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Kate Ruse was born in North London and lived in America, Israel, Nigeria, Malaysia and Singapore. She currently lives in Leicestershire and, as well as writing, teaches Art and Design.
Below is an excerpt from the poem NIJINSKY - L'APRES-MIDI D'UN FAUNE.
They shriek at you grimace behind your back
unclip their hair so it falls damp onto their shoulders.
They tittle-tattle later heated flap their hands.
You ask the unimaginable for them to reject the body landscape
a craft learnt fine tuned in flight and balance
and to replace with movements stark geometric.
You want them all to be figures on a Greek vase dancing
detached in profile elbows at angles no leaps no rhythmic beats
a ballet dedicated to the gesturing of the absurd.
