Poems from the Hospital
by
Ben Barton
Biography
Ben
Barton, from Folkestone in Kent, has been published in small-press magazines on
both sides of the Atlantic. Recent poems have appeared in Chroma, The Coffee House, The Delinquent, erbacce, Gloom Cupboard,
Harlequin, iota, The Journal, Masque, Open Wide Magazine, Parameter, The Poetry
Kit, Poetry Monthly, Poet’s
Letter, Pulsar, Pyramid, Snakeskin, South, The Ugly Tree, Writing Magazine
and X Magazine.
Ben’s
first collection, The Red Book, was published in 2006. Also, he recently exhibited
Prospect, an art installation based on the landscapes of
Dungeness, former home to artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman. Ben has also
broadcast his poems on BBC’s Video
Nation, and showcased work online at the Three
Lights Gallery.
The
poems here are taken from The Hospital, which was written in a dirty NHS bed, and will be
published by Roundeye Books in 2008.
Cover
art taken from www.abandonedpast.co.uk
Reprinted
without permission.