Poem, LONDON
Jan 12, 2024
Dummy Drawer
by Philip Hancock
Hip height, at the kitchen sink,
same alloy handle, same chamfered edges:
you still keep on trying it.
ひけない引き出し
フィリップ・ハンコック
訳 Rogan's
キッチンのシンク、おしりのあたり
おなじみの金属の取っ手、おなじみのまるい角
まだ開けようとしている、のね。
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.
