by Danielle | Jul 2, 2023 | Guest Poems
Treasure Chests Dad decides to give us pocket money.Mum decides it’s better saved. She buys tinmoney boxes with painted timber panels,crossbands of brass and a central padlock. She holds out the chests as cash is passedfrom Dad to us into the slots. Eventually,mum...
by Danielle | May 2, 2023 | Guest Poems
Final Diner at the Banquet of Dreams Eight months of English sun and rain sifting through the shadows of towering cumulus billowing like ships’ sails in the northern wind have composted your remains in the uncaring earth. Never had imagination so vividly and swiftly...
by Danielle | May 2, 2023 | Guest Poems
Exposure So, you live in a magnificent duck house, a five-foot Swedish home complete with door, windows and roof, floating on a rich man’s pond. You kept that quiet, never mentioned it any of the times you quacked with us pretending you were no different. You just...
by Danielle | Apr 23, 2023 | News
Thank you to everyone joining and contributing to the Acumen 105 Celebration, it was a delight to see over 70 people from across the world listening so attentively, and for the conversation, discussion and excellent poetry readings.
by Danielle | Apr 23, 2023 | Guest Poems
Once Beloved You hadn’t been diagnosed yet; days you couldn’t get out of bed. Took a semester off to transition from class three rapids to chronically ill. You’d make a meal in the back kitchen, row of single panes overlooking a raggedy tenant’s garden. Table pushed...
