Nicola Easthope is a Wellington poet who has published three books of her poetry and published her poetry in anthologies and journals. She was a contributor to A Tingling Catch, and also appears in Manifesto: 101 Political Poems.
Her poem ‘How does your sun?’ was selected for the new anthology Catching the Light in England this year.
Some years ago at a reading in Kapiti she told me she had written an experimental poem that took its lead from a review in the Waikato Times of A Tingling Catch. It's cricket related so I thought I would include it in the Tinging Catch archive as a response to the anthology. The poem appears in her second book published by The Cuba Press in 2018.
Easthope writes: “A found poem, thanks to Google alerts and the anthology of New Zealand cricket poems, A Tingling Catch. I have lifted the tweets verbatim. The title also riffs off a Carl Sagan quote: ‘Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us — there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation of a distant memory, as if we were falling from a great height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.’
NICOLA EASTHOPE
A twittering catch
timjonesbooks A cool review for #cricket #poetry anthology “A Tingling Catch” in the Waikato Times Vin_diPietro @marie_terese *trying to catch my breath, body tingling as I press my forehead against
you I love you shaking my head
in amazement* so much pawsitivlycorky Having to use razor blades at work gives me a tingling sensation in my arms and a
hurting in my heart that makes my throat catch. wildfeather I really need to catch up on @Wendell_Howe.
Seems he’s been involved in a 19th Century antiquarian excavation!
My archaeology sense is tingling. NJrugger45 Finished wringing socks dry. Have cold. At 5th &
Spring Garden, my mother’s “you’ll catch your death of pneumonia”
senses are tingling. lisasalas can smell the weekend… tingling with anticipation... hoping to catch the next sleep wave soon or
else I’ll be writing more junk online... NarcissaBlack @MissAuroraSin: Our
eyes catch and suddenly my cheeks stain with a
blush, body tingling and I feel like when we first started
dating. Idle_Threat: Making my escape. You’ll never catch… um.. Wait.. Chipotlé senses tingling… this could be a trap, but I’ll just have to take that chance. MrLiqhtSkinnedd RT @HaZeLeYeSMaMa: Ok this burning/tingling sensation; its ANNOYING ! It
makes me catch an attitude - Yeast Infection. SullivanShadow @To_Be_Empathic: He’s
got me tingling all over. I pull back to catch my breath. We should stop. Before I start pulling off your clothes. seasidedolly @d_h_morgan: WOOP WOOP Fantastic how’s them
lovely bones holding up. Bet you’re feet are tingling, Water at last. Slowly slowly catch the Monkey X. onefiftysevenpm @angelamachado @ktcronier: my ‘parents are going to say
no’ senses are tingling. If it is definitely a no, catch you on the next tour. roastrestaurant: Catch of the day - Rainbow trout
fillets with cauliflower, brown shrimps and mace butter... taste buds are tingling! copybychris Dreamed I was chasing a
mouse. Slapped my hand down to catch it. Woke myself up. I’d
slapped my thigh so hard, my hand was tingling. Ouch. sighinstereo Dear Pretentious Ponytail
Guy, your conversation on interpreting Catch-22 is tickling my gag reflex. Does this actually get her tingling? Kyrisa_xoxo: Oww, almost just dropped my bass guitar, hit my elbow
trying to catch it and now its tingling all down my arm :/ carpalcure: Tingling Hands, Palms, Fingers Are Early Signs
of Carpal Tunnel ...: For these reasons, it’s important to catch…ThaWordsmith: I love salt n vinegar chips but I hate
that first chip u eat that has u ready to catch a seizure from that tingling spot under yo jaw lol OnlyoneofmeJill: @strokinguy I think it looks
cool. It feels kinda weird though it’s stopped tingling now. It’s actually comfier with a bra
you don’t catch it. helloImShenaaz: Dr.
Miracles styling foam is theeeeeee best. But there is a catch..it HURTS! Lol the tingling sensation isn’t where it’s at...AT ALL
tho. weesels: if i could make perfection
for you
i
would.
if i
could wrap my tingling stomach in words
and
catch the warmth of your body in a net
or muse
over the mathematics of your fingers
applying
pressure to mine
i
would i would i would
Poem © Nicola Easthope
Nicola’s second book Working the tang is at The Cuba Press website, and her third book published in Australia by Walleah Press (Tasmania) is A Stoic Recovery of Disordered Seasons.
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