Twisted::Colon Anthology II

Twisted Colon’s second anthology is available to buy now.

Green Man

Dusk is the time of Santa Claus /
Autumn briars where he dwells /
He stalks among the dying branches /

Among the stones, inscriptions For drowned ships and fallen leaders, Stands of alder and of birch The frozen souls of … More

There’s not much timorous about you my friend
Scrotal ye are, and swelling

I haven’t yet named the thing / That is lost, or gained / When death comes near / But stays his hand

I turn to see my brother / On the low side still / Awash / On the brink of the heaving / Jade abyss

For three days we held the barricades. Their army was pressing in, occupying the suburbs and for now, probing our … More

Poignant shot, that. / The upraised hand / Of a baby Macaque.

My two friends were beautiful / And in their eyes / Were the faintest of embers / Departing fireflies