Lifesaving Poems: Sean O’Brien’s ‘Before’

BeforeMake over the alleys and gardens to birdsong,the hour of not-for-an-hour. Lie still.Leave the socks you forgot on the clothesline.Leave … More

To safe and almost universal silence I published How Far From Here is Home? (Stride) a few days before Christmas in … More

Lifesaving Poems: Jean Sprackland’s ‘The Birkdale Nightingale’

The Birkdale Nightingale(Bufo calamito – the Natterjack toad)On Spring nights you can hear themtwo miles away, calling their matesto the … More