Colin Pink lives in London, England and has published two full-length collections: Acrobats of Sound and Typicity; and two poetry pamphlets (with illustrations by Daniel Goodwin): The Ventriloquist Dummy's Lament and Wreck of the Jeanne Gougy.

Colin Pink

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The Voice in the Garden

There's a voice in the garden; a soft-
toned voice that belongs to the dead.

It wants to know if there's anything
it can get us. A cup of tea perhaps?

That awakened gap will never be
filled; all longing pours through it.