All poem quotes

Question 1

Originally

Answer 1

“My brothers cried, one of them bawling Home Home”
“Your accent wrong”
“My parents anxiety stirred like a loose tooth in my head”
“Now where do you come from? Strangers ask. Originally? And i hesitate”

Question 1

War photographer

Answer 1

“In his dark room he is finally alone”
“With spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
“How blood stained into foreign dust”
“The readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers”

Question 2

Mrs Tilchers class

Answer 2

“Laugh of a bell”
“Like a sweet shop”
“The inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks”
“Thunderstorm”