by Danielle | Oct 21, 2023 | Guest Poems
Sceach / Uncommon Knowledge The last days of January lap & settlebut, twice now, I have heard birdsat dusk. The skylight that slantson the landing of my parents’ houselooks unfamiliar for a second:some things are seen and seen again.Dust-mauve, that swatheof clear...
by Danielle | Oct 21, 2023 | Guest Poems
Car Boot Sale Stall as a Metaphor For Life Do you turn up at 8am, front of the queue,car full of desirable items from an elderly relativewhich savvy buyers peer at through cupped hands,eyes creased, noses fogging the glass,clammy at the thought of bagging a Clarice...
by Danielle | Oct 12, 2023 | News
Acumen poet Martyn Crucefix’s new collection of poems is being published by Salt. He will be reading – with two other Salt poets, Becky Varley Winter and Elisabeth Sennitt-Clough – on the evening of 24th October upstairs at The Betsey Trotwood pub in Clerkenwell...
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...
