The Attic Head
The ceramics teacher wanted to make mothers of us,
‘Make yourself in your image,’
and we all got to work, squeezing these wet slabs,
pressing, thumbing, stretching...
His Last Gift
She found his letters in a black chest in the attic, the morning after his funeral.
Her eldest told her to be careful, but as...
Granny’s in the Attic
Mum and Dad say Granny is buried in a cemetery next to Grandpa and Aunty Susan. They say she died in her sleep on...
Rodent
You came alive in our half-awake dreams
Etching your way into consciousness through a tunnel of ears
Past the stairwell into other human passages.
Your claws ate...
wishing for clovers
we are barely ten and holding
our imaginary shovels we
go searching for the golden light
or perhaps a newt in the
long grass or maybe
a lucky clover
your...
I Remember Cruelty
“Next!”
She began the slow shuffle to the counter. Her timid feet dragged beneath her. Hands clawed in silent pain, she forced a meek smile...