August 11th 1980 August 11th 1980. The blue, the black, the cadmium yellow, They’d said the crossing was fine; no one really knew. All apart…
I wish I wish I had no fear I wish I had teleportation I wish I had a Basset Hound I wish I had a…
Dearest Dolores on porcelain pins Wobbling and nervous, her doll-like limbs Twitch with a hatred that personifies In the deep, dark sea of her flitting…
My Grandmother’s Stories When I ask her of her past It seems so beautiful She tells me of her snakeskin wedges On her wedding day…
Ammonite Dizzying hair’s breadth height This tiny swirl of time, Seen like a shadow In the dead grey rock Rock split In two halves The…
No Ducks Around in Winter My sister died today, doesn’t want a wake, anyone looking down on her. Two, she found a box of baby…
Three beers in, Sunset Beach, Vancouver I wish I had more to give you than this Red Truck beer – cheapest in the liquor store…
Head Of A Girl with her boyfriend, in a photo booth – not quite ready for the flash, she’s grinning at the side of his…
‘Portrait of the Slave Owner as a Door’ was a Commended Poem in the 2019 Newcastle Poetry Competition.
Ga Lessons in Grandma’s Kitchen The only Ga I know is brief and functional: Mi nuu shi shi. I don’t understand. I am standing in…
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