by Danielle | Aug 17, 2025 | Guest Poems
Carousel Set free – the horses leap out to grasspause – sit onto angular hocksstretch stiffness from limbs cramped too longthen snorting – high stepping they buck – run – droproll over and over – ease rigid spinesmask paint-bright colours in scuffles of dust. Heads...
by Danielle | Aug 17, 2025 | Guest Poems
Samos On the beach wherethe Syrians landedthen walked along the shoreto the police stationleaving their long boatand orange jackets behind, where the sea easesback and forthagainst the landas if trying tomake peace with it,I collected marble pebbles that the waves had...
by Danielle | Aug 6, 2025 | Guest Poems
The Table You made the coffee table long beforeI was on the scene, aged thirteen, a term’s work in the carpentry class, as yet the namesof your wife and children uncarved in your heart; young to master the music of your tools:bit and brace, mallet, plane, drill and...
by Danielle | Aug 6, 2025 | Guest Poems
Spring Returns By the narrow high-hedged lane to Holne; and then up over the moor to see the snowdrops at St Raphael’s! The gale rocks us; and the rain slaps the...
by Danielle | Jul 7, 2025 | Guest Poems
Breakfast with Michael Longley River and Fountain From beyond the window October’s memoryof what summer might have been poured in, and therewas Billie singing God Bless the Child, there wassun through the apple juice, dazzling the table. There was Hart Crane, there...
by Danielle | Jul 7, 2025 | Guest Poems
Foraging for the Ideal The lights of Macerata, Loreto, Treiapulse across each hilltop townand fireflies swing their lampsover the earthto echo the stars. There’s the scent oflaurel, rosemary, lavenderwild mint and fennel. L’amore che move il solee l’altre stelle warms...
