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Migrant Poem – Litter Around a Rubbish Fire
Litter Around a Rubbish Fire is a migrant poem I wrote while thousands of people are stuck between Turkey and Greece and no one wants them. Litter Around a Rubbish Fire – Migrant Poem First, you take candle grease and old newspaper and then, on the frayed inkless edge, you etch a new you…
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Fairy Poems – Ploughing
Ploughing is one of my fairy poems, a celebration of all things gentle and delicate and of how the passing time springs bursts of colour and light. Ploughing – Fairy Poems Overnight, he went from babyface to tree-bark skin, and I wonder why the fairies ploughed his face, his three-day stubble pencilling a thin…
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Forest Poem – White Noise
White Noise is a forest poem, a celebration of leaves rustling and the power of trees. Next time you go to the forest, listen. White Noise – Forest Poem Among weeping leaves, the wind drinks drops of rain and clads the oily greens with the sun’s golden glow; Below the weeping willow, nothing but…
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Life Story Poems – The Drone
The Drone is one of my life story poems, a tale about the meaning of life, human existence, and thoughts on whether we are of any use at all. This is about misfortunes, lucky coincidences, resistance, and family support. The Drone – Life Story Poems First, he lay in a cardboard box, and then…
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Strength Poem – Still, You Rise
Still, You Rise is a strength poem, inspired by a video of African kids working in a flooded classroom circulating social media. Still, You Rise – Strength Poem If I could I woulddrain the water from your front roomand fix the holes in your ceilingI’d dry your feet and slide them into warm socksbut…
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Relationship Poem – Ode to My Green Mohair Gloves
The Gloves is a relationship poem, a reflection on the impact of meeting someone, anyone, and a celebration of the joy of togetherness. The inspiration for this came from Pablo Neruda’s Ode to My Socks. The Gloves – Relationship Poem My love lent me The hours it took To knit a pair of Green…
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September Poem – Heroics
Heroics is a September poem, a celebration of porridge, blackberries and human resourcefulness and boundless love and energy. Heroics – September Poem First, on rising, she puts down a fire and heats the slate slab and then, using her mother’s rolling pin she rolls oats stolen from the horse’s trough next door right after…
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Woman Poem – Perfect Noise
Perfect Noise is a woman poem, a depiction of the manner in which we choose to express ourselves and on how we must. Perfect Noise – Woman Poem My mother perfected noise when my Father lay on the couch napping, the daily paper heaving in tandem with the clattering of dishes being hopped into…