何ですか。
Philip Hancock
Philip Hancock was born in Newchapel, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1966.He left school at sixteen to serve a City & Guilds craft apprentice-ship. His debut pamphlet Hearing Ourselves Think (Smiths Knoll,2009) was a Guardian Book of the Year. A second pamphlet, Just Help Yourself (Smiths Knoll), appeared in 2016. Jelly Baby, a film-poem, screened at various short film festivals and was published by Areté. City Works Dept. was published by Be in 2018.
