Author of ‘LEAFING’
Christina Hennemann is a poet, writer and translator.
Born and raised in Germany, she’s found her home on the West Coast of Ireland.
She’s a recipient of the Irish Arts Council’s Agility Award and the winner of the Luain Press Prize.
Her work was highly commended in the Black Cat Press’s Nature Poetry Competition and the Stephen Spender Prize, as well as short- and longlisted in competitions such as the National Poetry Competition and the Anthology Poetry Award.
I once kissed a corn kernel between your lips,
and your sticky tongue flicked out like a frog’s.
You found me at the farthest point from the path,
saw me squatting between the stalks and tickled
by the cob-silk that looked to us like pubic hair.
How your teeth glimmered in the heat, and shadows
flickered across your freckles. Your hand brushed
against my breast and fell with the cob at the gunshot.
(Excerpt from ‘Twelve’)
Cerasus Poetry 