Not turning the light on As I wake in the dark, the neighbour’s son returns with his girlfriend before spending what’s left of the night in her arms. I’ve not forgotten teenage insomnia, day-dreaming words into poems not daring to switch on a light to write them but silently reciting them to memory. It’s your … Continue reading ‘Not turning the light on’ by Emma Lee
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Two poems by Emma Lee
Photographing a Ghost Our daughter angles the camera lens to get the whole house in the shot. Fourteen years ago, I took the same photo, ignoring your focus on the experience rather than the need to record it. Now you’re unable to watch her look at the photos her mother took, reach out and … Continue reading Two poems by Emma Lee
A poem by Ben Parker
One Place Out here the elms echo with the eagle-shout and sparrow-cry; leaves tune the wind; the only path is the one your trespass cuts. Your car is waiting at the forest’s edge with autumn already falling on its roof. You bag and bury your mud clad-shoes before rejoining the nightly homeward grind, just … Continue reading A poem by Ben Parker
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