From Wain, a collection of poetry about Scottish folklore with an LGBT/queer reading, by Rachel Plum
From Wain, a collection of poetry about Scottish folklore with an LGBT/queer reading, by Rachel Plummer. Published in Feb 2019 by Emma Press: https://theemmapress.com/books/wain/Text reads:Selkie.The secret me is a boy.He takes girlness off like a sealskin:something that never sat right on his shoulders.The secret me is broad-shouldered;the sea can’t contain him,that land can’t anchor his wavesto its sand.The secret me swimswith the big fish, brash, he swaggerslike a mermaid, bares teethlike daggers, barks at the moon when it’s thin.He’s whiskered, that boy. Thick-skinned.Quick-finned, always turning tail.He wears his own skin like a sail,lets it carry him to wheresalt swallows mouthfuls of air.Let them find me there by the shore:the girl-seal with a secretboy inside. Rough-voiced. Black-eyed.Washed bareas the beach by the tide. -- source link
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