Latitude Festival 2009

Poem

When you kissed me over my bicycle

When you kissed me over my bicycle
We were lost somewhere in London.
You kissed me on an A road between Camden and CentrePoint, my bicycle balanced between us.
Our teeth clashed and I held my A – Z behind your back.
We kissed for a long time and afterwards some teenagers standing on the corner clapped and called out, “good show” and you said “thankyou” and we continued walking.

Rosie Martin
London, UK

Rosie Martin was born in the north of England and moved house a lot. As a child she read books and unwittingly learned to live in the imaginary. She was enlightened at university and then had to figure out how to earn her crust. She is still figuring it out.

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Competition Rules

Deadline for submissions:
July 3rd 2009

Rules:
Submit one original poem about where you live. The poem can be of any length and in any style, but must not have been published anywhere else before in print or online.

Copyright:
The copyright of each poem remains with the author.

Terms & conditions:

1.  Only one poem accepted per person
2.  Winner chosen by Latitude Festival and Pen Pusher Magazine. The judges’ decision is final.
3.  Pen Pusher Magazine and Latitude Festival have rights to publish or broadcast the winning entry and runners-up.

Prize:

–  a reading on the prestigious New Voices stage in the Poetry Arena at Latitude Festival 2009 on Saturday 18th July*
–  a pair of weekend tickets to the Latitude Festival 2009
–  the winning entry will be published in issue 13 of Pen Pusher Magazine (published July 23rd 2009).

*If the winner is unable to attend the Latitude Festival, a runner-up will be chosen to perform, and the winning poem will be read by one of the poets performing on the New Voices stage.

Background Illustration: Michael Constantine