I longed to see this man Shanks' pony, Brush its mane, feel its shy oaty breath Ruffle my fingertips. Be helped up, foot In hand, leg...

Hail, Oak the younger spring retreat and summer shade your boughs they embrace. Peter Smith (the_poet_vagabond) Pete Smith is an...

You cower from the metal that cuts your throat Razes you to the ground and builds upon your ashes Mute warning cries long lost...

He walked as if thought had weight. For years he shambled blind to the sky, his neck tipping forward as if his head were too heavy, as if...

I’m driving, she’s deciding on tunes to queue. She doesn’t ask what I’d like to listen to; a good DJ always knows the right songs to...

Mizzling on a grey afternoon in waves, the clouds wash against the side of my house. The ivy against the window taps, like Cathy. “Let me...

The tin man came to town, not today, but yesterday. He had a funnel for a nose and a head full of oil, but his joints were as dry as...

It's nearly midsummer's night sunset's long fingers grasp late embers of evening light. Today was a rare kind of day, not too warm, not...

We sip hot Chi in high vis, lost in a bright green garden. Lyca radio is drowned out by the sound of blue tits, Tik Toks, and calls to...

I don’t wanna be yours; I don’t wanna be his or hers; I don’t wanna be the body in the open top hearse— the faded yellow photo in your...

Awrite mate - W instead of L and a dropped T that shines a light on insecurities that cower in the glare of a choice I never made. Not...

Strike a match, brim up the glass. Leave me tree ringed and red wine stained as Sandy Denny sings about the things that don’t make sense....

In the belly of the boozer roars scream on, elixir hits oesophagus and rolls on down, hazing up the bloodstream, bums caressing chairs,...