Poem
Ian McMillan
Indoor Glider: A Miniature
Indoor Glider: A Miniature
Indoor Glider: A Miniature
Shadow of wingsFalls over settee
So this isn’t a hut
Or a tent. This be
A suburban home.
I’m the pilot
Swooping over this
Domestic scene. In
My head of course
Not in ‘real life’.
© 2014, Ian McMillan
\'Indoor Glider\' will appear in Ian McMillan’s pamphlet Jazz Peas, forthcoming from Smith/Doorstop in 2014.
Ian McMillan
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1956)
Ian McMillan is a poet and performer from Yorkshire, as well as a playwright, journalist, and all-round poetry whirlwind. As well as writing and performing his own work, for both adults and children, he is a tireless champion of poetry and the spoken arts, and a campaigner for the arts to be for everybody. He has been described by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy as “world-class – one of today’s g...
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Indoor Glider: A Miniature
Shadow of wingsFalls over settee
So this isn’t a hut
Or a tent. This be
A suburban home.
I’m the pilot
Swooping over this
Domestic scene. In
My head of course
Not in ‘real life’.
Indoor Glider: A Miniature
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