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Anya Sinclair
Anya Sinclair (b.1978) grew up with a paintbrush in her hand, in Auckland’s lush Waitakere Ranges. She studied Fine Arts at Elam, before travelling and eventually relocating to Dunedin in 2006, where she finished her BFA at the Dunedin School of Art. Sinclair now lives with her husband, son, and greyhound in central Dunedin.
FAST FLOWERS
Quick what bursting cheered us,
colour bleared us
mud we touched, touched
back –––
The fastest flowers want,
they want want, so drip
the thickly does, and dark a-grin –––
The garden clogs your hands
The flowers let you in
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