They Crackle in the Rain
A poetry collection 20 years in the making – interrupted (and informed) by parenthood, earthquakes, pestilence ... and a day job.
They Crackle in the Rain represents a two decades-long time-lapse through a life both imagined and real in which no experience is left untouched by dream and longing, hope and regret. Death is an ache in the bones and an echo of dance steps, while love wins temporary, chaotic victories …
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About Ciaran Fox
Ciaran Fox is an enthusiast, sensualist, thinker of thoughts, feeler of feels, poet, father, and born-again skateboarder.
His writing has appeared in NZ literary journals such as Catalyst, Takahe, Landfall, JAAM and Hellfire Poetry Anthology. He is co- organiser of long-running open mic and literary journal Catalyst, now in its twentieth year, and an ardent supporter of emerging poets.
He has performed in a number of arts and literary festivals in NZ alongside poets and musicians with groups such as Lyttelton Poets, Whisky Chasers and Catalyst Road Show. He is the regular host of the Christchurch Poetry Slam.
These are big question poems: whether to drift or commit, solitude versus company, whether to be serious about a talent. Something is always interrupting a conclusion, leading onto the next poem.
Elizabeth Smither—poet, author, judge John O'Connor First Book Award 2022
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Field notes
I wonder how many lonely hearts
have ended up in the river there.
The high-tension power lines hum across the water.
They crackle in the rain.
