Emily Cooke – ‘I’d like the lightness’ of grasshoppers,of soda water with lemon,or tumbleweed,or cooking magazines, the onesI leaf through to take inbrightly lit picturesof things I will never make I’d like the lightness of the sort of digital clockyou get free in the Readers Digest,that flickers with regret afterbarely weeks in-situbut carries on ticking nonetheless I’d like the lightnessof you as you watch and immediately forget the news,it’s gone and it’s just time to take the pink pilland then the green oneaccording to the noteon the microwave About the Author Emily Cooke is a Boltonian poet who has spent most of the last year in bed. Luckily this left plenty of time for writing and she has just started to send her work out into the wider world. Find her on instagram @emily_c_cooke Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Published by fragmentedvoices A small, independent press based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and Prague, the Czech Republic View all posts by fragmentedvoices