Struggling poet Suki (a bit anorexic, just slightly suicidal, lives alone) has turned to life-modelling to make ends meet.

These poems are the result.

Suki sees herself as Bridget Jones but older, more edgy, her thoughts more intimate. Erotic, too.

Join in Suki’s discussions on art, the search for a raison d’etre and of course the quest for love, at
www.sukithelifemodel.co.uk
(goes live 28 April 2012)

KUNST

“Suki’s writing is as merciless in its superb imagery, as the artists’ eyes are when they scour her. This is stark, hard-hitting wordplay of extremely high quality. It leaves you feeling as raw, and naked, as any goose-bumped life model. The images work well intercut with Suki’s brilliant text – and re-confirm my deep uneasiness about life-drawing.”
CHAR MARCH

"Good luck to Suki as she steps naked into the river of contemporary writing"
Michael Mackmin, Editor, The Rialto

"Essential reading for anyone who ever uses a life model"
Annie Tempest, artist and sculptor

About Suki’s illustrated autobiography A SMALL LIFE (Cinnamon Press 2012):

"A lovely book"
Susie Orbach, author, Fat is a Feminist Issue

KUNST

SUKI

ISBN 978-1-907401-83-1

Indigo Dreams Publishing

Publication 24/09/ 2012

Poetry / Art

15 life drawings

DCF / AFF

138 x 216mm

44 pages

£4.99 + P&P

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Belly

You sketch my torso from every angle,
shading my belly from hipbone to hipbone
then kissing me there, the way a goldfish
having swum round a morsel of fish-food
moves in, fishy-mouthed, and latches on.

At break, you feed my belly titbits -
tortilla chips as I’m tying my wrap,
olives in oil while we wait for the kettle,
excusing your fingers, your visceral fingers
parting my lips, me licking the oil off.

I bet you pat all your models’ bellies and
flatter us with words - muscle tone, definition,
poise, elegance, gazelle - and say don’t be daft
you’re a long way from being fat, and
such a pretty skinny belly, so kissable.