by Danielle | Feb 9, 2025 | Guest Poems
Circus Act some days it’s the high-wirewe balance on that thin pathunknown danger either side on others it’s the trapezeI swing to you to make the catcha moment of faith above the void today it’s contortionismI put both feet behind my headyou fit yourself into a tiny...
by Danielle | Feb 9, 2025 | Guest Poems
The Conundrum of Proportion You try to force your arm into dolly’s dressbalance her hat like a pimple on your head,crush her cardboard-box bed with your giant toddlerbody, puzzled by further mysteries of perspective:big or close; small or far away; the way your...
by Danielle | Feb 2, 2025 | Guest Poems
Another Land There is another land. A land of rockand falling water. Valleys deep in shadewith railway stations blue with rising mist. There’s a city of sunshine built on slopesthat flows down a hill in a torrent of stoneto water. Gardens hang in steps of green. In...
by Danielle | Feb 2, 2025 | Guest Poems
Remembrance The pin pricks like a memory.She tries again,Almost stitching the plastic poppyTo her chest, over the heartBleeding past into present. Years have progressedBut the wound won’t heal:A scout’s compass, it pointsTo loss and leads to a monumentMarking her...
by Danielle | Jan 27, 2025 | News
We are sad to mark the death of renowned Northern Irish poet Michael Longley who died at the age of 85 on 22 January 2025. Born in Belfast in 1939, Longley was celebrated for his profound contributions to literature. He received numerous accolades, including the T.S....
