‘Shorter is expected to be less substantial. It feels arbitrary— why would length be correlated with impact?’
Hospitality C.K. Stead·23rd July 2016'My mordant friend told me the story of / the woman he loved in youth in Oxford /who had, he said, "a hospitable cunt".'Number 32 | New ZealandVerse·0 Comments·0·97 views
Stiff C.K. Stead·23rd July 2016'One hundred years ago young Ezra writes / from Kensington to Miss Alice Kenny'Number 32 | New ZealandVerse·0 Comments·0·44 views
Amsterdam C.K. Stead·23rd July 2016'Tucked among books, look, a long-ago letter, / long ago lost, thanks me for poems – for one / especially in which she’s named.'Number 32 | New ZealandVerse·0 Comments·0·43 views