Grunge Sonnet (for Kurt Cobain)
for Kurt Cobain (1967-94)
The flannelette winter
Needs a wry splinter
As Kurt wears
His hidden cares.
Aberdeen, that rough landscape,
A 'lost love' he can't escape.
Here, in Seattle,
A city undone
In culture's smile,
He finds a new style.
Yet, he confides,
That love for home resides
While his guitar crunches around
Screaming with sound.
Poem © Mark Pirie 2010
This poem appeared in hand-written form in the Kurt Cobain artbook, Blue Eyed Son, compiled by Benedict Quilter, Independent Woman Records, Wellington, 2010. The book's cover (and foreword) is by UK graphic artist Flameboy.