Stephen C. Middleton

Chemistry (Tiny)

Strobes, flutter
Rotten egg of sulphur
Spike & sneeze
Tiny
Pressed tight / between desks
Tests & equations –
Definition / distinction
Different views
Where I saw you / split second /
In the raw
Waiting for the experiment
First chemistry lesson
But what was learnt?
Hoar frost – lost my vantage point
The notes, the plot, & past.



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­­Stephen C. Middleton is a writer working in London, England. He has had five books published, including A Brave Light (Stride) and Worlds of Pain / Shades of Grace (Poetry Salzburg).  He has been in several anthologies, including Paging Doctor Jazz (Shoestring), & From Hepworth’s Garden Out(Shearsman, 2010). For several years he was editor of Ostinato, a magazine of jazz and jazz related poetry, and The Tenormen Press. He has been in magazines worldwide.  ­