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On Being Asked To Imagine The Bronte Sisters In The Modern Day — Jane Commane
And so Charlotte hits London in a blizzard of haberdashery, billboards, talk shows, a pretty litter of noise in her wake. Book-signings become flash mobs in Oxford Street, C-Listers scramble for a mom
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And so Charlotte hits London in a blizzard of haberdashery, billboards, talk shows, a pretty litter of noise in her wake.
Book-signings become flash mobs in Oxford Street,C-Listers scramble for a moment in her orbit.
Emily stays home attempting a sequel gothic novella with TV rights, a departure never to be complete whilst
holding the fort against paparazzi scenting a whiff of ‘tragic’who riffle the bin liners and doorstep the servants.
Anne takes quietly to rehab in vacation Scarboro’ sun and is pictured, reclining in chic retro beachwear,
all the while under heavy sunglasses, refusing to commenton rumours of all-not-well back at the humble origins.
Jane Commane was born in Coventry and lives and works in the West Midlands. This poem is from Eighteen Contemporary Women’s Voices (2019), edited by Jane Burn and Fran Lock.
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