Poet puts Heaney in shade by scooping �10,000 prize

[Ya Sam]

Lizard, by Robin Robertson

Volatile hybrid of dinosaur and toy, this
living remnant throbs on the hot stone:
a prehistoric offcut, six inches
of chlorophyll-green dusted with pollen;
a trick of nature - lithe, ectopic, cuneiform -
a stocking-filler, out of place everywhere
but in the sun. Frisking the wall,
its snatched run is a dotted line
of fits and starts, spasmodic, end-stopped.
It pulses once; slips into a rock with a gulp.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/forward2006/story/0,,1887997,00.html

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