nov/dec 2015 – BEAUTY BEAST, book of poems by Carolyn Stockbridge
‘Positive thinking’, oil on canvas 55×71.12cm ( 22×28″) 2014 by Carolyn Stockbridge
Beauty Beast is a book of punk poetry written by artist Carolyn Stockbridge. The works are inspired by living in Vancouver’s D.T.E.S (Canada’s poorest postal code). A poem from the publication Beauty Beast:
Homemade Jam
White city home made jamtambourine dreamers
high heeled pumps sneakers cream make
streakers catching my eye, catch my fly
devil tries to get high/captain eye eye captain
topsy turvy girlie curvy
whistling pigs coz this pig flies
missionaries mission fairies
dogs spit bones as car hiss mary
mary serves tea on a tea cozy prairie
mary serves tea on a teacup cherry
mary hiccups on a teacup sherry
cherry berry mary drives a
thunderbird daringly to white city
homemade jam
tambourine dreamers wearing high heeled
pump sneakers cream made streakers trying
to catch my eye catch me catching my eye
devil crying to get me high ok captain eye
eye. tipsy turvy hurdy gurdy histling pigs
cuss this piggy flies above the
missionariesmission bay fairies dogs spit
bones as cartwheel mary
spilling teacup over cherries.
*This book contains explicit material and is not suitable for minors.
Book Dimensions: 13×20 cm
Pages: 44 pgs
Cost: US $13.97 Softcover
Beauty Beast can be purchased online through the link below.
Beauty Beast by Carolyn Stockbridge
