Talisman I don’t need an amulet around my neck, don’t need a jade bracelet upon my wrist, a twist of string, blessed around my shin. I don’t need onions or jasmine above my door, don’t need to live on the eighth floor of this apartment complex, could take the fourth bed on any … Continue reading Four poems by David Tait
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‘Minor Hours’ by Max Wallis
Minor Hours Wake before bells fall when rain chatters at blinds and the haze of dawn is so thin you could slip through the light and press yourself against another world. Lie there and listen to the brook that gutters across the stones. Outside you know foxes gnaw at takeaways in bins. A cub … Continue reading ‘Minor Hours’ by Max Wallis
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