Helen Grant

Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, UK.

 

Helen Grant studied her MA in poetry with Bath Spa University. She has poems published with The Poetry Review, The Warwick Review, Plume Anthology, ArtAscent and The Live Canon 2019 Anthology (of which she was longlisted.) She was also shortlisted for the Mairtin Crawford award last year. 

 

Poem written on 1^st April 2020

 

Day Case

 

Before the liquid

anaesthesia is administered

the cannula

feels like

an intruder,

or like the hole in my hand

is waiting for string

that will pull me

like a cosmic puppet.

 

After the deep sleep,

the cannula ─ its plastic pipe,

now feels a part of me.

A part of me that can be

opened and shut with a lid.