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Locust

At dusk, she works her way into the heart
Of a wind-tilted tree 
Bracing her feelers as flesh falls away to bone 
Securing to sylvan self

apocalypse, insect, Nature, Poetry, sci-fi

Aftermath

Gathering me into a mesh so fine
While we sip wine from the chipped teacups
Of the Mad Hatter’s broken bar.

break-ups, heartbreak, Poetry, Relationships

Divine Intervention

A whisper;
There’s more left for you in life than this.

divinity; atheism; love; grief; beauty

Sea Wyvern

Secured by a rolling hitch, /
And with your sheets held fast, /
You set sail on your hospital bed…

memory loss; dementia; hospital; chronic illness
In February, Larissa Reid, cover

Poetry collection: In February

“Poetry to shake senses awake with the splash of language.”

firstcollection, Poetry

The shadow-trader

I slip, slight, to slither and search / Backstreet, corner, dockland, church. / Sleek, slender, slacking my thirst, /
For richer, for poorer, beggar-man, hearse.

history; myth; urban legend

Green Man

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

Autumn, Christmas, Green Man, Halloween, Samhain

Little Sparta

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

Moor, Nature, Poetry

Timorous Beastie

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

Burns

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