Louise reads poems

I Shall Paint My Nails Red


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I love repetition in poems and you'll hear it almost immediately in this one by Carole Satyamurti.


I chose it almost accidentally -  earlier I browsed one of my favourite collections to see which poems I'd marked with a post-it note last time I picked up the book. This was the first I found and its brevity, repetition and the reminder of how much I love painting my nails meant I needed to read it today. 

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