Love Song – Poetry for Dylan Thomas Day
As we lie
in the swan neck
of spent love,
my hands play the ivory
rush of your skin,
summer smooth, petal keys
sound out the first chord.
This Quiet House – a Poem for Galway 2020
There are ghosts
in this quiet house.I pause under John Wayne’s arm . . .
Creative Writing at Garter Lane Arts Centre
I'm looking forward to bringing Creative Writing to Garter Lane Arts Centre, with my workshop: 'Start Write', taking place on November 23rd.
Figure of Night – Poetry for Halloween
There is no figure of night
pieced together from
patches of dark room,
scrambled light of a blink.
My Poem – Milk – in New Welsh Review
As a teenager who dabbled in writing when no one was looking, I had a copy of The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook...
Cat Shadow – Halloween Poem
A cat is a witch's companion of choice. A cat is also a household pet. Both identities sit at ease within the animal's elegant...
Halloween Short Story Extract
The road narrows and the fog hangs in, like dragon breath. We're on a nameless diversion – no signposts, not even sun to mark the horizon. Houses float out, make themselves known against white. If people live here, it can't be so desolate. It's just the weather.But the road shudders its way into the car, into our bodies, until we exclaim at its roughness. Our eyes find the dirt, not even a hint of a white line. We could not live here.
Your Way – Motherhood Poem
The poem, 'Your Way' was written from observations of my children at the toddling stage. This time of new steps, new sensations...