Article
Things Not to Put in Your Mouth
Manchester Writing Competition 2013: the Short-listed Poetry Finalists
Document Type
Creative Writing
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
a penny a quarter a button a paperclip
safety pins, closed and open
most ingested while changing diapers
In two shadow boxes, Dr. James Downing displayed the objects
he'd extracted from patients' food and air passages
between 1929 and 1956...
Copyright Owner
Debra Marquart
Copyright Date
2013
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Debra Marquart. "Things Not to Put in Your Mouth" Manchester Writing Competition 2013: the Short-listed Poetry Finalists (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/debra-marquart/26/
Originally published as “Things Not to Put in Your Mouth.” 2013 Manchester Poetry Prize. Short-List Finalist. Manchester School of Writing, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK. 18 Oct. 2013. Posted with permission.