by Danielle | Oct 11, 2023 | Guest Poems
Water He spends fifteen minutes bringing stuff in,makes himself at home on the bathroom flooras if he’s arrived at a favourite camp site. I hear him thinking behind the door,his expertise the commodity of silence. He reminds me of a person I’ve seen before,a...
by Danielle | Oct 11, 2023 | Guest Poems
Heartwood Sheltered by young cypressesand thick-leaved olive trees,a plum tree stands in my family garden. The knobby branches hold clustersof round, juicy plums in summerso heavy they twist. The smiling crop persists for a month at least;the taste is so sweet, it...
by Danielle | Sep 30, 2023 | News
Many thanks to Poetry and Music at Bell House, Dulwich, and all the organisers and supporters, especially Wendy French & Robert Hancock, for such a warm welcome to all joining the Acumen poets reading on 28 September 2023. Thanks also to wonderful readings by...
by Danielle | Sep 30, 2023 | Guest Poems
Brussel Sprouts When the February sky is weighty with clouds and the wind,a ferocious animal, knocks over fences and rickety sheds,rushes rubbish down streets, rocks trees madly,tears off their branches and crashes any it can to the ground, when the paper is packed...
by Danielle | Sep 30, 2023 | Guest Poems
‘when’ whenlike a falling flower-print cotton dress has dropped its round spoor in the breathy silence...
