Category: Unicorn Challenge
-
20 May: for Unicorn Challenge
Pier’s End A boy jumps into briny fumesat the end of the pier, pastthe old Brighton Rock shop, where dissolved sea saltis a hollow sound of wind,and where calliope tunes and foammix with past tideson the pebble beach, and seagulls juggle the air. Written for Unicorn Challenge . This took on a direction of its own liking.…
-
12 May: It’s Nightlife
The heat of the day continues to rise from the pavement – the night, fragrant-warm with jasmine and night phlox. A woman concealed behind lace opens a window to catch the breeze, candlelight guided across the walls. Her children twist and turn in their bedsheets, sleep held in the eyes of sky. It’s humid. The…
-
5 May: A Mouse’s Dream Diary
An Entry from a Mouse’s Dream Diary So it’s true. Mice do dream. Of drowning. A drowning dream. This is the season of water. Of fractious storms and troubled air. I run along the floor, pressing close to the skirting boards and wall. Avoiding wires and cords and shoes, baskets, books and magazines. Slipping under…
It's Still Life 