If anyone here can talk to the dead, please tell my Dad the news of his daughters that would bring him the most peace. Tell him of the dreams we made real, and the grandchildren who laugh in his image. Tell him we miss him and we know he always loved us. List … Continue reading Séance by Zoe Mitchell
Tag: Winchester Poetry Festival 2016
‘The songs’ by Choman Hardi
The songs These are the songs which were played in the background of our days in the taxis and shops in every house we set foot in. These are the songs that suddenly disappeared from our lives or we disappeared from them when we left our homeland behind. We carried them in our … Continue reading ‘The songs’ by Choman Hardi
‘Miracle’ by Stephanie Norgate
In supermarkets, strapped in a trolley, on the motorway, belted in the back of a car, under the foundered houses, open mouthed and fed by drips, in a box drilled with holes, in the hold of a boat, in fish crates and on cardboard, on pallets and straw, on a bed of needles on … Continue reading ‘Miracle’ by Stephanie Norgate